Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Novice
These aren't the exact chords Trixie uses (in the performance I watched to get the chords it's
hard to tell whether the capo is on 2 or 3) but they're easy to play and sound alright.
Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
Little boy's supposed to do what he's told
G+G C majorC G+G
Little girl's supposed to polish her toes
FF C majorC G+G
Maybe they're together when they're older and they're all grown up
G+G C majorC G+G
Daddy's supposed to put bread on the table
G+G C majorC G+G
Daddy's gone and your mama ain't able
FF C majorC G+G
Are you hungry when the money's all run out?
Chorus:
D7D7
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C majorC G+G
Did you really ever live at all
D7D7
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C majorC G+G
And the spring turn into fall
A minorAm
Just listen to your brother
E minorEm G+G E minorEm
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C majorC D MajorD
I know that you think you're growing
G+G
But you're just tall
Post-Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
A augmentedA really pretty girl in a really small town
G+G C majorC G+G
Easy to believe you that you never settle down
FF C majorC G+G
Mama told your mama just the same not long ago
G+G C majorC G+G
You want a baby, the same as your friends
G+G C majorC G+G
Ring off on your finger, and your story will end
FF C majorC G+G
You'll be lookin' 'round, wonder where did the time go?
Chorus:
D7D7
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C majorC G+G
Did you really ever live at all
D7D7
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C majorC G+G
And the spring turn into fall
A minorAm
Just listen to your brother
E minorEm G+G E minorEm
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C majorC D MajorD
I know that you think you're growing
G+G
But you're just tall
Post-Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Bridge:
A minorAm D MajorD
Woah-oh
A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
Don't you think I'd know
A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
There never was a red light in our town
A minorAm D MajorD
Woah-oh
A minorAm FF C majorC
I hate to say I told you so
A minorAm G+G
But you got to go right now
Chorus:
D7D7
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C majorC G+G
Did you really ever live at all
D7D7
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C majorC G+G
And the spring turn into fall
A minorAm
Just listen to your brother
E minorEm G+G E minorEm
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C majorC D MajorD
I know that you think you're growing
G+G
But you're just tall
Post-Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD C majorC G+G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
G+G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh