Chords for Shawn Colvin - "Polaroids" (eTown webisode 233)
Tempo:
79.45 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
G#m
A
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#] [F#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#] Please no more therapy [B] Mother take care of [F#] me
Embrace me together Like a [G#m] needle and thread
[F#] Wrap me in either down Lace from your wedding gown
Hold me and lay me [B] down [F#] On your [B] bed
Or liken me to [F#] a shoe Blacken and spit [D#m]-charm [A] through
Kicking back home to you Smiling [C#] back home
[F#] Singing back home to you [B] Laughing back home to you
[G#m] And dragging back home to you
[F#] I was so wary [B] then The ugly American
[F#] Thinner than oxygen [B] And tough as [G#m] a whore
[F#] I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me
Nothing surprises [B] me [G#m] anymore
[F#] [B] But forests in Germany [F#] Kids in the Touleries
[A] Broken down fortresses in [C#] old Italy
[F#] And claiming his victory [B]
Shrouded in mystery
[G#m] He would run away with me
[F#] Back in our home New York [B] Walking these streets [F#] forlorn
We all in our uniforms [G#m] Black and black
[F#] And doing that slouching job [B] The artist [F#] must survive
We got all we need We cry and we don't [G#m] look back
[F#] [B] And thinking we had it [A#m] made Poised for the hit [A] parade
Knee deep in accolades The conceptual [G#m] pair
[C#] [F#] But ever the malcontent [B] He left without incident
[G#m] And vanished into thin air
I [F#] am always amazed [B] That words can fill up a page
[F#] And pages fill up the days Between [G#m] him and me
[F#] But the vows that we never keep [B] From bedrooms to business [F#] feet
They make me remember [B] how cheap [G#m] words can [F#] be
[B] And the letters that I wrote you up [F#] They were those [A#m] of the desperate
Stuff [A] like begging for love In [B] a suicide [C#] threat
[F#] But I am too young to die [B] Too old for a lullaby
[G#m] And too tired for life on the ledge
[F#] Oh, but I had a dream last night Of lovers who walked the plank
Out on the edge of [B] time [F#] Amidst [G#m] ridicule
[F#] And they laughed as they rocked and reeled Over [B] the mining [F#] fields
Coming to rest on [B] this ship of [G#m] fools
[F#] [B] And he just took Polaroid [F#]
with her Smile in [A] the light of the dawn
Of [D#] the menacing [C#] sky
[F#] Before they went overboard [B] She turned and held up a [G#m] card
And it said Valentine
[F#] [B]
[F#] [B]
[G#m] [F#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#]
[E] [A]
[N]
[G#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#] Please no more therapy [B] Mother take care of [F#] me
Embrace me together Like a [G#m] needle and thread
[F#] Wrap me in either down Lace from your wedding gown
Hold me and lay me [B] down [F#] On your [B] bed
Or liken me to [F#] a shoe Blacken and spit [D#m]-charm [A] through
Kicking back home to you Smiling [C#] back home
[F#] Singing back home to you [B] Laughing back home to you
[G#m] And dragging back home to you
[F#] I was so wary [B] then The ugly American
[F#] Thinner than oxygen [B] And tough as [G#m] a whore
[F#] I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me
Nothing surprises [B] me [G#m] anymore
[F#] [B] But forests in Germany [F#] Kids in the Touleries
[A] Broken down fortresses in [C#] old Italy
[F#] And claiming his victory [B]
Shrouded in mystery
[G#m] He would run away with me
[F#] Back in our home New York [B] Walking these streets [F#] forlorn
We all in our uniforms [G#m] Black and black
[F#] And doing that slouching job [B] The artist [F#] must survive
We got all we need We cry and we don't [G#m] look back
[F#] [B] And thinking we had it [A#m] made Poised for the hit [A] parade
Knee deep in accolades The conceptual [G#m] pair
[C#] [F#] But ever the malcontent [B] He left without incident
[G#m] And vanished into thin air
I [F#] am always amazed [B] That words can fill up a page
[F#] And pages fill up the days Between [G#m] him and me
[F#] But the vows that we never keep [B] From bedrooms to business [F#] feet
They make me remember [B] how cheap [G#m] words can [F#] be
[B] And the letters that I wrote you up [F#] They were those [A#m] of the desperate
Stuff [A] like begging for love In [B] a suicide [C#] threat
[F#] But I am too young to die [B] Too old for a lullaby
[G#m] And too tired for life on the ledge
[F#] Oh, but I had a dream last night Of lovers who walked the plank
Out on the edge of [B] time [F#] Amidst [G#m] ridicule
[F#] And they laughed as they rocked and reeled Over [B] the mining [F#] fields
Coming to rest on [B] this ship of [G#m] fools
[F#] [B] And he just took Polaroid [F#]
with her Smile in [A] the light of the dawn
Of [D#] the menacing [C#] sky
[F#] Before they went overboard [B] She turned and held up a [G#m] card
And it said Valentine
[F#] [B]
[F#] [B]
[G#m] [F#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#]
[E] [A]
[N]
[G#]
Key:
F#
B
G#m
A
C#
F#
B
G#m
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] Please no more therapy [B] Mother take care of [F#] me
Embrace me together Like a [G#m] needle and thread
[F#] Wrap me in either down Lace from your wedding gown
Hold me and lay me [B] down [F#] On your [B] bed
Or liken me to [F#] a shoe Blacken and spit [D#m]-charm [A] through
Kicking back home to you Smiling [C#] back home
[F#] Singing back home to you [B] Laughing back home to you
[G#m] And dragging back home to you
[F#] _ I was so wary [B] then The ugly American
[F#] Thinner than oxygen [B] And tough as [G#m] a whore
[F#] I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me
Nothing surprises [B] me [G#m] anymore
_ [F#] [B] But forests in Germany [F#] Kids in the Touleries
[A] Broken down _ fortresses in [C#] old Italy
[F#] And claiming his victory [B] _
Shrouded in mystery
[G#m] He would run away with me
[F#] Back in our home New York [B] Walking these streets [F#] forlorn
We all in our uniforms [G#m] Black and black
[F#] And doing that slouching job [B] The artist [F#] must survive
We got all we need We cry and we don't [G#m] look back
[F#] [B] And thinking we had it [A#m] made Poised for the hit [A] parade
Knee deep in accolades The conceptual [G#m] pair
[C#] [F#] But ever the malcontent [B] He left without incident
[G#m] And vanished into thin air
_ I [F#] _ am always amazed [B] That words can fill up a page
[F#] And pages fill up the days Between [G#m] him and me
[F#] But the vows that we never keep [B] From bedrooms to business [F#] feet
They make me remember [B] how cheap [G#m] words can [F#] be
[B] And the letters that I wrote you up [F#] They were those [A#m] of the desperate
Stuff [A] like begging for love In [B] a suicide [C#] threat
[F#] But I am too young to die [B] Too old for a lullaby
[G#m] And too tired for life on the ledge
[F#] Oh, but I had a dream last night Of lovers who walked the plank
Out on the edge of [B] time [F#] Amidst [G#m] ridicule
[F#] And they laughed as they rocked and reeled Over [B] the mining [F#] fields
Coming to rest on [B] this ship of [G#m] fools
[F#] [B] And he just took Polaroid [F#] _
with her Smile in [A] the light of the dawn
Of [D#] the menacing [C#] sky
[F#] Before they went overboard [B] She turned and held up a [G#m] card
And it said Valentine
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] Please no more therapy [B] Mother take care of [F#] me
Embrace me together Like a [G#m] needle and thread
[F#] Wrap me in either down Lace from your wedding gown
Hold me and lay me [B] down [F#] On your [B] bed
Or liken me to [F#] a shoe Blacken and spit [D#m]-charm [A] through
Kicking back home to you Smiling [C#] back home
[F#] Singing back home to you [B] Laughing back home to you
[G#m] And dragging back home to you
[F#] _ I was so wary [B] then The ugly American
[F#] Thinner than oxygen [B] And tough as [G#m] a whore
[F#] I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me
Nothing surprises [B] me [G#m] anymore
_ [F#] [B] But forests in Germany [F#] Kids in the Touleries
[A] Broken down _ fortresses in [C#] old Italy
[F#] And claiming his victory [B] _
Shrouded in mystery
[G#m] He would run away with me
[F#] Back in our home New York [B] Walking these streets [F#] forlorn
We all in our uniforms [G#m] Black and black
[F#] And doing that slouching job [B] The artist [F#] must survive
We got all we need We cry and we don't [G#m] look back
[F#] [B] And thinking we had it [A#m] made Poised for the hit [A] parade
Knee deep in accolades The conceptual [G#m] pair
[C#] [F#] But ever the malcontent [B] He left without incident
[G#m] And vanished into thin air
_ I [F#] _ am always amazed [B] That words can fill up a page
[F#] And pages fill up the days Between [G#m] him and me
[F#] But the vows that we never keep [B] From bedrooms to business [F#] feet
They make me remember [B] how cheap [G#m] words can [F#] be
[B] And the letters that I wrote you up [F#] They were those [A#m] of the desperate
Stuff [A] like begging for love In [B] a suicide [C#] threat
[F#] But I am too young to die [B] Too old for a lullaby
[G#m] And too tired for life on the ledge
[F#] Oh, but I had a dream last night Of lovers who walked the plank
Out on the edge of [B] time [F#] Amidst [G#m] ridicule
[F#] And they laughed as they rocked and reeled Over [B] the mining [F#] fields
Coming to rest on [B] this ship of [G#m] fools
[F#] [B] And he just took Polaroid [F#] _
with her Smile in [A] the light of the dawn
Of [D#] the menacing [C#] sky
[F#] Before they went overboard [B] She turned and held up a [G#m] card
And it said Valentine
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
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