Lou Jean chords by Damien Jurado

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Lou - Jean

Intro:
G       Bm     Am/E   D

Verse 1:
G
Here in Rodriguez
Bm
The warm is a lover
Am/E
A hand full of rainfall
D

A kiss from a stranger
G
Who shouts from the terrace
Bm
“You’re all still in danger!
Am/E
I was once you
D
Only here
Only younger”

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

Am
My name is your husbands
Dm
His name is a last call

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

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

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

Am
Pulling the bed sheets
Em
And frames from the walls
Am
Searching for peace
D
That was mine all along

outro:
G       Bm     Am/E   D Dsus2 D
G