Brenda chords by Todd Snider

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: F#F#

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
|F#F# |B/Eb DbDb |F#F# Abm7Abm7 |BMaj9Bmaj9 DbDb |
|F#F# |B/Eb Dbsus | F#F# AbmAbm |F#F#

Verse:
     Bb majorBb       Abm7Abm7
Met on a train goin’ somewhere fast
       F#F#          Dbsus
He could see what she had right on
 F#F#           Ab7Ab7
Together they build up an empire so vast
   F#susF#sus             Dbsus
That no one and nothin’ could stop them

Verse:
     F#F#        Ab7Ab7
He looked like a man of the people
DbDb     F#F#           BB
She looked high as hell at the ball
        F#F#        Ab9Ab9
Of course they made everybody so jealous
D/F#D/F#                DbDb
But no one could touch ‘em et all, it was true, love

Verse:
F#F#              F#/C#
What while the rabbles was restin’
             F#F#     F#/C#
They conquered the world and beyond
Ab7Ab7    F#F#         B minorBm
With each new insatiable ambition
               Db/F    Dbsus
They tested and strengthened their bond

Verse:
  F#F#       BB   F#/C#
He wasn’t nearly as driven
      F#F#      Dbsus
She wasn’t nearly as fun
         Bb7Bb7       DbmDbm
But together they was quite a combination
       BB                F#F#  EbmEbm  Abm9Abm9  F#/C#
When it come down to gettin’ it done, it was tru--ue lo--ve,  true love
F7F7       F#/C#
Wha ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Verse:
       F#F#            DbDb           Ab/C B/F#
They amassed unspeakable fortunes and she still wasn’t satisfied
  F#F#       BbmBbm             Db2          Abm9Abm9 F#/C#
So he fell out to find what she wanted in her mind, what a hell of a ride
        BbmBbm          Dbm7Dbm7
Bought private jet planes and castles
      BMaj9Bmaj9          Dbsus
Took every pleasure that they could
   F#7F#7    F#F#
Well, good love comes with its troubles
F#/C#             F#F#           F#/C#
Where things, things wouldn’t always be good, it was true love

Verse:
        BbmBbm      BB
There was a few times that she cheated
     DbDb       F#F#       BbmBbm
There was even some times when they split
DbDb      F#F#       BbmBbm
But she upped and went and he got arrested
      F#/C#     F#F#        Bb majorBb
And she put up with it, it was drugs till he came around

Verse:
DbDb     F#F#      BbmBbm         DbDb
Cause what mattered was keepin’ that feeling
   F#7F#7     BbM7Bbm7     Abm7Abm7
What mattered was stayin’ on top
DbDb       Bb majorBb       BB
Some say what’s keepin’ them together so long
Dbsus        F#/Bb           Dbsus  F#F#  Db7Db7 F#F#  Db7Db7  Dbsus F#F#
Is feelin’ they’ve already thought they could drop, it’s tr-ue-ue love, true, true love
  DbDb        Ab7Ab7
Wha ooh wha ooh ooh ooh ooh

Instrumental:
|BbmBbm |Dbsus |E/Ab |Db7Db7 F#F# |
|BbmBbm ||F#/C# |Abm7Abm7 |

Verse:
F#F#           F#/Bb          DbDb       Abm7Abm7
These days he’s callin’ her Brenda, that wasn’t always her name
DbDb           Bbsus           AbmAbm           BB
That opened them to so many changes as they weathered the pressures of change
DbDb        F#/Bb      F#F#         F#/Bb
Not long ago she almost lost him, lesser man might’ve been dead
Dbsus     F#susF#sus     F#/Bb         Abm7Abm7          Abm9Abm9
But just when she thought he might be giving up, he was back up in business instead, it was true love

Verse:
DbDb              BB        F#F#          BB
Tonight I’m sure he’s in some tavern, smokin’, he’s drinkin’ it in
Abm7Abm7        F#F#                         Db/F
And I’m sure she’s holed up in that office, cruchin’ the numbers again
DbDb       F#F#       BB    Dbsus  F#F#        BbM7Bbm7
He’s livin’ it up while she’s workin’, I guess that’s just about right
F#F#          B/Eb         Ab7sus     F#F#    BB
Mick Jagger was born on a Monday morning, Keith Richards was born on a Saturday night
F#F#
It was true
    F#/F  F#F#
It was tr   ue,
F#F#
it was true,
    Dbsus BB
it was true love
    BMaj9Bmaj9 F#F#   BB
It was tr--u--u--ue,
DbmDbm  F#F#
it was true love

Outro:(Where mouth organ starts)
|F#F# |Abm7Abm7 F#/C#|F#F# F#/Bb|BMaj9Bmaj9 F#/C#|F#/C# F#F#|