Tall Tales For Spring Ukulele chords by Vanessa Carlton

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)



Key: Eb


Intro: Vanessa Piano Solo
Ab Cm Bb F  x4


Verse 1:
Ab             Cm      Bb
  God rest his head Sunday
     F   Ab
afternoon  and The wicked
   Cm    Bb         F
in me is surely the wicked
   Ab               Cm
in you We pray to a ghost
          Bb    F  Ab
that we'd never met  Time
            Cm
turns for a cure from
    Bb
the scientists for

Chorus 1:
Fm       Eb
  Madness  madness
Cm       Bb
  of the heart
Fm
  But you knew it
Eb
  you knew it
Cm          Bb
  from the start


Post Chorus: Vanessa Plays Piano Very Fast
Ab Cm Bb F


Verse 2:
Ab            Cm
  And Hawking will tell us
   Bb               F
no tall tales this Spring
Ab                  Cm
  No minds hold the chaos
      Bb     F
that started everything
Ab           Cm
  Maybe it's fate and
    Bb            F
the sadness takes hold
Ab
  Still stars through
  Cm
a window will they
Bb
ever know this


Chorus 2:
Fm       Eb
  Madness  madness
Cm       Bb
  of the heart
Fm
  But you knew it
Eb
  you knew it
Cm          Bb
  from the start
Fm           Eb
  The Madness  madness
Cm       Bb
  of the heart
Fm
  But you knew it
Eb
  you knew it
Cm          Bb
  from the start


Instrumental:
F Ab Cm Bb  x2


Bridge:
F          Ab     Cm
  Stare a sleepy smile
       Bb
into a sunbeam
F         Ab      Cm
  There's nothing more
       Bb
than a daydream
F   Ab
  Colored stained
Cm      Bb
glass cathedral
F    Ab        Cm
  Confines the past
           Bb
that won't let you go


Verse 3:
Ab              Cm
  God rest your head
   Bb       F
Sunday afternoon
Ab               Cm
  And the wicked in me
   Bb     F
is surely coming through
Ab              Cm
  Now pray to a ghost
     Bb        F
that I'd never met
Ab
  Still searching for
Cm      Bb
someway out of this mess


Chorus 3: Vanessa Piano Solo
Fm Eb Cm         Bb
        It's the heart
Fm Eb Cm         Bb
        It's the heart
Fm             Eb
  And a madness  a
       Cm        Bb
madness  in the stars
Fm
  But you knew it
Eb
  you knew it
Cm          Bb
  from the start


Instrumental: Vanessa Piano Solo
Fm Ab Cm Bb  x4


Outro: Vanessa Plays Piano Very Fast
Ab Cm Bb F  x2