Soft Touch chords by Everything But The Girl

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Use the chords ackording to the instruction in the chart below:
    E,A,D,G,B,e       E,A,D,G,B,e
    - - - - - -       - - - - - -
A/E.  x,x,2,2,2,0  G#m7G#m7   4,6,4,4,4,4
Faug. x,x,3,2,2,1  G13G13    3,x,3,4,5,x
F#m.  x,x,4,2,2,2  Cmaj7Cmaj7   x,3,5,4,5,3 or x,3,2,0,0,0
A7/G. x,x,5,2,2,3  Dmaj7Dmaj7   x,5,7,6,7,5 or x,x,0,2,2,2
D.   x,x,0,2,3,2  F#7F#7    2,4,2,3,5,2
F#7-13 2,x,2,3,3,x  E(b9)   0,2,2,1,0,1
Bm7.  x,2,4,2,3,2  Am7Am7    5,7,5,5,8,5
G#7-13 4,x,4,5,5,x  Dsus4Dsus4   x,5,7,7,8,x
C#m7. x,4,6,4,5,4  EMaj13Emaj13  0,2,1,1,2,0
F#13. 2,x,2,3,4,x  E.    0,2,2,1,0,x
D6.  x,5,7,7,7,7

intro:

 A/EA/E     FaugFaug    F# minorF#m     FaugFaug
e|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
BB|-2----2----|--2----2----|-2----2----|--2----2----|
G+G|---2----2--|----2---2---|---2----2--|----2---2---|
D MajorD|-2---2---2-|--3---3---3-|-4---4---4-|--3---3---3-|
A augmentedA|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
E MajorE|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|

verse 1:
     A/EA/E            FaugFaug
There's a brown shirt swapped for a thin blue tie
     F# minorF#m            A7/GA7/G
There's a black truth swapped for a thin blue lie
     D MajorD          F#7-13
There's a slim man sporting a clean cut dream
     Bm7Bm7         G#7-13
There's a slim man courting a wide extreme
     C#m7C#m7        F#13F#13
There's a fly-blown flag in a dry-bone town
      Bm7Bm7            E MajorE
There will be no ships because they've all gone down

verse 2:
     A/EA/E            FaugFaug
There's a man with a medal but he'll never sleep
     F# minorF#m              A7/GA7/G
There are guns in his head, they say the war was cheap
     D MajorD            F#7-13
There are heaped up dreams on the mounds of slag
     Bm7Bm7          G#7-13
There are moped up tears as the hours drag
     C#m7C#m7             F#13F#13
There's a suitcase gone and there's an empty drawer
     Bm7Bm7       E MajorE
There's a broken cup lying on the floor

interlude:

     G#m7G#m7          G13G13
There are questions asked in the house tonight
     Cmaj7Cmaj7          F#7-13
There's a wife been involved in a pillow fight
     Dmaj7Dmaj7         G#7-13
There's a husband there who she hardly knows
     G13G13          F#7F#7
There's a patched up dream for a winter rose
     Fmaj7Fmaj7       E MajorE    E(b9)
There's a soft touch finally come to blows

outro:

 Am7Am7     D6D6      Am7Am7     Dsus4Dsus4    EMaj13Emaj13
e|-8--7--5---|--7--5------|-5---------|-----------|-0--------|
BB|-5-------5-|--7----8--7-|-5--8-7--8-|-8--7------|----2-----|
G+G|-5---------|--7---------|-5-----—---|-7---7-----|------1---|
D MajorD|-5---------|--7---------|-5---------|-7----7----|--------1-|
A augmentedA|-7---------|--5---------|-7---------|-5---------|----------|
E MajorE|-5---------|------------|-5---------|-----------|----------|