Claire Fontaine chords by Hawksley Workman

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
 A


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

Fontaine


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


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


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


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


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


Bridge:
D
 Claire
Em         D
Fontaine      Claire
G           D
Fontaine      Claire
Em         A
Fontaine
A
oooaaaaah !


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


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


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