Lou Jean chords by Damien Jurado

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

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

Difficulty: Novice

Lou - Jean

Intro:
G+G    B minorBm   Am/E  D MajorD

Verse 1:
G+G
Here in Rodriguez
B minorBm
The warm is a lover
Am/E
A augmentedA hand full of rainfall
D MajorD
A augmentedA kiss from a stranger
G+G
Who shouts from the terrace
B minorBm
“You’re all still in danger!
Am/E
I was once you
D MajorD
Only here
Only younger”

A minorAm
I gave up my laughter
E minorEm
To pay off my ransom
A minorAm
As I strolled into diners
E minorEm
With skies of fluorescent
A minorAm
Married to pay phones
E minorEm
And numbers in stalls

A minorAm
My name is your husbands
DmDm
His name is a last call

Verse 2:
G+G
Here in Apache
B minorBm
I sat in the front seat
Am/E
Convincing the crosswords
D MajorD
To lay here in lowercase
G+G
Stop lighting fashion
B minorBm
Any you in your overcoat
Am/E
Talking of movies
D MajorD
And families not seen before
A minorAm
I was kept quiet
E minorEm
In the back of a trailer
A minorAm
Holding the tapes
E minorEm
Of songs never heard
A minorAm
Coughing up desert
E minorEm
He smiled then assured me
A minorAm         D MajorD
“All is not lost only hidden till later”

Verse 3:
G+G
Here in Elaina
B minorBm
The skies are a firework show
Am/E     D MajorD
No ticket is needed to enter here
G+G
Two step you way down
B minorBm
The street I first met you on
Am/E
You and your radio
D MajorD
Me and my grand mama
A minorAm
Dressed in her turquoise
E minorEm
And me with Loraine
A minorAm           E minorEm
Walking like ghosts in the frame
A minorAm
Blurring the photos
E minorEm
You shouted “Forget it!”
A minorAm
All is not lost
D MajorD
Even if you just wait for it

Verse 4:
G+G
Night time Laredo
B minorBm
The stars are a stanza
Am/E
The parking lot poems
D MajorD
I scrawled onto paper bags
G+G
This will go nowhere
B minorBm
Addressing the atmosphere
Am/E
I was a nobody
D MajorD
Talking to tape machines
A minorAm
Recording the T.V.
E minorEm
And the sound of my voice
A minorAm        E minorEm
Playing it back at half speed

A minorAm
Pulling the bed sheets
E minorEm
And frames from the walls
A minorAm
Searching for peace
D MajorD
That was mine all along

outro:
G+G    B minorBm   Am/E  D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
G+G