Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard
Difficulty: Novice
Maria McKee
If Love Is A augmentedA Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags)
Chords
Asus2Asus2 x02200
Asus4Asus4 x02230
Dsus2Dsus2 xx0230
Dsus4Dsus4 xx0233
B7B7 x21202
Timing Notation
Asus4/A means two chords split a measure
Dsus4//D means two chords split a half measure
Intro:
(A augmentedA) D MajorD A/Asus2 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA Asus2Asus2
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Asus4/A
My heart is empty
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
Your eyes are dull.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Asus4/A
Once we were hungry,
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA A7A7
Now we are full.
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 A augmentedA Asus4/A
These ties that bind us,
B7B7 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD D/Dsus2
Can't beat these chains.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Asus4/A
If love is shelter,
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm gonna walk in the rain.
D/Dsus2 A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA Asus2Asus2
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Asus4/A
You were my angel.
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
Now, you are real.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Asus4/A
So like a stranger,
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA A7A7
Colder than steel.
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 A augmentedA Asus4/A
The morning after,
B7B7 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2
You know what you bring.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA A/Asus2
If love is a red dress,
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Well, hang me in rags.
D MajorD A/Asus2//A D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA A7A7
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 A augmentedA A augmentedA
Oh Well
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A7A7
There goes the fairy tale.
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 A augmentedA
Lord, ain't it a shame?
D MajorD A augmentedA
In all this comfort,
G+G A augmentedA
I can't take the strain.
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA Asus2Asus2
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Asus4/A
If we played even,
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA D/Dsus4//D
I'd be your queen.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Asus4/A
But someone was cheatin'.
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA A7A7
And it wasn't me.
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 A augmentedA Asus4/A
I've laid it on the table,
B7B7 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2
You held something back.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA A/Asus2
If love is Aces,
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Give me the Jack
D MajorD A/Asus2 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G (G+G) A augmentedA