Supersede chords by Greene Jackie

Intro:
C2  C  x8

Verse 1:

C                                              C/B    Am
Cookie cried for three days, till she couldn't cry no more

    C               F                              G
She ate the fridge, jumped the bridge and wound up bloated on the shore

    F                            C               F
The children they all pointed at another painted score

    Dm       Em      F     G      C
And somebody asked, "Can I take a picture?"

          C                                      C/B       Am
Well, the heat down here is brutal, it's hard to do what's right

    C                  F                           G
The locals shout, "You won't burn out if you don't ever shine too bright"

  F                                 C              F
I wish I was in your back pocket or in your arms tonight

  Dm        Em    F       G         C
I wish that I was loud so you could hear me

Chorus:

    Em  Am
But oh, no

Em               Am
What else must I be?

     Em            Am           F              G
It's all inside my head I guess but it reminds me

       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you

      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you

      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

Verse 2:

        C                                            C/B    Am
Now the streets are paved with petals, the parade is coming through

C                     F              G
It kind of feels like royalty cause' everyone's in blue

    F                      C              F
And yellow flowers falling from a window, too

Dm      Em     F       G      C
Falling at the feet of such a coward

        C                                    C/B     Am
Ah, the mayor is kissing babies, he's almost way too kind

C                             F                        G
We're filled to the brim with honest men, they're just way too hard to find

   F                              C                 F
So stare into his public eyes and watch his clock unwind

     Dm       Em      F        G           C
Then find him old and drowning in the deep end

Chorus:

    Em  Am
But oh, no

Em               Am
What else must I see?

     Em            Am               F               G
It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me

       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you

      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you

      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

Verse 3:

       C                                           C/B     Am
Yes, I long for a hickory morning with a waltz and trumpet flare

C                    F                 G
I'm doing my best to recover from what time cannot repair

    F                             C                F
I'm sick of all this solitude and pre-rehearsed despair

   Dm         Em      F      G        C
My eyes are a hundred miles away from sleeping

       C                                 C/B      Am
Well I wish you'd write a letter, or telephone to me

     C                       F                G
This place is dark and there ain't a spark of who I used to be

       F                                   C                  F
So the sick hearts of the unloved tell the brave souls of the sea

       Dm         Em                F         G          C
"We're all closed up, why don't you come back when we're open"

Chorus:

    Em  Am
But oh, no

Em               Am
What else must I be?

     Em            Am               F               G
It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me

       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you

      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you

      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

Verse 4:

          C                                      C/B   Am
There's a cracked and pale mirror that's hanging on my wall

C                             F                  G
The church bell rings and the choir sings, I can hear them from the hall

        F                               C              F
Now you might not believe it, but there was no fire at all

   Dm         Em    F        G       C
We danced for seven days wishing for water

       C                                     C/B       Am
Ah, Sagrinnon tells the fortunes, they line around the bend

  C               F             G
A dollar for your problems, and five to know the end

     F                                   C               F
They come from miles around, just like a pack of howling men

  Dm     Em       F         G        C
I wonder what she does with all that money

Chorus:

       Em  Am
Ah but oh, no

Em               Am
What else must I be?

     Em            Am           F              G
It's all inside my head I guess but it reminds me

       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you

      C       F              Am   G
There ain't nobody who could supersede you

      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

Verse 5:

      C                                         C/B    Am
Ah, a simple sidewalk painter, says his life is such a bore

   C                      F                 G
He spends his time with a jug of wine and a palette on the floor

            F                              C                F
He screams, "Heaven! Take my eyes, because I can't paint no more."

       Dm        Em   F         G        C
Honey, sometimes I, I feel just like his colors

          C                                          C/B        Am
I'm gonna go down to the ocean, I'm gonna to fill my boots with sand

    C                  F                 G
The next time that you see me, I'll be a much more grounded man

   F                                   C              F
So go and do whatever it is you do and I'll do what I can

    Dm      Em    F            G      C
And when we meet again you can try to know me

Chorus:

    Em  Am
But oh, no

Em               Am
What else must I see?

     Em            Am               F               G
It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me

       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you

      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you

      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

Harmonica Solo:
C F Am G x3 C

Verse 6:

C                                  C/B      Am
They call me pessimistic, but it occured to me

     C                   F          G
That babies are all born crying and dying is never free

      F                                    C                   F
But I still can't shake that feeling, that somebody's watching me

Dm     Em          F G            C
I just thought that  I would tell you

Outro:
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C F G
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Dm Em F G C