Gwendolyn Said chords by Rachel Garlin

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
  Em       G
Stand up, rock the boat
 C             C                      G
Get a little water under your float, hey
  D                            D           Em
“Exhaust the little moment, soon it dies” she said
 G        C
“If it’s gash or gold
C                        G
It will not come again,” hey
 D         G         G
"In this identical disguise”*

Verse 1:
Am            Am                        G      G
But the brick ticket counter only takes cash
  G                       C
And your only ID is a bus pass
 Am            Am              Am
And you get to the front of the line in time
 Am                  F
But you’re afraid to ask
 Am                           F#
The big kids from around the bend
  Am                      F
Chase you down to the corner store and then
 Am       Am     Am           G
You pony up, pony up if you want to last


Chorus:
 Em       G
Stand up, rock the boat
 C             C                      G
Get a little water under your float, hey
  D                            D           Em
“Exhaust the little moment, soon it dies” she said
 G        C
“If it’s gash or gold
C                        G
It will not come again,” hey
 D         G         G
"In this identical disguise”*


      Tap 1:
C         D        G   Em
It’s what Gwendolyn said
 C                     C
Over my head, over my head

Bridge:
     Am                       Am  G
So we put the playground behind us
 G                                  C
Pushed the envelope back into our binders
 Am                    G
Ran to the stop where only the words of
 G                      C
Gwendolyn Brooks could find us
 Am                           C
Someone sent away for a Ninja star
  Am                     F
I spent my change on a pull-up bar
  Am                    G
There’s nothing you forget
           C
More than reminders



Chorus:
 Em       G
Stand up, rock the boat
 C             C                      G
Get a little water under your float, hey
  D                            D           Em
“Exhaust the little moment, soon it dies” she said
 G        C
“If it’s gash or gold
C                        G
It will not come again,” hey
 D         G         G
"In this identical disguise”*


Refrain:
 C         D        G   Em
It’s what Gwendolyn said
 C             C
Over my head, over my head
 G              G
Over my head, over my head