Tailor chords by Anais Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate


I'm playing these chords as follows:

G:   3 x x 0 3 x:
G7:  3 x x 0 3 1:
G6:  3 x x 0 3 0:
G/B:  x 2 x 0 3 x:
Cadd9: x 3 2 0 3 x:
D/F#: 2 x 0 2 3 x:
D/A:  x 0 0 2 3 x:
F:   1 3 3 2 1 1:
Bb:  x 1 3 3 3 1:

   G+G   G7G7    G7G7 G6G6    G/BG/B Caa9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F# G+G
e|----------1--|------1---0---|----------------------------------|
BB|-----3----3--|------3---3---|----3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-----------|
G+G|-----0-------|--------------|----0--0-0--0-0--2-2--0-----------|
D MajorD|-------------|--------------|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------|--------------|---2--3----2----------------------|
E MajorE|---3----3----|----3---3-----|----------------2----3------------|

This tab is just a general outline of what she plays. Add as sounds or feels natural to you. The chorus has
the same basic cadence just with slightly different chords.

Verse 1:


     G+G G7G7
When he said
     G7G7 G6G6 G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9      G/BG/B
When he said that he liked my cut of hair
  D/F#D/F#  G+G
I became a barber

     G+G G7G7
When he said
     G7G7 G6G6 G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9      G/BG/B
When he said that my scent was Eau de Fleur
  D/F#D/F#  G+G
I became a perfumer

     G+G G7G7
When he said
     G7G7 G6G6 G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9      G/BG/B
When he said that he liked the clothes I wore
  D/F#D/F#  G+G
I became a tailor

Chorus:


    Cadd9Cadd9     G/BG/B
And I sewed a party dress?
    D/AD/A      G+G
In and out and in and out
    Cadd9Cadd9     G/BG/B
With a needle and a thread?
    D/AD/A      G+G
In and out and in and out
    Cadd9Cadd9     G/BG/B
In my head, the thought of him?
    D/F#D/F#        G+G
In and out, in and out and in


Verse 2:


     G+G G7G7
When he said
     G7G7 G6G6 G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9      G/BG/B
When he said he was leaving
  D/F#D/F#  G+G
I took up the violin

     G+G G7G7
When he said
     G7G7 G6G6 G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9      G/BG/B
When he said that my body he'd not miss
  D/F#D/F#  G+G
I became a sculptress

     G+G G7G7
When he said
     G7G7 G6G6 G/BG/B  Cadd9Cadd9      G/BG/B
When he said that my face he'd soon forget
  D/F#D/F#  G+G
I became a poet


Chorus:


    Cadd9Cadd9     G/BG/B
And the fiddle and the bow?
    D/AD/A      G+G
In and out and in and out
    Cadd9Cadd9     G/BG/B
And the chisel in the stone?
    D/AD/A      G+G
In and out and in and out
    Cadd9Cadd9     G/BG/B
And the fountain pen?
    D/F#D/F#        G+G
In and out, in and out and in


Extended Outro:


        D/F#D/F# G+G
Now that he's gone away
       G7G7
There isn't anyone to say
     C majorC  G/BG/B   D/F#D/F#  G+G
If I'm a lady gay, or a crazy woman

        D/F#D/F#  G+G
Now that he's gone away
       G7G7
There isn't anyone to say
     C majorC  G/BG/B   D/F#D/F#  G+G
If I'm a diamond or a dime a dozen

      FF          G+G
Didn't I gleam in my father's eye?

Who am I? Who am I?
      D/F#D/F#       G+G
Didn't I split my mother's side?
    FF     G+G
Who am I? Who am I?
     Bb majorBb        C majorC
Didn't I drink her nipple dry?
    FF
Who am I?

      D/F#D/F#       FF
And no one taught me how to cry
    FF
Who am I?
    FF       D/F#D/F#     G+G
How to cry for what I wanted in the night
    FF
Who am I? Who am I?
       Bb majorBb   FF
And didn't I cry and cry?
    G+G
Who am I?


Who am I?