Etta James chords by Brian Fallon

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

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

Key: FF

Difficulty: Novice

I'm assuming Brian plays this with a capo, since he doesn't typically play
shapes in the key of F, but if you wanna ditch the capo, just transpose up 3 so the
first chord reads "F".

The outro lyrics sound a little off to me but I just copied from Genius - if anyone
has corrections, let me know!

Intro:

D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G (x2)

Verse 1:

     D MajorD            B minorBm
Did you spend most of your life waitin'
   D MajorD           G+G
On a fairytale read between pages?
     D MajorD            B minorBm
Did you huddle up close to your boombox radio
  D MajorD        A augmentedA    G+G
Is somebody waiting on the same song?
    B minorBm          G+G
And we sold our souls on the fantasies
       D MajorD              A augmentedA
we found in records and black and white movies
    B minorBm         G+G
And I used to beg June to burn me alive,
        D MajorD          A augmentedA
if that would get me anywhere but here

Chorus:

     D MajorD        A augmentedA
Now Etta James, hit that symphony
      B minorBm              G+G
Cause she drips through my blood like a remedy
     D MajorD
And for most of my sad life
  A augmentedA            B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
I figured I was gonna die alone
        D MajorD          A augmentedA
Cause I just burned in the curve of my scars
    B minorBm            G+G
Twenty long years away from your heart
     D MajorD    A augmentedA           B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
Til finally, finally, my love is in my arms
         D MajorD  B minorBm  D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G
My love is in my arms

Verse 2:

       D MajorD
And it was impossible
        B minorBm
to hold on to anything
    D MajorD               G+G
In my chest was a lonesome, growing cyclone
    D MajorD              B minorBm
I kept pictures tucked up into the rearview above
    D MajorD       A augmentedA    G+G
to the sirens all lost in the ocean
      B minorBm          G+G
And all we wanted was absolutely everything
   D MajorD           A augmentedA
Like foolish, hungry young lions
    B minorBm            G+G
I was lost and alone, a million light years from home
    D MajorD         A augmentedA
It was nobody's fault but mine

Chorus:

     D MajorD        A augmentedA
Now Etta James, hit that symphony
      B minorBm              G+G
Cause she drips through my blood like a remedy
     D MajorD
And for most of my sad life
  A augmentedA            B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
I figured I was gonna die alone
        D MajorD          A augmentedA
Cause I just burned in the curve of my scars
    B minorBm            G+G
Twenty long years away from your heart
     D MajorD    A augmentedA           B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
But finally, finally, my love is in my arms

Bridge:

         B minorBm      G+G
And was there a hole in your life?
     D MajorD
Did you kill to keep warm but somehow
A augmentedA
never quite satisfied?
    B minorBm              G+G
Do you feel like it's always time to go?
     D MajorD
And it's always wrong, and it's always off,
     A augmentedA
and it's hard to know, which heart to hold
      B minorBm     G+G
Now do you lie to someone,
      D MajorD       A augmentedA
is someone else, on your mind?
    B minorBm     G+G    D MajorD      A augmentedA
Do you lie to someone with me on your mind?

Chorus:

     D MajorD        A augmentedA
Now Etta James, hit that symphony
      B minorBm              G+G
Cause she drips through my blood like a remedy
     D MajorD
And for most of my sad life
  A augmentedA            B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
I figured I was gonna die alone
        D MajorD          A augmentedA
Cause I just burned in the curve of my scars
    B minorBm            G+G
Twenty long years away from your heart
     D MajorD    A augmentedA           B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
Til finally, finally, my love is in my arms
         D MajorD
My love is in my arms

Outro:

   D MajorD      A augmentedA
Etta James, Etta James
   B minorBm              G+G
Etta James, it's been a long time coming
   D MajorD      A augmentedA
Etta James, Etta James
   B minorBm              G+G
Etta James, it's been a long time coming
   D MajorD    A augmentedA
(At last, at last)
   B minorBm              G+G
Etta James, it's been a long time coming
   D MajorD    A augmentedA
(At last, at last)
   B minorBm              G+G
Etta James, it's been a long time coming
G+G
Like Etta said, my love has come along