Chords for "Anna" Antje Duvekot with John Gorka
Tempo:
72.875 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Gm
E
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'll do the song for you now.
There's no segue from that to mine.
I'm just [Ab] going to wave a clean slate.
And there should not be.
[C]
[Abm] But this is a [Bb] song I wrote for my grandmother.
[E] I guess I should say I wrote it about my grandmother, especially in particular her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
She had Alzheimer's at the end of her life.
After she finally [Bb] passed away, I wrote this song.
I got to play it at a medical conference of all places.
They had a talk about Alzheimer's disease.
And then I got to play it.
It was sort of a fancy medical conference out in San Diego.
And Ozzy Osbourne was there.
Under the medical context was that they had just revealed they had sequenced Ozzy Osbourne's
genome for the first time because they were trying to figure out why he metabolizes drugs so well.
[Bbm] And so I got to play my song after Ozzy Osbourne.
It's like he opened for me, sort of.
It's kind of cool.
[Bb] So this is called Anna.
Anna stares out of the window.
It's her 85th spring.
She tries to concentrate on something.
Her face is drained and she's confused.
The walls in this room and all the strangers standing around her chair.
They brought her photographs and frames.
They're using her name but she just smiles politely.
They're embraced.
And Anna introduces herself again.
The man picks up [Eb] her hand [Bb] and says, Anna, look, the spring has come.
And your carousel's waiting.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest, the apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end,
[F] [Bb] will you tighten the thread a little too tight?
Anna tries to form a thought.
But at the end she's forgotten where she started from.
There's something she would like to say.
But the words in her head seem to have got away.
Can Anna come out and play?
And over all that is inside,
a curtain is closing in her deep brown eyes.
It's like someone's built a wall.
And through the very last crack,
Santa extends her hand.
And the little girl says, please don't let me fall.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on your [Bb] way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end,
well there's so much you must have witnessed.
There's an over-the-chains child at the onset of the jazz age.
And it was long before Elvis
and rock and roll they told you there will be music.
You just wait.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
[Gm] And get to [Bb] wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end,
what do you think of it all?
You are so small under your blanket here in this hospital.
I love you.
Tell your bones not to let go.
But your heart is beating slowly now.
This pain is gone.
But one small leaf was falling.
Falling.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on [Bb] your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And [Gm] get [Bb] to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end.
[E] Good bye.
There's no segue from that to mine.
I'm just [Ab] going to wave a clean slate.
And there should not be.
[C]
[Abm] But this is a [Bb] song I wrote for my grandmother.
[E] I guess I should say I wrote it about my grandmother, especially in particular her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
She had Alzheimer's at the end of her life.
After she finally [Bb] passed away, I wrote this song.
I got to play it at a medical conference of all places.
They had a talk about Alzheimer's disease.
And then I got to play it.
It was sort of a fancy medical conference out in San Diego.
And Ozzy Osbourne was there.
Under the medical context was that they had just revealed they had sequenced Ozzy Osbourne's
genome for the first time because they were trying to figure out why he metabolizes drugs so well.
[Bbm] And so I got to play my song after Ozzy Osbourne.
It's like he opened for me, sort of.
It's kind of cool.
[Bb] So this is called Anna.
Anna stares out of the window.
It's her 85th spring.
She tries to concentrate on something.
Her face is drained and she's confused.
The walls in this room and all the strangers standing around her chair.
They brought her photographs and frames.
They're using her name but she just smiles politely.
They're embraced.
And Anna introduces herself again.
The man picks up [Eb] her hand [Bb] and says, Anna, look, the spring has come.
And your carousel's waiting.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest, the apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end,
[F] [Bb] will you tighten the thread a little too tight?
Anna tries to form a thought.
But at the end she's forgotten where she started from.
There's something she would like to say.
But the words in her head seem to have got away.
Can Anna come out and play?
And over all that is inside,
a curtain is closing in her deep brown eyes.
It's like someone's built a wall.
And through the very last crack,
Santa extends her hand.
And the little girl says, please don't let me fall.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on your [Bb] way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end,
well there's so much you must have witnessed.
There's an over-the-chains child at the onset of the jazz age.
And it was long before Elvis
and rock and roll they told you there will be music.
You just wait.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
[Gm] And get to [Bb] wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end,
what do you think of it all?
You are so small under your blanket here in this hospital.
I love you.
Tell your bones not to let go.
But your heart is beating slowly now.
This pain is gone.
But one small leaf was falling.
Falling.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on [Bb] your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And [Gm] get [Bb] to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
At the end.
[E] Good bye.
Key:
Bb
Gm
E
Ab
C
Bb
Gm
E
I'll do the song for you now.
There's no segue from that to mine.
I'm just [Ab] going to wave a clean slate.
And there should not be.
[C] _
[Abm] But this is a [Bb] song I wrote for my grandmother.
[E] I guess I should say I wrote it about my grandmother, especially in particular her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
She had Alzheimer's at the end of her life.
After she finally [Bb] passed away, I wrote this song.
I got to play it at a medical conference of all places.
They had a talk about Alzheimer's disease.
And then I got to play it.
It was sort of a fancy medical conference out in San Diego.
And Ozzy Osbourne was there. _
Under the medical context was that they had just revealed they had sequenced Ozzy Osbourne's
genome for the first time because they were trying to figure out why he metabolizes drugs so well.
[Bbm] And so I got to play my song after Ozzy Osbourne.
It's like he opened for me, sort of.
It's kind of cool.
_ [Bb] _ So this is called Anna. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Anna stares out of the window.
It's her 85th spring.
She tries to concentrate on something.
_ Her face is drained and she's confused.
The walls in this room and all the strangers standing around her chair.
They brought her photographs and frames.
They're using her name but she just smiles politely.
They're embraced.
And Anna introduces herself again.
The man picks up [Eb] her hand [Bb] and says, Anna, look, the spring has come.
And your carousel's waiting.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest, the apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something. _
_ At the end, _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] will _ _ _ _ you tighten the thread a little too tight?
_ _ _ _ Anna tries to form a thought.
But at the end she's forgotten where she started from.
_ _ _ There's something she would like to say.
But the words in her head seem to have got away.
_ Can Anna come out and play?
And over all that is inside,
a curtain is closing in her deep brown eyes.
_ _ _ It's like someone's built a wall.
And through the very last crack,
Santa extends her hand.
And the little girl _ says, please don't let me fall.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on your [Bb] way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
_ _ At the end, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ well there's so much you must have witnessed.
There's an over-the-chains child at the onset of the jazz age.
_ And it was long before Elvis
and rock and roll they told you there will be music.
_ _ You just wait. _
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
[Gm] And get to [Bb] wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
_ At the end, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ what do you think of it all?
You are so small under your blanket here in this hospital.
I love you.
Tell your bones not to let go.
But your heart is beating slowly now.
This pain is gone.
But one small leaf was falling. _ _ _
_ _ _ Falling.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on [Bb] your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And [Gm] get [Bb] to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
_ _ At the end. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Good bye. _
There's no segue from that to mine.
I'm just [Ab] going to wave a clean slate.
And there should not be.
[C] _
[Abm] But this is a [Bb] song I wrote for my grandmother.
[E] I guess I should say I wrote it about my grandmother, especially in particular her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
She had Alzheimer's at the end of her life.
After she finally [Bb] passed away, I wrote this song.
I got to play it at a medical conference of all places.
They had a talk about Alzheimer's disease.
And then I got to play it.
It was sort of a fancy medical conference out in San Diego.
And Ozzy Osbourne was there. _
Under the medical context was that they had just revealed they had sequenced Ozzy Osbourne's
genome for the first time because they were trying to figure out why he metabolizes drugs so well.
[Bbm] And so I got to play my song after Ozzy Osbourne.
It's like he opened for me, sort of.
It's kind of cool.
_ [Bb] _ So this is called Anna. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Anna stares out of the window.
It's her 85th spring.
She tries to concentrate on something.
_ Her face is drained and she's confused.
The walls in this room and all the strangers standing around her chair.
They brought her photographs and frames.
They're using her name but she just smiles politely.
They're embraced.
And Anna introduces herself again.
The man picks up [Eb] her hand [Bb] and says, Anna, look, the spring has come.
And your carousel's waiting.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest, the apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something. _
_ At the end, _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] will _ _ _ _ you tighten the thread a little too tight?
_ _ _ _ Anna tries to form a thought.
But at the end she's forgotten where she started from.
_ _ _ There's something she would like to say.
But the words in her head seem to have got away.
_ Can Anna come out and play?
And over all that is inside,
a curtain is closing in her deep brown eyes.
_ _ _ It's like someone's built a wall.
And through the very last crack,
Santa extends her hand.
And the little girl _ says, please don't let me fall.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on your [Bb] way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And get to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
_ _ At the end, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ well there's so much you must have witnessed.
There's an over-the-chains child at the onset of the jazz age.
_ And it was long before Elvis
and rock and roll they told you there will be music.
_ _ You just wait. _
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
And on your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
[Gm] And get to [Bb] wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
_ At the end, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ what do you think of it all?
You are so small under your blanket here in this hospital.
I love you.
Tell your bones not to let go.
But your heart is beating slowly now.
This pain is gone.
But one small leaf was falling. _ _ _
_ _ _ Falling.
It's 1925 in New Orleans.
You're in your favorite dress.
Your brother is at your dad's hand.
[Gm] And on [Bb] your way to the Harbour Fest,
there will be apples on sticks and fish stands.
And [Gm] get [Bb] to wave at the passing ships.
Your daddy will buy you something.
_ _ At the end. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Good bye. _