Cherry Stems chords by Allie Crow Buckley

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  C  Bm
G  C  Bm

Verse 1:
G     C      Bm
I can see you now
G                       C       Bm
Getting’ stoned on your chaise lounge
G           C               Bm
It was so romantic watching you blow smoke rings in your white
   G  C  Bm
linen

Verse 2:
G          C                Bm
I was your harlequin jester dancin’
G               C        Bm
Tyin’ cherry stems on my tongue
G                 C           Bm
You would call me Melody Nelson
G             C      Bm
And I would play along

Chorus:
D       Am
Lost in love
G                 C
Or some kind of illusion
      D            Am
Or up to the moon above
   G           C
And follow the light that flickers
        Bm      Am
Did you turn it on
   G                C
Or was it just an illusion
   D        Am
I’m lost in love

Verse 3:
G          C       Bm
So-and-so read your palm
G               C          Bm
Turns out the stars were wrong
  G          C             Bm
Cosmically shackled to the narrative I’ve written myself
G  C                Bm
In, you played along

Chorus:
D       Am
Lost in love
G                 C
Or some kind of illusion
      D            Am
Or up to the moon above
   G           C
And follow the light that flickers
       Bm      Am
Did you turn it on
   G                C
Or was it just an illusion
   D        Am
I’m lost in love
F             C
Lost in love

Instrumental:
G  C  Bm
G  C  Bm

Bridge:
G     C      Bm   N.C.
I can see you now

Chorus:
D       Am
Lost in love
G                 C
Or some kind of illusion
      D            Am
Or up to the moon above
   G           C
And follow the light that flickers
       Bm      Am
Did you turn it on
   G                C
Or was it just an illusion
   D        Am
I’m lost in love

Outro:
F      C      G  N.C.