Claudio chords by Madison Lindsey

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Verse 1:
C
Shakespeare witnessed
    Em
the American South and
             G
wrote Claudio

    C
All righteous men burn the
D
woman they love as a
     Em
witch

    C
And southern boys will make excuses
           Em
Cause they would have done the same
G

Sister, speak low when you curse Claudio’s name
         Em
He’s not rare, he’s your
                         C
friend, he’s your neighbor
    G
And trust is a woman’s worst labor

{Pre-chorus]
C
Chance upon chance,
Em
break her heart but
         G
she’ll still take her vows

C
The burden of proof
Em
always rests on your
G
dutiful spouse

Em
She’ll be too clever when she’s older,
        G
pick a flower when it’s young

C
As if idiots like Icarus
       G
got to swallow the sun
C
God, I’d eat their
                      G
hearts in the marketplace
C
God, I’d eat their
                      G
hearts in the marketplace


Chorus:

Em
Now her husband's a man that didn’t
    Em
mind her in the ground
C
And her neighbors hand her over in
    C
the name of his crown
G
And men who think
        G
they’re cowboys are running your town

Em
We’ve known it
      G
since 1599
Em
Words don’t need to be true, they’ll believe who is loud
      C
As if valor were forged from the tongue in his mouth
G
But forgiveness is demanded of a woman beaten down
     Em
And the monster’s deemed a
G
product of his time

G/B    C   Am7
Mm-mmm-mm-mmm
G/B    C   Am7   D
Mm-mmm-mm-mmm

Verse 2:

C
Shakespeare witnessed
    Em
the American south and
          G
wrote Hero
C
She knows he’s Hercules who
D
tells a lie and
         Em
swears it

    C
And southern boys will make excuses
           Em
Cause they would have done the same
G
Sister, speak low when you curse Claudio’s name
         Em
He’s not rare, he’s your
                         C
friend, he’s your neighbor
    G
And hope is a woman’s great slaver

Pre-Chorus:

C
Gullible boys win the fates of the women I love
Em
Marry poor, marry rich, but marry quick and marry young
G
And so idiots like Icarus get to swallow the sun

C
God, I’d eat their
                       G
hearts in the marketplace
C
God, I’d eat their
                       G
hearts in the marketplace

Chorus:

Em
Now her husband's a man that didn’t
Em
mind her in the ground
C
And her neighbors hand her over in
C
the name of his crown
G
And men who think
G
they’re cowboys are running your town
Em
We’ve known it
      G
since 1599

Em
Words don’t need to be true, they’ll believe who is loud
C
As if valor were forged from the tongue in his mouth
G
But forgiveness is demanded of a woman beaten down
Em
And the monster’s deemed a
G
product of his time


Outro:

Em
A soldier’s bravado, shame’s aficionado
G
in his prime
E
Paranoid and prejudiced, he jumps to meet
G
any seeming sign

D                             Em
His trigger finger ruins your legacy
              Em
But he's forgiven for his crimes

G                             C
Every man has his face, but they'll say
Em
"his deeds were never mine"

N.C.
But

C
Shakespeare witnessed
    Em
the American South and
             G
wrote Claudio


G/B    C   Am7
Mm-mmm-mm-mmm
G/B    C   Am7   D
Mm-mmm-mm-mmm