99 Fathers In The Clouds chords by The Magnetic Fields

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Intro:
A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD  A augmentedA  E MajorE D MajorD

*Lead part
e|--4-5-4----4-5-4----4-5-4----4-5-4--------|
BB|--------5---------5--------3--------3-----|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
A augmentedA         E MajorE
I have had no need for fathers
D MajorD
Or fathers in the clouds
A augmentedA       E MajorE
Out of the sky
         D MajorD
There comes this guy
    A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Saying "I...I...I..."

Verse:
F# minorF#m        E MajorE
What does one say?
        D MajorD
"Where have you been all this time?"
F# minorF#m          E MajorE
"Where's my back pay?"
          D MajorD
"Was your Broadway play sublime?"

Instrumental:
A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD

Verse:
A augmentedA       E MajorE   D MajorD
There is a lie on my birth certificate

  A augmentedA      E MajorE         D MajorD
And the other guy would like me to change it

D MajorD
I've met each of them twice

F# minorF#m         E MajorE
Here's an odd thing

  D MajorD
The correspondence is queer

F# minorF#m           E MajorE
We've both written songs

       D MajorD
Danced to by Richard Gere

Short guitar solo:
e|------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------|
G+G|------6-4-6-4--------7-6-7-6--------------|
D MajorD|-4--7-----------4--7----------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
A augmentedA       E MajorE
I have no need for fathers
D MajorD
Or fathers in the clouds
    A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Saying "I...I...I..."

Outro: