Vernie chords by Blind Melon

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Music and Lyrics by Blind Melon. Chords by Cameron Kisiel.

Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA
 Oooh...
E MajorE A augmentedA
 Ooooh...
E MajorE A augmentedA
 Ooooooohhh...
D MajorD BB

Verse 1:
E MajorE     A augmentedA
Is it the way you're speakin'?
E MajorE    A augmentedA
Is it because I'm peakin'?
E MajorE       A augmentedA       D MajorD  E MajorE
Twistin' your face, thumb in haaand

Chorus:
  A augmentedA             F#F#
But you gotta have your own space to play in
A augmentedA        F#F#
 A augmentedA collection of glass chickens
A augmentedA       F#F#        E MajorE
 Oh, Vernie, what a garden you have


Verse 2:
 E MajorE          A augmentedA
Maybe its the snuff under your lip
   E MajorE         A augmentedA
Or maybe caramel cake covered in Christmas
 E MajorE         A augmentedA     D MajorD  E MajorE
Oh, a flower, you are, to my laaaaand

But I


Chorus:
 A augmentedA      F#F#
No, I cannot deny the beauty
A augmentedA         F#F#          A augmentedA
 If I had a heart, I would want it to be, like Vernie's
 F#F#            E MajorE
Oh, what a heart that she has

BB A augmentedA E MajorE
no lyrics
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
eee...

Outro:
  BB
Roaming through the cupboard
     A augmentedA             E MajorE
Jar of pickles never opened since 1983
  BB
Peanuts in a pile
   A augmentedA                 E MajorE
And Elvis down the aisle, singing gallantly...

BB A augmentedA E MajorE
        BB         A augmentedA         F# minorF#m E MajorE
I wish I could be, I wish I could be, I wish I could beeeee
        BB         A augmentedA           F# minorF#m E MajorE
I wish I could be, I wish I could be a little more like Ver-nie
       BB
Oh, I wanna be,
     A augmentedA           F# minorF#m E MajorE
I wanna be, a little more like Ver-nie

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