Nightingale chords by The Tiger Lillies

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: F minorFm

Difficulty: Intermediate

F minorFm        C minorCm
Slow death to the nightingale
G7G7
His voice would always fail
DbDb
In tenement towers
      C7C7   C7C7
And on the rails

AbAb        Bbdim7Bbdim7
And all of these praising words
DbDb        Ddim7Ddim7   C7C7   C7C7
They all seem so absurd, so absurd

F minorFm        C minorCm
Your poverty you declare
G7G7
The paint blisters on your stairs
DbDb                  C7C7
The dampness in your bones is always there

AbAb        Bbdim7Bbdim7
And all of these praising words
DbDb         Ddim7Ddim7     C7C7  C7C7
Well, they all seem so absurd, so absurd

F minorFm        C minorCm
Ever thought that you would be
Ddim7Ddim7
This washed up and lonely
DbDb         C7C7
This washed up and lonely
F minorFm
This lonely