Anesthesia chords by Brenda Kahn

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

Bm    A   G    A
Bm    A   G    A

Verse 1:
Bm                             A             G
She wore a half smile, always laughing in the wind
Bm        A                      G          A
I know it sounds cliche but it's all true
Bm        A                   G          A
I know it sounds cliche but I    love you

Verse 2:
Bm                                   A            G
She wore an old black trenchcoat, to cover up her skin
Bm             A                    G       A
She weren't no fool, she didn't let anybody in
Bm             A             G                  A
Pulled off the highway, they strip searched the van
Bm                A             G       A
All the cops were   so bored in Ashland...Ohio


Chorus:
G          A                D            D/A     G
And they believe you if you swear you're telling lies
        D           G                  A   A          A   A
Anesthetized by the violence, they are clapping their hands

Bm Bm Bm F#


Verse 3:
Bm                          A                    G
She took a picture of every town that she'd been through
Bm         A                     G           A
An antique postcard store in her mind's eye
Bm             A     G                 A
And tipped her hat      to the passers by
              Bm               A           G         A
And cried for God, and god for man, Malcom X   Billy Graham
                Bm       A             G    A
They cried out, "I don't know you from Eve,    Madam!"


Chorus:
G          A                D            D/A     G
And they believe you if you swear you're telling lies
        D           G                  A   A          A   A
Anesthetized by the violence, they are clapping their hands

Bm Bm Bm F#

Bm             A                G     A


Verse 4:
Bm                          A            G
Stripped to her senses, she wanted to go home
Bm             A                G     A
Sometimes he'd take her there
Bm             A            G         A
Sometimes he'd just kept on drinking, sometimes to
Bm             A            G         A
Despair

Bm                                 A               G
And she wore a half smile,  always laughing in the wind
Bm        A                      G          A
I know it sounds cliche but it's all true
Bm        A                       G          A
I know it sounds cliche,                        but I love you


Chorus:
G          A                D            D/A     G
And they believe you if you swear you're telling lies
        D           G                  A   A          A   A
Anesthetized by the violence, they are clapping their hands


Outro:
Bm    A    G   A
Bm    A    G   A
Bm    A    G   A A  Em F#m