John Appleseed's Lament chords by Counting Crows
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major)
Verse 1
I (G major) stepped out the front
door into winter (C major) and the world outside
(G major) (C major) (G major) I (C major) stepped out the
door to New York City
My hair was barely dry (G major) (C major)
(B major) I could not remember where I was going
(A major) So I went back inside
(G major) (C major) (G major)
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Verse 2
Nothing's happening in the elevator
(C major) Nothing happening on the stair (G major) s
Noth (C major) ing ever happens
when I am sleeping
So I cannot stay there (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) How (B major) do you find the parties
when you're in (C major) your room?
How (A major) do you find the action?
Man, the action is (A minor) every (A major) where
(G major) (C major)
Verse 3
(G major) (C major) If you decide (G major) to climb
outside your bedroom window
(C major) Paint a picture on a cloud (G major) (C major)
If you decide that you can't hide inside
Your (F major) mind provides a (C major) slide
to get you (G major) out (C major)
It feels (B major) just like you're falling
when you're go (C major) ing down
But everybody (A minor) loves you when you hit
(C major) the ground
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 4
(G major)
I say a (C major) prayer, I (G major) say a prayer,
I say a prayer to Pocahontas
(C major) I pray to John Appleseed (G major)
(C major) Oh, (G major) I ci (C major) garette the winter air
And then I Fred Astaire my way
down 7th Street (G major) (C major) (G major)
Some chick (A major) yells "Je (B major) sus
loves me more than I know
(A major) But less than I need" (C major)
(G major)
Verse 5
I parade down The Bowery
to The Bat (C major) tery
And then I step off into the air (G major)
(C major) Point my sunglasses east
toward Jerusalem
And then follow all the Pharaohs
(G major) there (A minor)
(B major) They're building pyramids
in Leicester (C major) Square
(A major) Driving in circles round the Circus til
the circle's in the air
(G major) (C major)
Verse 6
(G major)
My love says "Come on Adam
Tell me what (C major) the hell is
wrong with you" (G major)
(C major) She says "Come on Adam
What the hell am I supposed
to do?" (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) She says "I could love you, (B major)
I could leave you
But I can't live (A major) w what you
Verse 7
put me through"
(C major) I (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) call (G major) the wind
Maria because (C major) I do not know her face (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) I call the endless sky Amelia
Because she stays with me
from place to place
(G major) I (C major) (G major) (C major) call (F major) the sun my
love (C major) Emmanuelle
Because she cradled me
in her (G major) em brace (C major) (G major)
(C major)
Verse 8
(G major) Nothing happening
in the kitchen (C major)
Nothing happening on the floor (G major) (C major)
Nothing happening in my bed
But she don't sleep there
no more (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
How (B major) do you find the bottom
when you're in (C major) the air?
(A major) How do you find the circus?
Outro 1
Man, the circus is everywhere
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major)
John Appleseed's Lament
Counting Crows
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