Chords for "Are You Getting This Down?" from Jonatha Brooke's "My Mother Has 4 Noses."

[F] _ _ Even before our latest collaboration began,
_ writing about my mother was a natural imperative.
_ She inhabited so many of my songs over the years.
I used to thank her on stage for all the good material.
_ _ And I haunted her poems and essays.
_ She wrote a column called Looking Homeward
for the Christian Science Monitor for 10 years.
And her poems have been published
for as long as I can remember in the church's _ periodicals.
_ _ Our last two years together were a detour
from my real life for sure.
But they were rich and we were a pair.
_ I was getting it down.
My mother has four noses, is always how it started.
She would have insisted. _ _ _ _ _
One [Eb] morning I came to see her after [F] breakfast.
She had her [Gm] nose tied upside [F] down
to the bridge of her glasses through [Bb] its nostrils.
[F] She'd already tried Scotch tape and [Bb] glue stick.
She [F] asked me perfectly innocently
[Eb] if I thought it was acceptable.
[F] _ _ I [Gm] told her it was very clever [F] indeed
and that I thought it would [Bb] pass _ _ muster.
_ [F] _ Who's muster?
[Bb] She said, we don't know anybody named muster.
_ [Cm] _ Gotcha.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] Mom's noses are [Eb] brilliant maxillofacial works of [Bb] art.
_ [Eb] My mother was also a piece of work. _
[F] But I loved her [Eb] so much. _ _
_ [F] _ _ I never [Eb] knew how [Bb] much _ _ _ until now. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Are you getting this down?
_ [C] Boo-thee, [Gm] it's good.
_ _ [D] _
Are you getting [Cm] this down?
[Dm] Boo-thee, you [Eb] _ should.
_ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] _ All my [F] pretty promises [Bb] and my _ [Eb] desperate _ _ amends
[Bb] _ couldn't put [Fm] me back together [Gm] _ again.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Couldn't put [Gb] me back together [Gm] _ again.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] But you [Eb] did. _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] You did. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So are you getting this down?
[Fm] These dark and _ [Gm] crazy _ [D] scenes?
Are you getting [Cm] this down?
The [Dm] laughter in [Eb] between?
_ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [Gm] Because _ everything [F] I _ wanted [Bb] eluded me each [F] time.
[Eb] _ [Bb] The only [Gb] thing I ever knew [Gm] was mine.
[D] _ _
_ _ [Bb] The only [Gb] thing I ever knew [Gm] was _ mine.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] Your love, _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] your _ love.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I never [Eb] had to _ _ _ _ ask.
[F] _ _ _
[Eb] You know [Bb] I never _ _ would. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I never had to _
[Ab] _ hide. _ _ _ _ _
You know [Bb] I never [Eb] could _ _ _ [Bb] with [Eb] you by my side.
Are you getting [Bb] this down?
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] Boo _ -thee.
[Gb] Are you getting [Bb] this down?
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [G] Boo _ [C]-thee.
Are you getting [Bb] this _ _ [Fm] down?
[Gb] Boo _ [Gm] _ _
[C]-thee.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ I did.
[F] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
I did. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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