Text Book chords by Lana Del Rey

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Verse 1:
Dm                          C
   I guess you could call it text book
      Gm
I was looking for the father
         Dm
I wanted back
Dm                            C
   And I thought I found it in Brentwood
          Gm                                   A7
It seemed only appropriate you'd easily had my back
Dm                        F
   And then there was the issue of her
              C                               Gm
I didn't even like myself, or love the life I had
                        Dm
And there you were with shinin' stars
                    F
Standin' clear with open arms
                C                                             Gm
You touched the detriment, most of the friends I knew already had

🎸 Chorus:
Bb                          F
   You've got a Thunderbird, my daddy had one too
C                         Dm
   Let's rewrite his story, I'll do this dance with you
Bb
   You know I'm not that girl
F
   You know I'll never be
C                           Dm
   Maybe just the way we're different could set me free
Bb                                           F                                 C
   And there we were, screamin' "Black Lives Matter" in a crowd by the Old Man River
                        Dm
And I saw you saw who I am
Bb                           F                                  C
   God, I wish I was with my father, he could see us in all our splendor
                                   Dm
All the things I couldn't want for him
               Bb        F
I screamed for them, oh, oh, oh
                C      Dm
And screamed for them, ah


🎸 Verse 2:
Dm                 C
   Could we do this dance again?
       Gm                                              Dm
Do you think if I go blonde, we could get our old love back?
Dm                       C
   I guess this is really the end
    Gm                                                 A7
I never felt jealous before this year, but I'm jealous now
Dm                  F
   People say we're too much alive
                   C
But maybe if I lay dead that would make right in the end
                       Gm
Of all these sleepless nights
            Dm
Other men I met felt right
                       F
Would smile at you and stick a knife
        C
In your back
                                        Gm
Finally, I met you so I'm not wonderin' why


🎸 Chorus:
Bb                          F
   You've got a Thunderbird, my daddy had one too
C                         Dm
   Let's rewrite his story, I'll do this dance with you
Bb
   You know I'm not that girl
F
   You know I'll never be
C                           Dm
   Maybe just the way we're different could set me free
Bb                                           F                                 C
   And there we were, screamin' "Black Lives Matter" in a crowd by the Old Man River
                        Dm
And I saw you saw who I am
Bb                           F                                  C
   God, I wish I was with my father, he could see us in all our splendor
                                   Dm
All the things I couldn't want for him
               Bb        F
I screamed for them, oh, oh, oh
                C      Dm
And screamed for them, ah


🎸 Outro:
                    Bb       F
Old Man River keeps rollin'
               C
With or without him
Dm               Bb
   Old Man River keeps rollin'
F                            C
  Without him, oh my old man
Dm                  Bb  F         C
Old Man River keeps rollin', oh