Claire Fontaine chords by Hawksley Workman

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
 A augmentedA


Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Claire Fontaine who are you ? I like the paper you
D MajorD
make
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We were introduced by a lover of mine
A augmentedA
and now she's gone and I still have you Claire
D MajorD
Fontaine

Chorus:
 D MajorD      G+G
Claire Fontaine you seem to
A augmentedA
bring the best out of
D MajorD
me and the things that
D MajorD
I write to sing Claire
G+G      A augmentedA
Fontaine


Verse 2:
D MajorD
Claire Fontaine are you a lumberjack or something ?
D MajorD
Does your father own a forest of the nicest trees for chopping ? Claire
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Fontaine
D MajorD
Claire Fontaine your sheets are very smooth I like to
D MajorD
rub my pen across them do you feel the way I do ? Claire
A augmentedA
Fontaine


Chorus:
 D MajorD      G+G
Claire Fontaine you seem to
A augmentedA
bring the best out of
D MajorD
me and the things that
D MajorD
I write to sing Claire
G+G      A augmentedA
Fontaine

Verse 3:
D MajorD
If the newspapers used your paper for the news
D MajorD
Things may seem less terrifying just because of you Claire
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Fontaine
D MajorD
And were you in a garden when they said the war had started
D MajorD
did you think you'd write a letter that would start 'my dear departed'Claire
A augmentedA
Fontaine


Chorus:
A augmentedA       G+G
Claire Fontaine you seem to
A augmentedA
bring the best out of
D MajorD
me and the things that
D MajorD
I write to sing Claire
G+G
Fontaine


Bridge:
D MajorD
 Claire
E minorEm     D MajorD
Fontaine   Claire
G+G      D MajorD
Fontaine   Claire
E minorEm     A augmentedA
Fontaine
A augmentedA
oooaaaaah !


Verse 4:
D MajorD
Claire Fontaine, I'm going home this christmas
D MajorD
They may refuse me the entry 'cause you're native of this country Claire
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Fontaine
D MajorD
But as a foreigner relinquish a pad of paper so distinguished
D MajorD
I say never never never, I'll take this pad of mine to heaven Claire
A augmentedA
Fontaine


Bridge 2:
E minorEm
Where maybe I will choose to write a
F# minorF#m
fan mail or two, I might write
G+G
one to Andy Warhol and the
A augmentedA
other one for you and you can
B minorBm
rest assured in knowing they'd be
C# minorC#m
on your paper too
D MajorD
Claire Fontaine, who are you ?


Chorus:
A augmentedA       G+G
Claire Fontaine you seem to
A augmentedA
bring the best out of
D MajorD
me and the things that
D MajorD
I write to sing Claire
G+G
Fontaine