Chords for Vic Chesnutt - Onion Soup
Tempo:
90.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
Am
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[C] [Bb] [Am]
[Fm] [C]
[F] [Am]
[F] [C] [G] [Bb]
[F] [Am]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [Am] [F] [C]
Drunk [Bb] and mysterious [F] Oh, [C]
[Bb] I'm a [Am] saint
[F] [C] Life's sound [Bb] is curious,
[Am] with a little touch [Dm] of a sniffle.
[Bb] I'm [F] filthy soft, [C]
[Am] no [Dm] coupled [Bb] fingernails.
Never doing [C] tomahawk chops,
[F] [C]
[Bb] or flaky hair.
[Am] [F] [C]
Dandruff [Bb] is distinguished, [F] [C]
[Bb] lacquer is [Am] weird.
[C] Paint [Bb] is the varnish,
[Am] what is [Dm] at the root of this?
[Bb] She'll say, [F] what you got?
[C]
[Am] What part of [Dm] syphilis do you possess?
[Bb] She'll say, which [C] I have [Bb] not [C] [F] known.
[C]
One [Bb] blustery day, [F] we [C] rode out [Bb] to the meadowland.
[F] We [C]
saw [Bb] and were amazed, [F] then [C] hauled it back [Bb] into town again.
[Am] I wrote you an eloquent [Dm] postcard once, [Bb] about this most exquisite onion [F] soup.
[C]
[Am] But of course I never [Dm] mailed it, no, cause it [Bb] would be your turn [C] in the blue.
[Bb]
[C] No, [F] [C]
those [Bb] were the [Am] days, [F] when you [C] were so [Bb] cosmopolitan.
[F] [C]
[Bb] These are the [Am] days, when [F] my letters [C]
they're [Bb] increasingly modern.
[Fm] [C]
[F] [Am]
[F] [C] [G] [Bb]
[F] [Am]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [Am] [F] [C]
Drunk [Bb] and mysterious [F] Oh, [C]
[Bb] I'm a [Am] saint
[F] [C] Life's sound [Bb] is curious,
[Am] with a little touch [Dm] of a sniffle.
[Bb] I'm [F] filthy soft, [C]
[Am] no [Dm] coupled [Bb] fingernails.
Never doing [C] tomahawk chops,
[F] [C]
[Bb] or flaky hair.
[Am] [F] [C]
Dandruff [Bb] is distinguished, [F] [C]
[Bb] lacquer is [Am] weird.
[C] Paint [Bb] is the varnish,
[Am] what is [Dm] at the root of this?
[Bb] She'll say, [F] what you got?
[C]
[Am] What part of [Dm] syphilis do you possess?
[Bb] She'll say, which [C] I have [Bb] not [C] [F] known.
[C]
One [Bb] blustery day, [F] we [C] rode out [Bb] to the meadowland.
[F] We [C]
saw [Bb] and were amazed, [F] then [C] hauled it back [Bb] into town again.
[Am] I wrote you an eloquent [Dm] postcard once, [Bb] about this most exquisite onion [F] soup.
[C]
[Am] But of course I never [Dm] mailed it, no, cause it [Bb] would be your turn [C] in the blue.
[Bb]
[C] No, [F] [C]
those [Bb] were the [Am] days, [F] when you [C] were so [Bb] cosmopolitan.
[F] [C]
[Bb] These are the [Am] days, when [F] my letters [C]
they're [Bb] increasingly modern.
Key:
C
Bb
F
Am
Dm
C
Bb
F
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
Drunk [Bb] and mysterious _ [F] Oh, _ [C] _
[Bb] I'm a [Am] saint
[F] _ [C] Life's sound [Bb] is curious, _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] with a little touch [Dm] of a _ sniffle.
[Bb] _ I'm [F] filthy soft, [C] _
_ [Am] _ no [Dm] coupled _ _ [Bb] fingernails.
_ Never doing [C] tomahawk chops, _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] or flaky hair.
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
Dandruff [Bb] is distinguished, _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] lacquer is [Am] weird.
_ _ [C] Paint [Bb] is the varnish, _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ what is [Dm] at the root of this?
_ [Bb] She'll say, [F] what you got?
_ [C] _
_ [Am] What part of [Dm] syphilis do you possess?
_ [Bb] She'll say, which [C] I have [Bb] not _ [C] _ _ _ [F] known.
_ [C]
One [Bb] blustery day, _ _ [F] we [C] rode out [Bb] to the meadowland.
_ [F] We [C]
saw [Bb] and were amazed, [F] then [C] hauled it back [Bb] into town again. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] I wrote you an eloquent [Dm] postcard once, [Bb] about this most exquisite onion [F] soup.
_ [C] _
_ [Am] But of course I never [Dm] mailed it, no, cause it [Bb] would be your turn [C] in the blue.
[Bb] _
[C] No, _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
those [Bb] were the [Am] days, [F] when you [C] were so [Bb] _ _ cosmopolitan.
[F] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] These are the _ [Am] days, when [F] my letters [C]
they're [Bb] increasingly modern. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
Drunk [Bb] and mysterious _ [F] Oh, _ [C] _
[Bb] I'm a [Am] saint
[F] _ [C] Life's sound [Bb] is curious, _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] with a little touch [Dm] of a _ sniffle.
[Bb] _ I'm [F] filthy soft, [C] _
_ [Am] _ no [Dm] coupled _ _ [Bb] fingernails.
_ Never doing [C] tomahawk chops, _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] or flaky hair.
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
Dandruff [Bb] is distinguished, _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] lacquer is [Am] weird.
_ _ [C] Paint [Bb] is the varnish, _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ what is [Dm] at the root of this?
_ [Bb] She'll say, [F] what you got?
_ [C] _
_ [Am] What part of [Dm] syphilis do you possess?
_ [Bb] She'll say, which [C] I have [Bb] not _ [C] _ _ _ [F] known.
_ [C]
One [Bb] blustery day, _ _ [F] we [C] rode out [Bb] to the meadowland.
_ [F] We [C]
saw [Bb] and were amazed, [F] then [C] hauled it back [Bb] into town again. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] I wrote you an eloquent [Dm] postcard once, [Bb] about this most exquisite onion [F] soup.
_ [C] _
_ [Am] But of course I never [Dm] mailed it, no, cause it [Bb] would be your turn [C] in the blue.
[Bb] _
[C] No, _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
those [Bb] were the [Am] days, [F] when you [C] were so [Bb] _ _ cosmopolitan.
[F] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] These are the _ [Am] days, when [F] my letters [C]
they're [Bb] increasingly modern. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _