Courtesans chords by
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields

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

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#m A G#m