Convent girls chords by
Crowded House
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Key: A minor
Intro 1
Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

Verse 1
D
D

We're
Am
Am

once retaught in confidence
D
D

G
G

We now shall hide in fear
Am
Am

D
D

Am
Am

And the future we imagined then
D
D

G
G

is not quite so perfectly clear
Am
Am

C
C

D
D

And the convict girls in
G
G

Am
Am

the frilly white tights
C
C

D
D

And the chorus girls with
G
G

Am
Am

their names up in lights
C
C

D
D

G
G

Am
Am

And the battle bells were shimmering white,
D
D

G
G

Am
Am

were shimmering white
D
D

Am
Am

I'll build a shrine within my mind
D
D

G
G

Am
Am

To their image I will succumb
D
D

Am
Am

Every single face that drew my breath
D
D

G
G

Am
Am

Every look that struck me dumb
C
C

D
D

And the common girls in their
G
G

Am
Am

pretty white tights
C
C

D
D

Are beyond me now, oh,
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G

Am
Am

the mothers and wives
C
C

And the chances come
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D

G
G

only once in your life
Am
Am

G
G

Csus4
Csus4

But they'll make you think twice
C
C

G
G

I said, now who owns that mansion
C
C

That you're comin' for,
D
D

that you're comin' for
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G

And who's your companion
C
C

Now the summer's gone,
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D

now the summer's gone
Bb
Bb

F
F

Are we all pretend stupids
G
G

With anyone I'm loved
Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

F
F

Are we all pretend stupids
G
G

Am
Am

C
C

D
D

Am
Am

Is it anyone I know?
D
D

Am
Am

C
C

D
D

And the common girls
G
G

Am
Am

In their pretty white tights
C
C

Are behind me now
D
D

G
G

Oh, the mothers and wives
Am
Am

C
C

And the chances come,
D
D

G
G

Am
Am

only once in your life
G
G

C
C

But they'll make you think twice
Csus4
Csus4

C
C

Csus4
Csus4

C
C

F
F

C
C

Csus4
Csus4

F
F

C
C

Csus4
Csus4

They'll make you think twice
C
C

Csus4
Csus4

F
F

C
C

Csus4
Csus4

C
C

Bb
Bb

F
F

C
C

F
F

C
C

Csus4
Csus4

F
F

C
C

You
C
C

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