massachusetts avenue chords by Amanda Palmer

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
C 
F 
 (G major) Every time I walk  (C major) along this street,  (F major) 
C 
I think of you  (C major) 
G 
C 
F 
And  (G major) given it's the city's  (C major) major thor (F major) oughfare,
C 
I'm screwed  (C major) 
Em 
F 
 (E minor) Taking  (F major) an alternative's a
C 
little hard to  (C major) do
F 
C 
 (F major) It's the street I live  (C major) on

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Verse 2

Massachusett s Avenue

Interlude 1

Verse 3
G 
C 
 (G major) There's the cross (C major) walk where a
F 
C 
milk truck  (F major) almost ran me down  (C major) 
G 
C 
The day  (G major) I finally saw  (C major) you when
F 
C 
you  (F major) got back into town  (C major) 
Em 
F 
I don???t  (E minor) know if you saw  (F major) me,
C 
'cause I turned so quick around  (C major) 
F 
C 
Am 
G 
C 
 (F major) Hiding into traf (C major) fic, clearly dying  (A minor) to  (G major)  (C major) be
G 
 (G major) found

Interlude 2

Verse 4
G 
C 
Do you  (G major) remember crying  (C major) in the
F 
C 
 (F major) park and shutting  (C major) up?
G 
C 
Do you  (G major) remember  (C major) running
F 
C 
and me try (F major) ing to catch  (C major) up?
Em 
F 
Do  (E minor) you  remember loving  (F major) me
C 
more than I could be loved?  (C major) 
F 
C 
I chased  (F major) you for so  (C major) long, and when I caught you,
G 
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
I gave  (G major) up  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
G 
F 
C 
 (G major) There's no other  (F major) way to get to  (C major) work
G 
F 
 (G major) After all these  (F major) years,
C 
it just gets  (C major) worse
Em 
F 
 (E minor) Memories so dull  (F major) and well-rehearsed

Verse 5
C 
G 
Stor (C major) row Stor (G major) row Drive is
F 
C 
 (F major) pretty in the springtime  (C major) 
G 
F 
C 
Storrow  (G major) Drive is  (F major) pretty in the fall  (C major) 
G 
F 
C 
 (G major) You don't have  (F major) go home in a straight  (C major) line
G 
F 
 (G major) You don't have to  (F major) go back
C 
G 
 (C major) home at all  (G major) 
C 
F 
C 
 (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 

Verse 6
G 
Am 
 (G major) There's the cemetery  (A minor) where
Bb 
C 
I broke  (B flat major) your heart  (C major) in two
G 
Am 
And  (G major) there's the pair of stone (A minor) s
C 
Bb 
C 
that we had laughed  (C major) was  (B flat major) me    (C major) and you
Em 
F 
I stared  (E minor) at them a long  (F major) time,
C 
and I asked if it was true  (C major) 
F 
C 
If  (F major) I  still really loved  (C major) you
And they answered
G 
Yes,  (G major) 

Verse 7

I do

(I do)

Verse 8
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) People  (G major) come and  (C major) go,
F 
C 
but these four lanes  (F major) will never move  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) Little peach and  (C major) exes' Jeeps
F 
C 
even (F major) tually die, too  (C major) 
Em 
G 
F 
 (E minor) Even if the  (G major) russians came  (F major) and
C 
named it something  (C major) new
F 
C 
 (F major) It would always look  (C major) like
Massachusetts Avenue

Verse 9
G 
Storrow  (G major) Drive is pretty in the
springtime
Storrow Drive is pretty in the fall
C 
You don't have go  (C major) home in a straight line
F 
C 
F 
You  (F major) don't have to go back  (C major) home at  (F major) all
Storrow Drive is pretty in the springtime
Storrow Drive is pretty in the fall