Chords with lyrics
Jenny Lewis - Heads Gonna Roll
Written out from this piano version on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5mPFr2maT4
I couldn't find a source for lyrics online so I wrote out what I hear. Not 100% sure on the lyrics
but the chords are correct. Post any lyric corrections and I'll update them.
Note: The G* chords are quick passing chords in this part of the progression.
Intro:
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
FF G+G C majorC
Verse 1:
C majorC
Since I haven’t talked to you, I
E minorEm
Dream about your baby blues, and
A minorAm G+G
Wonder why you stopped getting high
Verse 2:
C majorC
And even though we were just friends, I
E minorEm
Think of us as book ends, and I
A minorAm G+G
Gonna love you till I die
Pre-Chorus 1:
FF C majorC
And you think your going to heaven
FF G+G
And that I am going to hell
FF C majorC
And that I’m gonna keep on dancing
FF G+G G7G7
Till I hear that ringing bell
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Heads gonna roll, baby
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Everybody’s gotta pay their toll, and maybe
FF G+G
After all is said and done
A minorAm G+G FF
We’ll all be skulls
FF G+G C majorC
Heads gonna roll (roll)
Verse 3:
C majorC
Took a little trip up north, in a
E minorEm
Borrowed convertible red Porsche, with a
A minorAm G+G
Narcoleptic poet from Duluth
Verse 4:
C majorC
And we, disagreed about everything, from
E minorEm
Elliot Smith to Grenadine, he
A minorAm G+G
Fell asleep and I put up the roof
Pre-Chorus 2:
FF C majorC
And he took me to a graveyard
FF G+G
I thought he’d kill me there
FF C majorC
And he kissed me on the corner
FF G+G G7G7
While the nuns of Harlem stared, Oh-h
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
heads gonna roll, baby
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Everybody’s gotta pay their toll, and maybe
FF G+G
After all is said and done
A minorAm G+G FF
We’ll all be skulls
FF G+G C majorC
Heads gonna roll (roll)
Break:
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
FF G+G C majorC
Verse 5:
C majorC
Smoking Marlboro cigarettes
E minorEm
Almost makes me forget, about
A minorAm G+G
Riding on a private jet with you
Verse 6:
C majorC
I hope the sycophants in Marrakesh
E minorEm
Make you feel your very best
A minorAm G+G
Anonymity must make you blue
Pre-Chorus 3:
FF C majorC
And you think I’m going to Heaven
FF G+G
And that you are going to hell
FF C majorC
With your back to the Medina
FF G+G G7G7
As if you were in jail
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Heads gonna roll, baby
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Everybodys gotta pay their toll, and maybe
FF G+G
After all is said and done,
A minorAm G+G FF
we’ll all be skulls
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Heads gonna roll (roll)
Chorus 2:
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Heads gonna roll, ladies
FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Were gonna drink until they close, and maybe
FF G+G
A augmentedA little bit of hooking up
A minorAm FF
Is good for the soul
FF G+G C majorC
Heads gonna roll