Before The Eyes Of Storytelling Girls chords by Anais Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

Definitely not accurate with what she plays, but these chords work with the melody.


Solo:
A minorAm  DmDm  FF  A minorAm
C majorC  G+G   FF


Verse 1:
A minorAm                DmDm
I could tell you stories like the government tells lies
A minorAm            FF
Oh but no one listens any more
    A minorAm
In the rooms the women come and go
DmDm
Talking on the mobile phones
    C majorC     G+G       FF
and the television talks about the war

Verse 2:
A minorAm
When I was a baby there was
DmDm
Laughter in my house and my
A minorAm           FF
Daddy smoked domestic cigarettes
A minorAm
Thursday nights on the radio
DmDm             C majorC
Live in concert, live from Cairo
G+G     FF
Mother of Egypt


Chorus 1:

A minorAm   G+G
Mama, mama
FF   G+G
Be with me
      FF      A minorAm
With the music in your breast
     FF        A minorAm
In your glittering evening dress
     FF        C majorC    G+G
And the white flag in your fist trembling


A minorAm  DmDm  FF  A minorAm
C majorC  G+G  FF

Verse 3:
A minorAm                DmDm
I could tell you stories like the past was dead and gone
A minorAm               FF
I know nothing changes in this world
A minorAm
Every day the muezzin calls
DmDm            C majorC
Sun comes up and Baghdad falls
     G+G          FF
Before the eyes of storytelling girls

Bridge:
A minorAm       DmDm
She was just a poor man's daughter
C majorC        G+G       FF
Going down into the sultan's bed
A minorAm       DmDm
He was desert, she was a water
   C majorC       G+G      FF
And he remembered every word she said
FF
She said and I say


Chorus 2:
A minorAm    G+G
Grandma, Grandma
FF  G+G
Be with me
     FF         A minorAm
In your tragic wedding gown
     FF       A minorAm
With your long hair hanging down
     FF        C majorC
And the stories tumbling out
   G+G
Tumbling


A minorAm DmDm  FF  A minorAm
C majorC  G+G  FF

Verse 4:
A minorAm                DmDm
I could tell you stories like the government tells lies
A minorAm            FF
Oh, but no one listens any more
    A minorAm
In the rooms the women come and go
DmDm
Talking on the mobile phones
     C majorC        G+G          FF
And the television talks about the war

About the war and the
A minorAm     G+G       A minorAm