Brenda chords by Todd Snider

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
|F# |B/Eb Db |F# Abm7 |Bmaj9 Db |
|F# |B/Eb Dbsus | F# Abm |F#

Verse:
         Bb              Abm7
Met on a train goin’ somewhere fast
             F#                    Dbsus
He could see what she had right on
  F#                      Ab7
Together they build up an empire so vast
     F#sus                         Dbsus
That no one and nothin’ could stop them

Verse:
          F#                Ab7
He looked like a man of the people
Db         F#                      B
She looked high as hell at the ball
               F#                Ab9
Of course they made everybody so jealous
D/F#                               Db
But no one could touch ‘em et all, it was true, love

Verse:
F#                            F#/C#
What while the rabbles was restin’
                         F#         F#/C#
They conquered the world and beyond
Ab7       F#                 Bm
With each new insatiable ambition
                             Db/F       Dbsus
They tested and strengthened their bond

Verse:
    F#              B      F#/C#
He wasn’t nearly as driven
           F#            Dbsus
She wasn’t nearly as fun
                  Bb7              Dbm
But together they was quite a combination
             B                               F#   Ebm    Abm9   F#/C#
When it come down to gettin’ it done, it was tru--ue lo--ve,    true love
F7              F#/C#
Wha ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Verse:
             F#                       Db                     Ab/C  B/F#
They amassed unspeakable fortunes and she still wasn’t satisfied
   F#             Bbm                         Db2                    Abm9  F#/C#
So he fell out to find what she wanted in her mind, what a hell of a ride
               Bbm                    Dbm7
Bought private jet planes and castles
           Bmaj9                    Dbsus
Took every pleasure that they could
      F#7       F#
Well, good love comes with its troubles
F#/C#                         F#                     F#/C#
Where things, things wouldn’t always be good, it was true love

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

Verse:
Db         F#           Bbm                  Db
Cause what mattered was keepin’ that feeling
     F#7          Bbm7          Abm7
What mattered was stayin’ on top
Db              Bb              B
Some say what’s keepin’ them together so long
Dbsus                F#/Bb                      Dbsus    F#    Db7 F#    Db7   Dbsus F#
Is feelin’ they’ve already thought they could drop, it’s tr-ue-ue  love, true, true  love
    Db               Ab7
Wha ooh  wha ooh ooh ooh ooh

Instrumental:
|Bbm |Dbsus |E/Ab |Db7 F# |
|Bbm ||F#/C# |Abm7 |

Verse:
F#                      F#/Bb                    Db             Abm7
These days he’s callin’ her Brenda, that wasn’t always her name
Db                     Bbsus                     Abm                     B
That opened them to so many changes as they weathered the pressures of change
Db               F#/Bb            F#                  F#/Bb
Not long ago she almost lost him, lesser man might’ve been dead
Dbsus         F#sus          F#/Bb                  Abm7                    Abm9
But just when she thought he might be giving up, he was back up in business instead, it was true love

Verse:
Db                            B               F#                   B
Tonight I’m sure he’s in some tavern, smokin’, he’s drinkin’ it in
Abm7               F#                                                  Db/F
And I’m sure she’s holed up in that office, cruchin’ the numbers again
Db             F#             B        Dbsus   F#                Bbm7
He’s livin’ it up while she’s workin’, I guess that’s just about right
F#                   B/Eb                 Ab7sus         F#       B
Mick Jagger was born on a Monday morning, Keith Richards was born on a Saturday night
F#
It was true
       F#/F    F#
It was tr      ue,
F#
it was true,
       Dbsus B
it was true  love
       Bmaj9  F#     B
It was tr--u--u--ue,
Dbm    F#
it was true love

Outro:(Where mouth organ starts)
|F#  |Abm7 F#/C#|F# F#/Bb|Bmaj9 F#/C#|F#/C# F#|