Elephant chords by Laleh

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

capo on 1st fret!

VERSE 1:

A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD (2x)
B minorBm G+G E minorEm D MajorD

D MajorD
I hear the children play
            E minorEm
with the guards of the jail

with the guards of the jail
 B minorBm           D MajorD
with the guards of the jail
D MajorD
I'm thinking of a new name
           E minorEm
That I could give myself
 E minorEm
One day I'll be myself
 A augmentedA         D MajorD
One day I'll be my own
D MajorD
It's been forty long years
           E minorEm
In the desert I have been
              D MajorD
I've even hit the devil's nose
D MajorD
In the desert I've grown

CHORUS:
 D MajorD
Have a good day brother
       G+G
Me and your sister will rise up
              A augmentedA
Like an elephant from the mud
      D MajorD
In your carefree sleep
     D MajorD          B minorBm
We will break free, we will break free
 D MajorD
Have a good day brother
       G+G
Me and your little bro will rise up
              A augmentedA
Like an elephant from the storm
      D MajorD
In your carefree sleep
     D MajorD          B minorBm
We will break free, we will break free

VERSE 2:
 D MajorD
And the city will be reborn
             E minorEm
And the streets will be washed
 D MajorD              E minorEm
May the streets be clean and washed
G+G               D MajorD
May the streets be clean and washed
 D MajorD
And we will wave our hand
                E minorEm
And everybody will forgive the past
 D MajorD               E minorEm
And everybody will forgive the past
 D MajorD
And as the woman said
              E minorEm
That day when I was crying out
E minorEm              B minorBm
God puts his diamonds in the sand
                D MajorD
But then he always takes them back

Chorus:

 D MajorD
Have a good day brother
       G+G
Me and your sister will rise up
              A augmentedA
Like an elephant from the mud
      D MajorD
In your carefree sleep
     D MajorD          B minorBm
We will break free, we will break free
 D MajorD
Have a good day brother
       G+G
Me and your little bro will rise up
              A augmentedA
Like an elephant from the storm
      D MajorD
In your carefree sleep
     D MajorD          B minorBm
We will break free, we will break free
D MajorD
Have a good day brother
       G+G
Me and your sister will rise up
              A augmentedA
Like an elephant from the mud
      D MajorD
In your carefree sleep
     D MajorD          B minorBm
We will break free, we will break free

 D MajorD         D MajorD
Have a good day, have a good day brother
G+G
Me and your
A augmentedA              B minorBm
Sister will rise up from the mud

OUTRO:
 A augmentedA        D MajorD  B minorBm
I'm thinking of a new name
   D MajorD
That I could give myself
         A augmentedA
One day I'll be myself
G+G    D MajorD