Witch chords by Suzanne Vega

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Fm

Intro picking pattern:

(relative to capo)

e|---3-0---3--0---0-|---3-0---3--0---0-|---5-0---5--0---0-|---5-0---5--0---0-|
B|-------0------0---|-------0------0---|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|-------2------2---|-------2------2---| (x2)
D|-2----------------|-0----------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|-4----------------|-4----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

* = Strum once

Intro:

Em* G* A* A* (x2)

Verse 1:
Em*             G*
Going along our usual path
A*                  A*
My love and I on an ordinary day
Em*          G*           A*
  Suddenly before me I see  a person turn
Am*        Em*
I begin to pray

Interlude:
G* A* A*

Verse 2:
Em*                  G*
She stares me in the eye so bold
A*            Am*
She sees him. Then she makes her pitch
Em*              Em*
  I feel the air become bone cold
A*                            A* A* N.C.
In the light of other ages is       the witch

Interlude:
Em Em7 Bm7 E7
Em Em7 Bm7 E

Verse 3:
E*
What witch hit this switch
N.C.
Striking him down not only once but twice?
N.C.
Life divides into two sides
N.C.
Before and after with a terrible price
E           Em7
 What witch sent this glitch
Bm7             E7
Into the brain? A cranial surprise
E             Em7
 Struck down, his stuttering frown
Bm7                           E
She's hitting him twice as he tries again to rise

Bridge 1:
C            Em
 What fate decreed this state
Am
Of blunt and shocked despair?
C
 You mute the man
  Em
Because you can
Am                    G
Leaving everybody all stunned and standing there

Interlude:
E Em7 Bm7 E7
E Em7 Bm7 E

Verse 4:
    E*
She points the wand
Bb*
Cuts the bond
A*                   E*
Suddenly speech is a show of absurdity
E
Hand-to-hand
Em7
He's fighting to stand
Bm7                          E7
We're living in a state of a permanent emergency

E Bb A                    E
     Suddenly speech is a show of absurdity
E                             Em7
(Absurdity, absurdity, absurdity, absurdity)
Bm7                    E*   D     Dsus4 D*
Living in a state of a permanent emer___gency

Instrumental:
 A | A | Asus4 :
    (Some attention paid)
D Dsus4 D* | A | A | Asus4 :
                 (A doctor) (It's there now)
D Dsus4 D* | A | A | Asus4 :
            (Emergency ) (A doctor)
D Dsus4 D* | A | A | Asus4 :
            (Emergency ) (You are so close to all the action)

Bridge 2:
C           Em
 What witch sent this glitch
  Am
Into the brain? A cranial surprise
C
 Struck down
Em
His stuttering friend
Am
She's hitting him twice as he tries again to rise
C            Em
 What fate decreed this state
Am
Of blunt and shocked despair?
C
 You mute the man
Em
Because you can
Am                    G
Leaving everybody all stunned and standing there

Interlude:
E Em7 Bm7 E7
E Em7 Bm7 E

Verse 5:
E            Em7
  What witch hit this switch
Bm7                   E7
Striking him down not only once but twice?

Interlude:
E Em7 Bm7 E7
(Emergency )

Verse 6:
E            Em7
Life divides into two sides
Bm7                     E7
Before and after with a terrible price

Outro:
E Bb A E
(Emergency )