Nica chords by Frank Turner

SimplifiedG · C · Am · Adim · D …

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G
C
Am
Adim
D
Gm
Gdim
Fm
Cm
F
A
Dm
Bb
Eb

Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Calm down Nica
C 
You don't have to wait
G 
outside of the Stanhope
For the doctor
C 
Charlie Parker woke up in
Am 
your apartment
Adim 
On the sofa
D 
And he'll be fine,
once he's walked it off
Gm 
And he'll meet you
Gdim 
In the front row of the
C 
Five Spot around midnight
G 
So load up the Bentley
C 
And bring the hollowed out bible
G 
with the whiskey
52nd Street
C 
No phone calls from the cops
Am 
or from your family
Adim 
Can reach you
D 
They all know you,
Gm 
you're famous in your fur coat
Gdim 
With Thelonius
C 
The high priest and the baroness

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Verse 2
Fm 
C 
The cats, all called you a butterfly
Fm 
But that's not quite right
Pannonica is a moth
C 
Known to come alive in the dark of night
Cm 
C 
Cm 
She might flutter by your table
C 
D 
She might whisper something
Gm 
secret in your ear
F 
"You only need to hear one
C 
Gm 
piece of advice
F 
Each of us only gets one life"
C 

Verse 3
D 
G 
So calm down Nica
C 
You don't have to drive on
G 
down to Baltimore
Anymore
C 
The Cabaret Card's waiting
Am 
in the morning mail
Adim 
D 
Your mercy missions for
musicians didn't fail
Gm 
Gdim 
The unyears, they are over
C 
You're forever black, brown, beige
F 
The bebop baroness

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Fm 
C 
The cats, they called you a butterfly
Fm 
But that's not quite right
Pannonica is a moth
C 
Known to come alive in the dark of night
Cm 
She might flutter by your table
D 
She might whisper something
G 
secret in your ear
F 
"You only need to hear one
C 
G 
piece of advice
F 
C 
G 
Each of us only gets one life"
F 
Nica spent hers flying
C 
She was freer than the French
G 
She always said
F 
"Just listen to the music, man
C 
And throw your heart over
Am 
G 
C 
the fence
G 
And the rest will follow"