Alphonse chords by Helena Ruth

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

🎸 Verse 1:
C/EC/E  Dm/F  Em/GEm/G     Dm/F
 Alphonse speaks like a riddle-writer
C/EC/E   Dm/F   Em/GEm/G       F/AF/A
 Hair blond, but burning gold in the sunlight, oh
E minorEm    A minorAm   FF    C majorC
Reckless fortune, oh, Alphonse
   E minorEm       A minorAm      FF     C majorC
You shape-shifter, thought-sifter, oh, half-listener


🎸 Verse 2:
C/EC/E  Dm/F  Em/GEm/G     Dm/F
 Alphonse moves like a snake on the highway
C/EC/E   Dm/F   Em/GEm/G       F/AF/A
 Flash bonds and acrid smoke in the twilight, oh
E minorEm    A minorAm   FF    C majorC
Reckless fortune, oh, Alphonse
   E minorEm     A minorAm     FF     C majorC
You star-wisher, toad-kisser, oh, half-listener

C majorC FF G+G FF
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC


🎸 Chorus:
   E minorEm     A minorAm
How reckless of fortune,
   FF      C majorC       DmDm FF
To think we’d be rid of you so casually…
 E minorEm   A minorAm
You and fortune,
  FF       C majorC       DmDm  FF
A augmentedA more careless pair there’ll never be


🎸 Verse 3:
C/EC/E  Dm/F  Em/GEm/G     Dm/F
 Alphonse speaks like a riddle-writer
C/EC/E   Dm/F   Em/GEm/G       F/AF/A
 Hair blond, but burning gold in the sunlight, oh
 E minorEm    A minorAm      FF  C majorC
Damn our fortunes! Oh, Alphonse
   E minorEm       A minorAm      FF     C majorC
You shape-shifter, thought-sifter, oh, half-listener


🎸 Outro:
   E minorEm     A minorAm     FF  C majorC
How reckless of fortune, oh, Alphonse
   E minorEm      A minorAm
You star-kisser, dream-fisher, oh
FF  C majorC
Alphonse…