Courtesans chords by
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields

N/A
Key: G major
Intro 1
B
B
F#
F#
B
B
G#m
G#m
E
E
Verse 1
B
B
Well, courtesans
F#
F#
G#m
G#m
Shed no tears
E
E
When you leave them high and dry
B
B
They just go on,
F#
F#
They just go on
B
B
E
E
To the next day
Verse 2
B
B
E
E
'Cause courtesans
F#
F#
B
B
G#m
G#m
Only want
E
E
B
B
Compensation for their time
F#
F#
A few kind words, a few kind words
B
B
E
E
F#
F#
G#m
G#m
They need not one
F#
F#
A simple coat maybe
Verse 3
E
E
a hat
G#m
G#m
F#
F#
How I wish I could be like that
Verse 4
B
B
But courtesans
F#
F#
B
B
G#m
G#m
Are not like me
E
E
They don't take love very hard
B
B
Their hearts are free,
F#
F#
Their hearts are free
B
B
E
E
F#
F#
How avant- garde
Verse 5
G#m
G#m
B
B
If no one loves them
E
E
G#m
G#m
when they're old
F#
F#
They'll sit and count their chains of
Interlude 1
gold
F#
F#
D#m
D#m
B
B
E
E
F#
F#
B
B
G#m
G#m
E
E
F#
F#
Verse 6
G#m
G#m
B
B
E
E
You say you'll love them 'til they die
F#
F#
And they don't care if it's a lie
Verse 7
B
B
E
E
F#
F#
'Cause courtesans
G#m
G#m
Don't believe
E
E
In anybody but themselves
B
B
F#
F#
And Santa Claus,
And Santa Claus
B
B
E
E
And his twelve elves

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# G#m E D#m