Nuns Song chords by Alejandro Escovedo

SimplifiedE · Em · C · Am · G …

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E
Em
C
Am
G
Daug
F
C#m
A
D
B
F#

Intro 1

Verse 1
E 
We don't want your ap (E major) 
proval
Em 
It's  (E minor) 1978
C 
E 
We  (C major) know we're not in  (E major) tune
We know we'll never be great
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 2

We met at this bar

A little piece of fame

Up on the bandstand

Nobody knows no shame

Verse 3
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 
E 
Louie louie  (E major) talk
Em 
C 
Well what you got  (E minor) on  me  (C major) 
Am 
E 
Em 
Louie  (A minor) louii,  (E major)  (E minor) I
E 
Em 
I don't even  (E major)  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
Try, try,  (C major) try, try,  (E minor) try

Verse 4

We've got so much to live for

It's not too late

We've got so much to live for

It's not too late

Verse 5
E 
 (E major) Jennifer my scony
Em 
C 
Don't need anybody's  (E minor) pain  (C major) 
Em 
C 
Em 
E 
 (E minor) She  (C major) had enough  (E minor) de  sire  (E major) 
Em 
C 
Em 
To shatter  (E minor) window panes  (C major)  (E minor) 
E 
She said "I'm not fond of small  (E major) talk"
Em 
C 
Down  (E minor) on Levenworth and Poke  (C major) 
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E minor) She said I don't  (C major) need  (E minor) your heroes
E 
Em 
 (E major) To make my life  (E minor) a   joke
C 
Em 
ha, ha,  (C major)  (E minor) ha, ha, ha, ha

Verse 6
G 
Daug 
 (G major) We've got so much to live  (Daug) for
F 
Em 
E 
It's  (F major) not too late  (E minor)  (E major) 
Em 
G 
Daug 
 (E minor) We've  (G major) got so much to live  (Daug) for
F 
E 
Em 
E 
C#m 
E 
C#m 
It's  (F major) not too  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major) late  (C sharp minor)  (E major)  (C sharp minor) 
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 

Interlude 1

Verse 7
Em 
E 
 (E minor) You take a Mill Valley charmer  (E major) 
Em 
Mix in some Bowie trash  (E minor) 
D 
Em 
E 
A little too  (D major) much  (E minor) mas cara  (E major) 
Em 
Under a surgeon's  (E minor) mask
A 
She cuddles  (A major) like a puppy

Verse 8
E 
 (E major) 
Em 
C 
Yeah man,  (E minor) you know she will  (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) You've never heard her
A 
E 
 (A major) bark like an anim (E major) al, ha
Yeah, I've heard her myself
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) She hit me in the head
A 
Em 
E 
with  (A major) a fantasy  (E minor)  (E major) 
Em 
C 
B 
Em 
Yeah it's stuck to my cheek  (E minor)  (C major)  (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
B 
E 
 (C major) My lip was  (B major) bleed (E major) ing
Em 
C 
Blood running down  (E minor) my  face  (C major) 

Verse 9
Em 
C 
B 
E 
 (E minor) I put  (C major) her back on  (B major) my own  (E major) yeah
Em 
E 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) Punched myself in  (E major) the mouth  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
C 
A 
Em 
E 
 (E minor) I  (C major) put her back on  (A major) my own  (E minor) head  (E major) 
Punched myself in the mouth
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 10
Em 
 (E minor) 
C 
Em 
E 
 (C major) I turn on  (E minor) the tv  (E major) 
You're teeth were burning
Em 
C 
A 
Em 
bright  (E minor)  (C major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
C 
A 
E 
I turn  (C major) off  (A major) the tv  (E major) 
Em 
And kiss myself good night  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
C 
Em 
G 
F# 
F 
 (C major) Good night,  (E minor) good  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (F sharp major)  (F major) night
E 
Em 
E 
G 
F# 
Daug 
F 
E 
 (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (G major)  (F sharp major)  (Daug)  (F major)  (E major) 
G 
 (G major) [Chorus: Repeat 2X]