Apartment 21 Chords by Bobbie Gentry

_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Rain [C#m] on my Sunday _ [F#m] shoes, _ pick [A] up the daily [D] news
_ Looks [C#] like tomorrow's blue, [E] but it's better [A] than none _
_ _ _ Call [C#m] on the telephone, [F#m] _ _ _ [A] knowin' that he's not [D] home
_ I'll put [C#m] on the Rolling Stones [E] and I can have [A] me some fun
[D] _
_ _ _ Start [C#m] up a flight of _ [F#m] stairs, _ [A] stand up and comb your [D] hair
_ Try [C#] not to [C#m] change things [F#] more than you can [A] withstand _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Get into something _ [F#m] new, stay [A] for a year or [D] two
_ Pick [C#m] up the pieces [G#] where you think they [A] might _ land
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] Everything's gone, _ _ late to say _
_ [Bm] _ so
I'm gettin' _ older, _ [D] _ day [C] by _ _ day
[F#m] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] Take off all your _ [F#m] clothes, _ [A] stand up and wipe your [D] nose
_ _ [A] Cry for your daddy, he [G#] lost so [A] long ago _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Jump on another [F#m] plane, _ _ today [A] it's all the [D] same
You can [A] catch me in Boston, _ [E] cause that's [A] how it goes _
_ _ _ I'm [C#m] in apartment _ [F#m] 21, _ got [A] my _ handsome [D] phone
_ _ [C#m] Say, how you doin', [F#] you old son of a [A] gun? _ _ _
_ _ _ Look [C#m] at a _ photograph, [F#m] _ love [A] to make you laugh
[D] _ _ All [C#m] those changes, [E] what have [A] you done?
And I said, la la [C#m] la, la [F#m] la la, la la [A] la la
[D] La _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] la la [A] la la, [D] _ _
[A] _ la la [C#m] la, la [F#m] la la _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
la [A] la la _ _ _ _
_ Sit down [G#m] and write a [F#m] song, _ wait [A] till the days grow [D]
long
Wait for [C#m] the old wind, [Bm] to [B] blow me [A] _ _ _
_ _ away _ _ _
La la [G#m] la, la la [F#m] la, _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] la [A] la la la
_ _ _ La la [C#m] la la la, [F#m] _ la la [A] la, _ _ [D] la la _ [C#m] la la la la
La [F#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ la [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] la la la _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] la [C#m] la _ _ la [F#] la la la la la la la la la [A] la la la _ la la la [C#m] la la la la la
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] la la la [C#m] la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _