Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G minorGm
Difficulty: Novice
She Awoke with a Jerk
From the album Odessa
Intro:
G5G5 F5F5 Eb5Eb5 C5C5
Verse 1:
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She awoke with a jerk
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What had they done?
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She awoke with the shock
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What had they begun?
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She awoke to the sound
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of their blue-white laughter
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Hot in her hands
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and an idea for a chapter
Chorus:
Bb5Bb5 A5A5 G5G5
All she wanted was fame
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or playing the marital game
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Maybe she just wanted love
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when death came and gave her a shove
Interlude:
G5G5 F5F5 Eb5Eb5 C5C5
Verse 2:
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She awoke under the house
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two nights after fall
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Another screw loose
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in the space they call crawl
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She awoke and she thought,
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where is the sky?
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It's funny you know
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how time flies
Chorus:
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And she thought it was mud
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Always gave him her blood
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All she wanted to do
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was gaze up into the blue
Interlude:
G5G5 F5F5 Eb5Eb5 C5C5
Verse 3:
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She awoke with a jerk
Eb5Eb5 C5C5
What had she done?
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She awoke with the shock
Eb5Eb5 C5C5
What had she begun?
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She awoke to the sound
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of people who asked her
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What do you want?
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What is it you're after?
Chorus:
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All she wanted to do
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was tell him, "You bastard, I'm through--
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can't do no more black shoe,
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with my nerves burning electric blue"
Outro:
G5G5 F5F5 Eb5Eb5 C5C5 (x4)