12-26 chords by
Kimya Dawson (Official Version)

2006Folk225 views

Key: G majorDifficulty: Beginner

Verse 1
G G 
 
F F 
 
One of her babies is rotting in the sun
C C 
 
And the other one was found
F F 
 
drowned in the ocean
G G 
 
Her mom and dad are in their van
F F 
 
crushed and bloated
C C 
 
And her husband was thrown
F F 
 
from his fishing boat
G G 
 
So please give me a break
F F 
 
from all your complaining
C C 
 
About who was mean to you
F F 
 
and how your stepdad is a pain
G G 
 
F F 
 
I care, I swear, but I just can't take it,
C C 
 
not today
All I can think about are
F F 
 
tsunamis and earthquakes

Chorus 1
G G 
 
F F 
 
Everything she's ever known
C C 
 
F F 
 
is gone, gone, gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
Everyone she's ever loved
C C 
 
F F 
 
is gone, gone, gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
The only reason she's alive is
C C 
 
F F 
 
She grabbed a palm frond
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
and held on
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
And held on

Verse 2
G G 
 
You can call me crazy
F F 
 
but it seems to me we could
C C 
 
Have sent more than we spend
F F 
 
in one day killing Iraqis
G G 
 
To help the hundreds of thousands
F F 
 
Who are injured and diseased
C C 
 
And hungry and homeless
F F 
 
and without families
G G 
 
I'm appalled by our government's
F F 
 
initial reaction
C C 
 
And the fact that they asked
F F 
 
for a verbal retraction
G G 
 
From the folks who called them stingy
F F 
 
They're just covering their assets
C C 
 
Well, they thank their greedy god
F F 
 
for wiping out the lower class and

Chorus 2
G G 
 
F F 
 
Everything she's ever known
C C 
 
F F 
 
is gone, gone, gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
Everyone she's ever loved
C C 
 
F F 
 
is gone, gone, gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
The only reason she's alive is
C C 
 
F F 
 
She grabbed a palm frond
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
and held on
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
And held on

Verse 3
G G 
 
F F 
 
One of her babies is rotting in the sun
C C 
 
And the other one was found
F F 
 
drowned in the ocean
G G 
 
Her mom and dad are in their van
F F 
 
they are crushed and bloated
C C 
 
And her husband was thrown
F F 
 
from his fishing boat
G G 
 
We'd have 12-26
F F 
 
tattooed across our foreheads
C C 
 
If something this atrocious
F F 
 
happened on our coast instead
G G 
 
Well, a tragedy's a tragedy
F F 
 
no matter where it happens
C C 
 
Close your eyes really tight now
F F 
 
and try to imagine

Bridge 1
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
That everything you've ever known is gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
And everyone you've ever loved is gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
And the only reason you're alive
C C 
 
is you were lucky
And you were strong enough
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
to hold on
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
While you watched your family die
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
While you watched your family die
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
While you watched your family die
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
While you watched your family die

Chorus 3
G G 
 
F F 
 
Everything she's ever known
C C 
 
F F 
 
is gone, gone, gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
Everyone she's ever loved
C C 
 
F F 
 
is gone, gone, gone
G G 
 
F F 
 
The only reason she's alive is
C C 
 
F F 
 
She grabbed a palm frond
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
and held on
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
And held on
G G

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG F C

Chords

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

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This is the definitive original version of 12-26 by Kimya Dawson, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn 12-26 the way Kimya Dawson intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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