Bethlehem chords by Paula Cole

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Intro
G-Cadd9
G-Cadd9

G+G
Pulling on the apron strings looking up
Cadd9Cadd9
Standing on the chair to be grown up
 E minorEm
I feel so little, I need my pillow
D MajorD
I hate the time, I hate the clock, I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock
G+G
Sunday's pancakes Miss Mary Mack
Cadd9Cadd9
Color Polariods show my heart attack
   G+G
In my second-hand pants and dusty shoes
  Cadd9Cadd9
The day that the playground laughed at my shoes
    E minorEm
It's my birthday next week and what I want please
   D MajorD
Is to turn on the heat so the fish won't freeze
  Cadd9Cadd9
The fish in the tank froze and died last week
   D MajorD
Oh I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf

Chorus
G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm  D MajorD
Quarry miners, fishermen
Cadd9Cadd9         D MajorD
In my town of Bethlehem
G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm    D MajorD
Picket fences, church at ten
  Cadd9Cadd9
No star above my Bethlehem

G+G
Now I'm only 16 and I think I have an ulcer
  Cadd9Cadd9
I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
   E minorEm
I've lost five pounds these past few days
D MajorD
Trying to be class president and get straight A's,
   Cadd9Cadd9
Well, who gives a shit about that anyway?
   D MajorD
I just want to be a dog or a lump of clay

Chorus
G+G   D MajorD   E minorEm  D MajorD
Quarry miners, fishermen
Cadd9Cadd9         D MajorD
In my town of Bethlehem
G+G   D MajorD   E minorEm   D MajorD
Picket fences, church at ten
Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD
No star above my Bethlehem

Bridge
Cadd9Cadd9            E minorEm
Still I'm tired of standing still
         A minorAm
Tired of living still
Cadd9Cadd9   A minorAm       Cadd9-D
Everyday I dream of leaving

D MajorD
Everybody's talking about Becky's bust
    D MajorD
The boys on the basketball team just fuck
   E minorEm
The same ten girls, who don't know who they are
    D MajorD
They're looking for some comfort in the back of a car
  Cadd9Cadd9
The six-packs of beer, the locker room jeers
   D MajorD
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be here

Chorus
G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm  D MajorD
Quarry miners, fishermen
Cadd9Cadd9         D MajorD
In my town of Bethlehem
G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm    D MajorD
Picket fences, church at ten
Cadd9Cadd9
No star above my Bethlehem
G+G     D MajorD     Em-D-Cadd9-D
Red brick schoolhouse
G+G    D MajorD      E minorEm  D MajorD
Dead end dirt roads, daffodils
Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD
No star above my Bethlehem

Coda
Cadd9Cadd9                  Cadd9Cadd9
I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock
    D MajorD                     G+G
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be here in Bethlehem.