Mansion Door chords by Shakey Graves

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C F Bb C F Bb C F Bb C F
Dm F Dm F Dm F


Verse:
Bb     F
Above below
C              Gm   Bb      F
Under a lonely star, head to toe
        C
Hand in hand, it gets a whole lot better
Bb                F
If your telephone rings at night
C                  Bb
would you put some time aside
             F
to shut your eyes and fall apart
C                           F    Dm
under the light of a lonely star
F          Dm          F  Dm F Dm
my one and only lonely star

*riff*
Bb F C Bb F C

Verse 2:
Bb    F     C
Above below under a lonely star
Bb      F          C          Bb
Another day to sit around and dream
          F          C          Bb
As far as I can see, as long as memory
           F             C
I'll be watching from afar
                             F Dm
Under the light of a lonely star
F          Dm
My one and only lonely star
   F          Dm
My one and only lonely

Bridge:
F    Dm       F         Bb
Fire burning, clean cut flowers in the yard
F        Dm      C                Gm
Daylight turning all the sleeping statues into girls
F      Dm       F        Bb
I feel nothing, sleep is never coming
F      Dm            C
I hear laughter from afar
Gm                            A Dm
Must be the light of a lonely star
A
If you knew what would happen
     Bb              F                    A
Then you'd never set foot in the mansion door
Dm                     A
So many voices singing all of your praises
Bb                   F Dm F
It gets a whole lot better
Bb                   F Dm F
It gets a whole lot better
  Bb                        F Dm F
I hope it gets a whole lot better
Bb                           C
If you leave please don't go far
Gm                           F Dm
I need the light of a lonely star
F  G       Dm   C      F Dm
My one and only lonely star
F          Dm   C      F Dm
My one and only lonely star

Outro:
F Dm F Dm F Dm
F Dm D Dm D Dm