Tailor chords by Anais Mitchell

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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     G7       G7  G6       G/B  Caa9 G/B D/F# G
e|----------1--|------1---0---|----------------------------------|
B|-----3----3--|------3---3---|----3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-----------|
G|-----0-------|--------------|----0--0-0--0-0--2-2--0-----------|
D|-------------|--------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------|--------------|---2--3----2----------------------|
E|---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  G7
When he said
         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that he liked my cut of hair
    D/F#    G
I became a barber

          G  G7
When he said
         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that my scent was Eau de Fleur
    D/F#    G
I became a perfumer

          G  G7
When he said
         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that he liked the clothes I wore
    D/F#    G
I became a tailor


Chorus:


       Cadd9          G/B
And I sewed a party dress?
        D/A            G
In and out and in and out
       Cadd9          G/B
With a needle and a thread?
        D/A            G
In and out and in and out
       Cadd9          G/B
In my head, the thought of him?
        D/F#                G
In and out, in and out and in


Verse 2:


          G  G7
When he said
         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said he was leaving
    D/F#    G
I took up the violin

          G  G7
When he said
         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that my body he'd not miss
    D/F#    G
I became a sculptress

          G  G7
When he said
         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that my face he'd soon forget
    D/F#    G
I became a poet


Chorus:


       Cadd9          G/B
And the fiddle and the bow?
        D/A            G
In and out and in and out
       Cadd9          G/B
And the chisel in the stone?
        D/A            G
In and out and in and out
       Cadd9          G/B
And the fountain pen?
        D/F#                G
In and out, in and out and in


Extended Outro:


               D/F#  G
Now that he's gone away
             G7
There isn't anyone to say
          C    G/B     D/F#   G
If I'm a lady gay, or a crazy woman

               D/F#   G
Now that he's gone away
             G7
There isn't anyone to say
          C    G/B     D/F#   G
If I'm a diamond or a dime a dozen

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

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

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


Who am I?