Overheard chords by Grace Petrie

Chords with lyrics

Grace Petrie Overheard From the Whatever's Left album.

Capo 2

It can be played without a capo, but the run down from G+G to C majorC in the chorus is difficult to play without one
as it becomes A augmentedA through A/g# to D.

The F#F# in the chorus and bridge is hard to make out: it may be a full chord, played as a bass in the E minorEm
chord, or just as a bass note on its own.

The strumming pattern for the verses is:

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
||:u---------d-u-d|u---------d-u-d:||

For example:

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
||:Em---------C-C-C|G---------C-C-C:||

As the song progresses more strums are put in in various ways, but keeping the &-4-&-1 beat.

Intro

|C majorC E minorEm  |C majorC G+G | x6


Verse

C majorC      E minorEm
How have you been
   C majorC   G+G
Its been a long time
   C majorC    E minorEm
Since you been in
     C majorC    G+G
I've not seen you 'round
  C majorC      E minorEm
And how's your work
  C majorC      G+G
And how's your singing
     C majorC    E minorEm
I've been looking out
C majorC     G+G
For your name


Chorus

     D MajorD          E minorEm
And then your tongue slips and my throat sticks
   C majorC         G+G   G/F#
And our friendship is just so sensitive
   C majorC         G+G
And racist jokes from funny blokes
   D MajorD          E minorEm   F#F#
You know some folks are just so sensitive
  C majorC       G+G     D MajorD
And I wish I had argued but you're the one
   E minorEm   F# minorF#m     C majorC
with my throat to a blade
   A minorAm      BB  C majorC   D MajorD
Yeah long live the P - C majorC brigade

Verse

N.C      E minorEm
And I think
    C majorC    G+G
You're quite a nice guy
C majorC   E minorEm
And I think
      C majorC  G+G
You quite like me too
C majorC    E minorEm
And I'm sure
    C majorC    G+G
The idea that you've hurt me
C majorC     E minorEm     C majorC    G+G
  Would be embarrising to you


Bridge (?)

     D MajorD    E minorEm         C majorC    G+G
And its not your fault that I didn't call you out
      D MajorD   E minorEm  F# minorF#m   C majorC
And ask you not to use that word
      C majorC (ringing)
But I think all that would achieve
       G+G (ringing)
Is next time you would check to see
       N.C
You're not overheard

| E minorEm  |C majorC G+G  |
|C majorC E minorEm  |C majorC G+G  | x3


Verse

   C majorC      E minorEm
And how have you been
   C majorC   G+G
Its been a long time
    C majorC    E minorEm
since you been in
     C majorC    G+G
I've not seen you 'round
  C majorC     E minorEm
And how's your work
   C majorC    G+G
Yeah how you keeping?
   C majorC  E minorEm
Same old sa-ame old
     C majorC   G+G
We gotta make a pound


Chorus

     D MajorD          E minorEm
But then your tongue slips and my throat sticks
   C majorC         G+G   G/F#
And our friendship is just so sensitive
   C majorC         G+G
And racist jokes from funny blokes
   D MajorD          E minorEm   F#F#
You know some folks are just so sensitive
  C majorC       G+G
And I wish I could tell you why
  D MajorD         E minorEm   F#F#    C majorC
the things  that you say make me afraid
   A minorAm      BB  C majorC   D MajorD
Yeah long live the P - C majorC brigade


Verse

N.C      E minorEm
And I think
    C majorC    G+G
You're quite a nice guy
C majorC   E minorEm
And I think
      C majorC  G+G
You quite like me too
C majorC    E minorEm
And I'm sure
    C majorC    G+G
The idea that you've hurt me
C majorC     E minorEm     C majorC    G+G
  Would be embarrising to you


Bridge (?)

     D MajorD    E minorEm         C majorC    G+G
And its not your fault that I didn't call you out
      D MajorD   E minorEm  F# minorF#m   C majorC
And ask you not to use that word
      C majorC (let it ring)
But I think all that would achieve
       G+G (let it ring)
Is next time you would check to see
       N.C
You're not overheard


Outro

| E minorEm  |C majorC G+G |

C majorC  E minorEm  C majorC G+G
Overheard
C majorC  E minorEm     C majorC G+G
Overheeeaaaaaaaaard
C majorC  E minorEm     C majorC G+G
Overheeeaaaaaaaaard