Voicemail For Jill chords by Amanda Palmer

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7 G minorGm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb

Verse 1:

G minorGm
Jill, it's Amanda, just waving from London

 Bb majorBb
I know that you're going tomorrow, the hardest decision

Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb    G minorGm
  And I've been on the side of the phone for a month

   Bb majorBb
And I know you're in hell and you know that I know what you're feeling

Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF       Bb majorBb
   Life's such a bitch, isn't it?

Eb MajorEb     FF   Bb majorBb     FF      Bb majorBb
  When you have a baby, they throw you a party

FF         Bb majorBb    FF       Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
And then when you die they get together for a cry

Chorus:

FF    Bb majorBb
But ... no one's gonna celebrate you

G minorGm
No one's gonna bring you cake

  FF               Eb MajorEb
And no one's gonna shower you with flowers

  Bb majorBb
The doctor won't congratulate you

G minorGm
No one on that pavement's gonna

FF                 Eb MajorEb
Shout at you that your heart also matters

Interlude:
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb Cm7Cm7 G minorGm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb

Verse 2:

    G minorGm
I'm not sure that you'll get this in time

            Bb majorBb
I don't know if you're checking your voicemail at all

           Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
But in case it's the morning

      G minorGm
And you're off at the green line and walking through Copley

 Bb majorBb                      Eb MajorEb
I want you to stop for a second, I want you to listen

Bb majorBb   G minorGm
 You don't need to offer the right explanation

  Bb majorBb                      Eb MajorEb
You don't need to beg for redemption or ask for forgiveness

Bb majorBb     G minorGm
 And you don't need a courtroom inside of your head

       Bb majorBb                      Eb MajorEb
Where you're acting as judge and accused and defendant and witness

Bridge:

Bb majorBb     FF    Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
   It's a strange grief but it's grief

FF        Bb majorBb        Eb MajorEb
Look at all the women in the street

FF        Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
You know the statistics, Jill

Bb majorBb            Eb MajorEb
Even though they may not help

     Bb majorBb FF
Isn't it amazing

      Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
How we can never tell

FF      G minorGm    Eb MajorEb
Who is in an identical hell

Interlude:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G minorGm FF Eb MajorEb

Chorus:

Bb majorBb
No one's gonna celebrate you

G minorGm            Bb majorBb
No one's gonna bring you cake

  FF               Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
And no one's gonna shower you with flowers

  Bb majorBb
The doctor won't congratulate you

G minorGm
No one on that pavement's gonna

FF                 Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Shout at you that your heart also matters

Chorus:

Bb majorBb
No one's gonna compliment you

G minorGm
No one's gonna nod their head

  FF                  Eb MajorEb
And wink in league with what you are pursuing

Bb majorBb               G minorGm
No one's gonna tie surprise balloons onto your desk at work

  FF                 Eb MajorEb
And no one's gonna ask you how you're doing

Outro:

FF    G minorGm      FF     Eb MajorEb
But ... I'll be back in Boston by next Thursday

FF        Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Why don't I come over?

FF      Eb MajorEb       FF          Eb MajorEb
I can bring some friends if you want us to come

FF        Bb majorBb    FF        Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
We can bring you cake and we can bring you flowers

FF        Bb majorBb    FF        Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
We can bring you wine and we can talk for hours

G minorGm     Eb MajorEb
Ukulele by request

Bb majorBb      G minorGm   Eb MajorEb
We'll throw you the best

FF    Bb majorBb
Abortion shower