Chords for Ray LaMontagne - Loretta
Tempo:
86.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
F
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[F] But, [Bm] um
It's really pretty, pretty exciting.
It's [G] just like
Oh my god!
[B] Just looking at the night sky
and then sitting [G] on the side.
There was a time,
there was a time when you wanted to go
just a little bit of help
I could [F#] probably just leave [B] everybody there.
Just
[Em]
[G]
[G#] [F#] [Gm] [G#] I just drink a [F] little tea.
[G] [G] [N]
That's
Very nasty,
very [B] nasty.
[A] Anyway,
we were talking [F] about the costume.
So, it's a
[G] It's [Em] [G] a [G#] really beautiful song,
lots of people have recorded it,
and of course, the [F] conversation is shown
in John Connick,
and you [Em] know, I [G] certainly didn't record it,
but [F#] it's beautiful.
And, [D#] well,
I'll sing it.
[G]
[C] [G]
[F#] It's called The Rhythm.
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] Brother, she's my [C] ballroom gal
Wears those [G] sevens on her sleeve
Dances like a diamond on [Em] her face
Tells me lies I don't want
Her [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the [C] fours
Loves me like [G] I want her to
She loves me like I want her to
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Loretta, won't you stay and eat
[C] Darling, put your [G] guitar
And [G] my shampoos
Sing a sad and waiting song
A [D] guitar sings a melody
[Em] A guitar [G] sings a Loretta's rhyme
Long and lazy, blonde with [C] feet
I could [G] have her anytime
I could have her anytime
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Sweetest [C] death and break of day
Prettiest in the [G] city
She don't cry [Em] when I'm away
At least not till [G] she's all gone
[D] Now, Loretta, I love you gone [Em] on
Keep your dancing [G] steps
And keep me in your mind a while
I'm [C] coming home, [G] I'm coming home
[C] I'm coming [G] home
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Loretta, [C] she's my ballroom [Em] gal
Wears those seven charms
She dances like a diamond on her face
Tells me [G] lies I don't want
Her [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the fours
[C]
Loves me like [G] I want her to
She loves me like I want her to
[N]
It's really pretty, pretty exciting.
It's [G] just like
Oh my god!
[B] Just looking at the night sky
and then sitting [G] on the side.
There was a time,
there was a time when you wanted to go
just a little bit of help
I could [F#] probably just leave [B] everybody there.
Just
[Em]
[G]
[G#] [F#] [Gm] [G#] I just drink a [F] little tea.
[G] [G] [N]
That's
Very nasty,
very [B] nasty.
[A] Anyway,
we were talking [F] about the costume.
So, it's a
[G] It's [Em] [G] a [G#] really beautiful song,
lots of people have recorded it,
and of course, the [F] conversation is shown
in John Connick,
and you [Em] know, I [G] certainly didn't record it,
but [F#] it's beautiful.
And, [D#] well,
I'll sing it.
[G]
[C] [G]
[F#] It's called The Rhythm.
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] Brother, she's my [C] ballroom gal
Wears those [G] sevens on her sleeve
Dances like a diamond on [Em] her face
Tells me lies I don't want
Her [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the [C] fours
Loves me like [G] I want her to
She loves me like I want her to
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Loretta, won't you stay and eat
[C] Darling, put your [G] guitar
And [G] my shampoos
Sing a sad and waiting song
A [D] guitar sings a melody
[Em] A guitar [G] sings a Loretta's rhyme
Long and lazy, blonde with [C] feet
I could [G] have her anytime
I could have her anytime
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Sweetest [C] death and break of day
Prettiest in the [G] city
She don't cry [Em] when I'm away
At least not till [G] she's all gone
[D] Now, Loretta, I love you gone [Em] on
Keep your dancing [G] steps
And keep me in your mind a while
I'm [C] coming home, [G] I'm coming home
[C] I'm coming [G] home
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Loretta, [C] she's my ballroom [Em] gal
Wears those seven charms
She dances like a diamond on her face
Tells me [G] lies I don't want
Her [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the fours
[C]
Loves me like [G] I want her to
She loves me like I want her to
[N]
Key:
G
C
Em
F
F#
G
C
Em
[F] But, _ [Bm] um_
It's really pretty, pretty exciting.
It's [G] just like_
Oh my god! _
[B] Just looking at the night sky
and then sitting [G] on the side. _ _
There was a time,
there was a time when you wanted to go
just a little bit of help
I could [F#] probably just leave [B] everybody there.
Just_
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [G#] I just drink a [F] little tea.
_ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [N]
That's_
Very _ nasty,
very [B] nasty.
_ [A] Anyway,
we were talking [F] about the costume.
So, it's a_
[G] It's [Em] _ _ [G] _ a [G#] really beautiful song,
lots of people have recorded it,
and of course, the [F] conversation is shown
in John Connick,
and you _ [Em] _ know, I [G] certainly didn't record it,
but [F#] it's beautiful.
And, [D#] well,
I'll sing it.
[G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[F#] It's called The Rhythm.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ Brother, she's my [C] ballroom gal
Wears those [G] sevens on her sleeve _ _
Dances like a diamond on [Em] her face
Tells me lies I don't want
_ _ _ _ _ Her [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the [C] fours
Loves me like [G] I want her to
She _ loves me like I want her to _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Loretta, won't you stay and eat
[C] Darling, put your [G] guitar _
_ And [G] my shampoos
_ Sing a sad and waiting song _ _ _ _
A [D] guitar sings a melody
[Em] A guitar [G] sings a Loretta's rhyme
Long and lazy, blonde with [C] feet
I could [G] have her anytime
I could have her anytime _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Sweetest [C] death and break of day
Prettiest in the [G] city _
_ She don't cry [Em] when I'm away
At least not till [G] she's all gone _ _ _ _ _
[D] Now, Loretta, I love you gone [Em] on
Keep your dancing [G] steps
And keep me in your mind a while
I'm [C] coming home, [G] I'm coming home
[C] I'm coming [G] home _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Loretta, [C] she's my ballroom [Em] gal
Wears those seven charms _
She dances like a diamond on her face
Tells me [G] lies I don't want
Her _ _ _ _ _ [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the fours
[C]
Loves me like [G] I want her to
_ She loves me like I want her to _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
It's really pretty, pretty exciting.
It's [G] just like_
Oh my god! _
[B] Just looking at the night sky
and then sitting [G] on the side. _ _
There was a time,
there was a time when you wanted to go
just a little bit of help
I could [F#] probably just leave [B] everybody there.
Just_
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [G#] I just drink a [F] little tea.
_ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [N]
That's_
Very _ nasty,
very [B] nasty.
_ [A] Anyway,
we were talking [F] about the costume.
So, it's a_
[G] It's [Em] _ _ [G] _ a [G#] really beautiful song,
lots of people have recorded it,
and of course, the [F] conversation is shown
in John Connick,
and you _ [Em] _ know, I [G] certainly didn't record it,
but [F#] it's beautiful.
And, [D#] well,
I'll sing it.
[G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[F#] It's called The Rhythm.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ Brother, she's my [C] ballroom gal
Wears those [G] sevens on her sleeve _ _
Dances like a diamond on [Em] her face
Tells me lies I don't want
_ _ _ _ _ Her [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the [C] fours
Loves me like [G] I want her to
She _ loves me like I want her to _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Loretta, won't you stay and eat
[C] Darling, put your [G] guitar _
_ And [G] my shampoos
_ Sing a sad and waiting song _ _ _ _
A [D] guitar sings a melody
[Em] A guitar [G] sings a Loretta's rhyme
Long and lazy, blonde with [C] feet
I could [G] have her anytime
I could have her anytime _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Sweetest [C] death and break of day
Prettiest in the [G] city _
_ She don't cry [Em] when I'm away
At least not till [G] she's all gone _ _ _ _ _
[D] Now, Loretta, I love you gone [Em] on
Keep your dancing [G] steps
And keep me in your mind a while
I'm [C] coming home, [G] I'm coming home
[C] I'm coming [G] home _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Loretta, [C] she's my ballroom [Em] gal
Wears those seven charms _
She dances like a diamond on her face
Tells me [G] lies I don't want
Her _ _ _ _ _ [D] age is always twenty-two
Laughing my eyes away
She spends my [Em] money like the fours
[C]
Loves me like [G] I want her to
_ She loves me like I want her to _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _