Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
(picked)
C majorC Am7Am7
Hey, hey baby I'm your picnic blanket,
G+G FF
give me your crumbs, give me your drips, give me your bugs.
C majorC Am7Am7
Hey, hey baby I'm your mud-room floor,
G+G FF
give me your street-dust, give me your beach-sand, give me your rain.
C majorC Am7Am7
Hey, hey baby I'm your nightstand drawer,
G+G FF
give me your secrets, give me your longings, give me a chance to hold these things
Bridge:
(picked)
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7 C majorC C7C7
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna sell it to the papers. No, and
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7 C majorC C7C7
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna spin em' into stories. And
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7 C majorC C7C7
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna use it as ammunition, no,
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7
I just wanna hold...
Chorus:
(strummed)
C majorC FF
Hey, hey baby you know you can talk to me tonight,
G+G
don't lie awake, don't lie awake, don't lie awake,
FF
oh, and let me in, for heaven's sake.
Solo:
(strummed)
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7 C majorC C7C7
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7
Verse 2:
(picked)
C majorC Am7Am7
Hey, hey baby I'm your terra cotta pot,
G+G FF
give me your basil, give me your daises, give me your dirt.
C majorC Am7Am7
Hey, hey baby I'm your couch cushion corners,
G+G FF
give me your pop-corn, give me you post-its, give me your change.
C majorC Am7Am7
Hey, hey baby I'm your nightstand drawer,
G+G FF
give me your secrets, give me your longings, give me a chance to hold these things
Bridge:
(strummed)
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7 C majorC C7C7
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna sell it to the papers. No, and
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7 C majorC C7C7
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna spin em' into stories. And
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7 C majorC C7C7
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna use it as ammunition, no,
Dm7Dm7 Ddim7Ddim7
I just wanna hold...
Chorus:
(strummed)
C majorC FF
Hey, hey baby you know you can talk to me tonight,
G+G
don't lie awake, don't lie awake, don't lie awake,
FF C majorC