estelle chords by
Dan Bern

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

G

G

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Am

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Am

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C

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D

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G

G

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Verse 1

G

G

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I was painting a still life this morning

Am

Am

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Of a throat loz enge sitting

on a copy of Tropic of Cancer

C

C

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The only thing weird about

D

D

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it is that a year ago

G

G

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I never thought I'd paint anything again

I decided I wasn't ever gonna paint again

Am

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It didn't bother me too much,

Warhol's dead

C

C

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David Hockney's still alive,

D

D

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G

G

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I don't need to paint

Verse 2

G

G

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I painted over ten thousand paintings

Am

Am

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Sad ones, funny ones,

dark ones and light ones

C

C

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I've done haystacks and rich

D

D

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old ladies by their pools

G

G

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Wearing nothing but a scarf

I've painted everything

there was to paint

Am

Am

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Now it was time to sit back,

give interviews

C

C

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Get on the internet, hang

out at club med

D

D

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G

G

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Take stock of what I've done

Verse 3

G

G

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You know, the best friend

I ever had was a dog

Am

Am

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It sounds like a cliche unless it's

happened to you

C

C

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Some days that dog was the only

D

D

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G

G

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reason I even got out of bed

That dog went everywhere with me and then

I heard the crack addicts

Am

Am

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Were stealin' dogs and selling

them for animal research

C

C

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D

D

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It sounded like an urban myth to me like the

mouse in the Coke bottle

G

G

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But I started leavin'

her at home after that

Verse 4

G

G

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You know, Paula was my

wife for a while

Am

Am

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She ran off to Paris with the

great grandson of Van Gogh

C

C

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D

D

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A cartoonist who did fashion

G

G

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graphics for Le Monde

When Paula left she took my dog,

Am

Am

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I never saw her again

Except in the court during the

custody battle

C

C

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She won and got to keep the dog

D

D

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And I didn't speak to any

G

G

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one for months

Verse 5

G

G

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You know sometimes it feels

Bm

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Like there's so much

that you need

C

C

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Bm

Bm

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Sometimes the world is

G

G

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upside down

Sometimes it seems like the

Bm

Bm

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only thing you need

C

C

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Bm

Bm

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Is holdin' someone's hand as

Bb

Bb

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you walk through town

C

C

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G

G

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Verse 6

G

G

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I started hanging around with Dino

He used to run a poker

Am

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game back east

Now he has a little coffee shop,

C

C

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sells cappuccino to his old pals

D

D

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G

G

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Tommy, Chicago and Jimmy

the Wig and Ugly Rose

Verse 7

G

G

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You know the best person I ever knew

Was a Mormon woman named Estelle

Am

Am

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She still calls me drunk every few months

C

C

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And asks me stuff I

D

D

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don't want to talk about

G

G

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You can't talk to her long unless

you're drunk yourself

Then we go all night

Am

Am

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C

C

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D

D

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Verse 8

G

G

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Yeah she goes, "Why baby,

why baby, why baby, why

Am

Am

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Have you turned your back on love?

C

C

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You had so many chances

D

D

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G

G

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Why have you let 'em all go by?"

Verse 9

G

G

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Well, one morning I was sitting out in

front of Dino's place

Am

Am

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With Jake the Shears,

a guy from Philly who gives free mohawks

C

C

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There were a couple of young painters,

D

D

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I was hopin' to come by

G

G

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So I could give 'em some advice

Verse 10

G

G

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Yeah, I was sittin' there

updating my list of enemies

Am

Am

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When this girl walks in and

the universe kind of stops

C

C

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Turned out she drank

D

D

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the same tea as me

G

G

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Don't take more than that to start

a conversation sometimes

She believed collage was the greatest

of all the arts

Am

Am

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And was busy pasting pictures of horses,

C

C

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next to ads for laundry soap

D

D

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Next to Mohammed Ali,

G

G

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she had a turquoise in her ear

And said Rachmaninoff was

always in her head

Verse 11

Am

Am

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But later that day I was trying to describe her

to Jimmy the Wig

C

C

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D

D

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I couldn't find any words and I realized

G

G

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I'd started to sketch her chin

Somehow it didn't look right,

Am

Am

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I scratched it out and tried it again

C

C

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D

D

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I filled an entire pad, I threw it away,

G

G

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I never even came close

Verse 12

G

G

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For a six days I sat at Dino's place

Am

Am

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The rain wouldn't quit and

no one came in

C

C

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Finally on the seventh day it

D

D

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G

G

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cleared and in she walked

I asked her to sit with me and

I bought her a cup of tea

Am

Am

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And I asked her to model for

me sometime

C

C

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That afternoon I was at a canvas

D

D

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She was wearing a yellow dress

G

G

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I swore if she let me, I'd get it right

Verse 13

G

G

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I've painted over ten

thousand paintings

Am

Am

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Sad ones, funny ones,

dark ones, and light ones

C

C

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But sitting there,

D

D

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G

G

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it was like I couldn't even write my own name

I apologized and said, "It's

been a few months

If you have patience,

Am

Am

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I'll get the hang of it again"

C

C

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In the next few weeks,

D

D

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G

G

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I painted her hundreds of times

If I get the nose right, the chin's too long

Am

Am

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If I get 'em both right, the face is too thin

C

C

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D

D

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But I keep after it and one day I, I'll get

G

G

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it all right

Interlude 1

G

G

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Am

Am

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Am

Am

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Verse 14

G

G

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I painted a still life this morning,

Am

Am

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of a throat lozenge

Sitting on a copy of Tropic of Cancer

C

C

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D

D

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The only thing was funny is that

G

G

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I never thought I'd paint anything again

I think I might go visit Estelle

Those Utah mountain

Am

Am

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s are good for the soul

C

C

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I'll bring my brushes and some Jack Daniels

D

D

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G

G

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And we can make up for lost time

Verse 15

G

G

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And she said, "Why baby,

why baby, why baby why?

Am

Am

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Baby why have you turned

your back on love

C

C

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You had so many chances

D

D

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Why have you let 'em all

G

G

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go by?"

Verse 16

G

G

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And she says, "Why baby,

why baby, why baby why?

Am

Am

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Baby why have you turned

your back on love

C

C

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You had so many chances

D

D

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G

G

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Why have you let 'em all go by?"

Verse 17

G

G

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Bm

Bm

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Sometimes it seems like there's so

much that you need

C

C

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D

D

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Sometimes the world is

G

G

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upside down

Sometimes it seems like the

Bm

Bm

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only thing you need

C

C

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Bm

Bm

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Bb

Bb

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Is holdin' someone's hand as you walk through town

Outro 1

C

C

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G

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Am

Am

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C

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D

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G

G

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Am

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C

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D

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G

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Am

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C

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D

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G

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Am

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C

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D

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G

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Am

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of estelle by Dan Bern is G major.

The primary chords used in estelle are G, Am, C, D, Bm, Bb.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, Am, C, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of estelle is approximately 86 beats per minute.

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