Lady chords by Regina Spektor

Chords with lyrics

Note: In the first two lines of the first verse, only the bass notes are played.

C minorCm       Cm/G    Fm/G#
Lady sing the blues so well
     F minorFm
As if she mean it
      F minorFm
As if it's hell down here
    Fm/G#
In the smoke-filled world
     Fm/C
Where the jokes are cold

They don't laugh at jokes
          G+G
They laugh at tragedies

C minorCm       F minorFm  C minorCm
Corner street societies
      F minorFm
But they believe her

They never leave her
Fm/G#               G+G
While she sings she make them feel things

     C minorCm  Eb6Eb6    Cm/G  Fm/G#
She says, I can sing this song so blue
   C minorCm     Eb6Eb6 Cm/G   Fm6Fm6
That you will cry in spite of you
C minorCm       Gm/Bb     F minorFm
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
Fm/G#                G+G
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

  C minorCm   Eb6Eb6     Cm/G   Fm/G#
And I have walked these streets so long
      C minorCm      Gm/Bb     Fm/G#
There ain't nothing right, there ain't nothing wrong
    C minorCm       Gm/Bb     Fm/G#
But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
G#6G#6                   G+G
The little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

C minorCm      Cm/G    Fm/G#    Fm/C
Lady lights a cigarette, puffs away, no regret
C minorCm      Cm/G    Fm/G#    Fm/C
Takes a look around, no regrets, no regrets
C minorCm      Cm/G    Fm/G#    Fm/C
Stretches out like branches of a poplar tree
     F minorFm
She says, I'm free
G+G
Sings so soft as if she'll break, says
C minorCm  Eb6Eb6    Cm/G  Fm/G#
I can sing this song so blue
   C minorCm     Eb6Eb6 Cm/G   Fm6Fm6
That you will cry in spite of you
C minorCm       Gm/Bb   Fm/G#
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
G#6G#6                G+G
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

C minorCm   Eb6Eb6     Cm/G   Fm/G#
I have walked these streets so long
      C minorCm     Gm/Bb Fm/G#
There ain't nothing right, nothing wrong
    C minorCm       Gm/Bb   Fm/G#
But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
G#6G#6                   G+G
The little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

  C majorC
But on this stage
   Em/B
I've learned to fly
Edim/Bb
Learned to sing
     A augmentedA
And learned to cry
DmDm           Faug/C#
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
F/CF/C                G+G
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

  C majorC
But now it's time
  Em/B
To say goodbye
Edim/Bb
Some might laugh
     A augmentedA
But I will surely cry
DmDm           Faug/C
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
F/CF/C                G+G
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder


C minorCm      F minorFm  C minorCm
Lady lights a cigarette
F minorFm             Fm9Fm9
Puffs away, and winter comes
  G+G
And she forgets

Outro:
C minorCm Cm/G Fm/G# Fm/C x2
C minorCm Cm/BbCm/Bb Cm/G# Cm/G
F minorFm Fm G+G G MajorG