Alicia Ross chords by Kathleen Edwards

CAPO: 1st fret


Intro: C   Cadd9-C  F  (3x)  C   Cadd9-C

                        F
Oh, I am a girl, the forgettable face
       C                    F
And no matter my colour, no matter my name
   C                                      F   Csus4-F
At work there is a boy and he treats me well
   C                               F                  C   F
My old friends from high school, I see them around


      C                         F
Well, August is here, I can't believe how fast
C                             F
Soon there will be winter and snow on the ground
Am                                 F
Maybe by then I could get my own place
C                      F
Closer to the city, if that's okay

      G                Am
But Mama, can you hear me?
     F                                  C
As I dragged on my day's last cigarette
   G         Am
He pulled me so hard
       F                        C
Off my very own back door steps
       G              Am
And he laid me in his garden
        F                           C
All the years I've watched him tend
       G          Am
And he took me, Mama
           F                 C
So I could never tell you about it


INTERLUDE: Am G F     C


                                    F
And inside of this moment there are things I wish I could know
          C                                  F
Like your ring size and my ring size and the hour I was born
       Am                         F
And my dad's middle name and your favourite song
         C              F
Was your darkest day as dark as this one?



  G                Am
Mama, can you hear me?
     F                                  C
As I dragged on my day's last cigarette
   G         Am
He pulled me so hard
       F                        C
Off my very own back door steps
       G              Am
And he laid me in his garden
        F                           C
All the years I've watched him tend
            G          Am
And then he took me, Mama
           F                 C
So I could never tell you about it
          F                                  C
Now I'm a girl who's face they'll never forget


INTERLUDE:
       Am G F
Oh ooh oh ohhh
       Am G F
Oh ooh oh ohhh
       Am G F
Oh ooh oh ohhh


OUTRO: C  Cadd9-C  F (3x) C