Chords for Private Affair - Garfield (1977)
Tempo:
79.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Em
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G]
[C]
[Am] Penny for your thoughts.
[Em] Mr.
Penny for your thoughts.
[F] You look so far away.
[Em] It must be nice to drift that way.
[Am] Maybe it's a lady you're missing.
[G] I hope not.
You [F] see, I've been watching you.
[E] You don't seem impressed.
[A] Jenny is my name.
[C] [G] Pleasure is my game.
[F] I keep it tidy home.
[Em] [F]
[G] [Am] And I'm as good once as I ever once was,
[C] about as good [G] as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in years [Em] gone by.
[Am] Yes, I'm as good once as I ever once [G] was,
about as good as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in [E] years gone by.
[A] Time fly now?
[G] What time fly?
[F] [Em]
Well, actually, I was thinking.
You see, it helps me to relax a bit.
[F] I'd just eaten dinner in Paris.
[Em] And I [G] walk along the [C] Champs-Elysees.
[Em] [A] [Em] [C] [Em] [G]
[F] [C]
[E] [Am] But Jacob is my name.
[C] And the butcher is my trade.
[F] Yet I haven't seen work in [Em] quite some time now.
[F]
[Em] [Am] And I'm not as good as I once was,
[C] or as [G] good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really thought about [G] it in a long, long time.
[Am] No, I'm not as good as I once was,
[G] or as good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really [Dm] thought about it in a long, [Em] long time.
It's [Am] been a long time.
It's been [G] a long time now.
[F] It's been a long time.
[B] [Am] [Em]
But [Am] I could use some conversation,
[F] if [G] you'd care to sit a while.
[F] Then it'd be fine, Jacob, she said.
[Em] But not here.
[F]
[G] [Am] So they walked for a while.
[G] And they spoke their little truth.
[F] You see, there's no need to lie when talking [G] to a stranger.
[Am] Yeah, Jacob had been a butcher [G] for some twenty-two and a half years.
[F] Until in times when there was difficulty.
[Em] Sober little business.
[G] [Am] Jenny, she was a housewife [G] for only two years.
[F] When a man had been killed in a [E] political battle.
[Am] Now when Jacob heard this,
[G] he looked at Jenny.
[Em] And he [F] called out.
[Em] Yes, he called out.
[Am] Jenny, this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out there,
for [Em] those with the power.
Oh, Jenny, [Am] this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out there,
for those [Em] with the power.
That may be so, Jacob.
But if it wasn't for ones like you and I,
they'd not be there now.
[C]
[Dm] Ain't [C] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [G] [Am]
[G] [F]
[Em] [Am]
no sense to bitch about [G] it,
cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F]
Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[A] the bad don't seem so wrong.
There ain't no [C] sense to bitch about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] There ain't no sense to bitch [Em] about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] No, there ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it,
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[C] [F] When it's late at night and you're in your [B] bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong, [Am] so damn wrong
[C] [G] [F]
[G] [F] [E] [F] [Em] [Am]
[C] [B] [C] [G] [C] [G] [F]
[B] [C] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [F]
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
You [G] [Am] [G] [F] [G]
[Am] [Em] [Am] know it seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
[F] And it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
[Am] Seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
And [F] it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch about it
[G] Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your [Em] bed
The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F]
[C]
[Am] Penny for your thoughts.
[Em] Mr.
Penny for your thoughts.
[F] You look so far away.
[Em] It must be nice to drift that way.
[Am] Maybe it's a lady you're missing.
[G] I hope not.
You [F] see, I've been watching you.
[E] You don't seem impressed.
[A] Jenny is my name.
[C] [G] Pleasure is my game.
[F] I keep it tidy home.
[Em] [F]
[G] [Am] And I'm as good once as I ever once was,
[C] about as good [G] as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in years [Em] gone by.
[Am] Yes, I'm as good once as I ever once [G] was,
about as good as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in [E] years gone by.
[A] Time fly now?
[G] What time fly?
[F] [Em]
Well, actually, I was thinking.
You see, it helps me to relax a bit.
[F] I'd just eaten dinner in Paris.
[Em] And I [G] walk along the [C] Champs-Elysees.
[Em] [A] [Em] [C] [Em] [G]
[F] [C]
[E] [Am] But Jacob is my name.
[C] And the butcher is my trade.
[F] Yet I haven't seen work in [Em] quite some time now.
[F]
[Em] [Am] And I'm not as good as I once was,
[C] or as [G] good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really thought about [G] it in a long, long time.
[Am] No, I'm not as good as I once was,
[G] or as good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really [Dm] thought about it in a long, [Em] long time.
It's [Am] been a long time.
It's been [G] a long time now.
[F] It's been a long time.
[B] [Am] [Em]
But [Am] I could use some conversation,
[F] if [G] you'd care to sit a while.
[F] Then it'd be fine, Jacob, she said.
[Em] But not here.
[F]
[G] [Am] So they walked for a while.
[G] And they spoke their little truth.
[F] You see, there's no need to lie when talking [G] to a stranger.
[Am] Yeah, Jacob had been a butcher [G] for some twenty-two and a half years.
[F] Until in times when there was difficulty.
[Em] Sober little business.
[G] [Am] Jenny, she was a housewife [G] for only two years.
[F] When a man had been killed in a [E] political battle.
[Am] Now when Jacob heard this,
[G] he looked at Jenny.
[Em] And he [F] called out.
[Em] Yes, he called out.
[Am] Jenny, this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out there,
for [Em] those with the power.
Oh, Jenny, [Am] this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out there,
for those [Em] with the power.
That may be so, Jacob.
But if it wasn't for ones like you and I,
they'd not be there now.
[C]
[Dm] Ain't [C] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [G] [Am]
[G] [F]
[Em] [Am]
no sense to bitch about [G] it,
cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F]
Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[A] the bad don't seem so wrong.
There ain't no [C] sense to bitch about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] There ain't no sense to bitch [Em] about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] No, there ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it,
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[C] [F] When it's late at night and you're in your [B] bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong, [Am] so damn wrong
[C] [G] [F]
[G] [F] [E] [F] [Em] [Am]
[C] [B] [C] [G] [C] [G] [F]
[B] [C] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [F]
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
You [G] [Am] [G] [F] [G]
[Am] [Em] [Am] know it seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
[F] And it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
[Am] Seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
And [F] it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch about it
[G] Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your [Em] bed
The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F]
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] Penny for your thoughts.
[Em] Mr.
Penny for your thoughts. _
[F] You look so far away.
_ [Em] It must be nice to drift that way.
[Am] Maybe it's a lady you're missing.
[G] I hope not.
You [F] see, I've been watching you.
_ [E] You don't seem impressed. _
_ [A] Jenny is my name.
_ [C] [G] Pleasure is my game.
[F] I keep it tidy home.
[Em] _ _ _ [F] _
[G] [Am] And I'm as good once as I ever once was,
[C] about as good [G] as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in years [Em] gone by. _
[Am] Yes, I'm as good once as I ever once [G] was,
about as good as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in [E] years gone by. _
[A] Time fly now?
_ [G] What time fly? _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
Well, actually, I was thinking.
You see, it helps me to relax a bit.
[F] I'd just eaten dinner in Paris.
[Em] And I [G] walk along the [C] Champs-Elysees.
[Em] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] [Am] But Jacob is my name.
[C] And the butcher is my trade.
[F] Yet I haven't seen work in [Em] quite some time now.
[F] _
[Em] [Am] And I'm not as good as I once was,
[C] or as [G] good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really thought about [G] it in a long, long time. _
[Am] No, I'm not as good as I once was,
[G] or as good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really [Dm] thought about it in a long, [Em] long time.
It's [Am] been a long time.
It's been [G] a long time now. _
[F] It's been a long time.
_ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [Em]
But [Am] I could use some conversation,
[F] if [G] you'd care to sit a while. _
[F] Then it'd be fine, Jacob, she said.
[Em] But not here.
_ [F] _
[G] [Am] So they walked for a while.
[G] And they spoke their little truth.
[F] You see, there's no need to lie when talking [G] to a stranger. _
[Am] Yeah, Jacob had been a butcher [G] for some twenty-two and a half years.
[F] Until in times when there was difficulty.
[Em] Sober little business. _
[G] _ [Am] Jenny, she was a housewife [G] for only two years. _
[F] When a man had been killed in a [E] political battle. _
[Am] Now when Jacob heard this,
[G] he looked at Jenny.
[Em] And he [F] called out.
_ _ [Em] Yes, he called out. _
[Am] Jenny, this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out _ there,
for [Em] those with the power.
Oh, Jenny, [Am] this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out there,
for those [Em] with the power. _
_ That may be so, Jacob.
But if it wasn't for ones like you and I,
they'd not be there now.
_ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] Ain't _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am]
no sense to bitch about [G] it,
cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F]
Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[A] the bad don't seem so wrong.
There ain't no [C] sense to bitch about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] There ain't no sense to bitch [Em] about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] No, there ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it,
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[C] [F] When it's late at night and you're in your [B] bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong, [Am] so damn wrong
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[G] _ [F] _ [E] _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [B] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [F] _ _
_ [B] _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
You [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] [Am] know it seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
[F] And it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
_ [Am] Seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
And [F] it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch about it
[G] Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your [Em] bed
The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] Penny for your thoughts.
[Em] Mr.
Penny for your thoughts. _
[F] You look so far away.
_ [Em] It must be nice to drift that way.
[Am] Maybe it's a lady you're missing.
[G] I hope not.
You [F] see, I've been watching you.
_ [E] You don't seem impressed. _
_ [A] Jenny is my name.
_ [C] [G] Pleasure is my game.
[F] I keep it tidy home.
[Em] _ _ _ [F] _
[G] [Am] And I'm as good once as I ever once was,
[C] about as good [G] as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in years [Em] gone by. _
[Am] Yes, I'm as good once as I ever once [G] was,
about as good as one night should be.
[F] But not really quite as good as in [E] years gone by. _
[A] Time fly now?
_ [G] What time fly? _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
Well, actually, I was thinking.
You see, it helps me to relax a bit.
[F] I'd just eaten dinner in Paris.
[Em] And I [G] walk along the [C] Champs-Elysees.
[Em] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] [Am] But Jacob is my name.
[C] And the butcher is my trade.
[F] Yet I haven't seen work in [Em] quite some time now.
[F] _
[Em] [Am] And I'm not as good as I once was,
[C] or as [G] good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really thought about [G] it in a long, long time. _
[Am] No, I'm not as good as I once was,
[G] or as good as one night should be.
[F] Yet I haven't really [Dm] thought about it in a long, [Em] long time.
It's [Am] been a long time.
It's been [G] a long time now. _
[F] It's been a long time.
_ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [Em]
But [Am] I could use some conversation,
[F] if [G] you'd care to sit a while. _
[F] Then it'd be fine, Jacob, she said.
[Em] But not here.
_ [F] _
[G] [Am] So they walked for a while.
[G] And they spoke their little truth.
[F] You see, there's no need to lie when talking [G] to a stranger. _
[Am] Yeah, Jacob had been a butcher [G] for some twenty-two and a half years.
[F] Until in times when there was difficulty.
[Em] Sober little business. _
[G] _ [Am] Jenny, she was a housewife [G] for only two years. _
[F] When a man had been killed in a [E] political battle. _
[Am] Now when Jacob heard this,
[G] he looked at Jenny.
[Em] And he [F] called out.
_ _ [Em] Yes, he called out. _
[Am] Jenny, this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out _ there,
for [Em] those with the power.
Oh, Jenny, [Am] this world,
it's a [G] private affair
for those [F] out there,
for those [Em] with the power. _
_ That may be so, Jacob.
But if it wasn't for ones like you and I,
they'd not be there now.
_ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] Ain't _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am]
no sense to bitch about [G] it,
cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F]
Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[A] the bad don't seem so wrong.
There ain't no [C] sense to bitch about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] Late at night, when you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] There ain't no sense to bitch [Em] about it,
[G] cause you all know what's gone wrong.
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed,
[Em] the bad don't seem so wrong.
[Am] No, there ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it,
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[C] [F] When it's late at night and you're in your [B] bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong, [Am] so damn wrong
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[G] _ [F] _ [E] _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ [B] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [F] _ _
_ [B] _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
You [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] [Am] know it seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
[F] And it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
_ [Am] Seems I've been fighting since the day I was born
[G] But I know that I can't go on
And [F] it looks like I've been fighting till the day that I [Em] die
But I don't let your brain get down
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch about it
[G] Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your [Em] bed
The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] When it's late at night and you're in your bed
[Em] The bad don't seem so wrong
[Am] Ain't no sense to bitch [G] about it
Cause you all know what's gone wrong
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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