of a friday night chords by Anaïs Mitchell
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Intro 1
(A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor)
Verse 1
Just across (D major)
(A minor) from the hospital
Still inside (D major) in the red (A minor) lights
A couple blocks from the
Orthodox Church
That's where the old (D major) poet lived (A minor)
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Verse 2
In his eyeglasses (D major)
and his (C major) neck (A minor) tie
And the win (D major) dow (E minor) looking down (A minor)
On the young (D major) man passing (A minor) by
On the full (D major) ness (E major) of the town (D major)
(A major) Full of them good
Verse 3
(G major) time gam (D major) blers
Full (A major) of their rest (F major) less wives (G major) (D major) (A major)
Full of them mid (G major) night (D major) writers
(A major) Out in the quarter on a (D major) Friday night
(A major) Out in the bright (G major) ness on a
(D major) Friday night (A major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 4
(A major)
(A minor) And the big horns (D major) blowed and
(C major) the pianos (A minor) played
And the music (D major) rose to the
(C major) old man's (A minor) ears
I guess those were the olden days
I guess those (D major) were the golden (A minor) (D major) years
Verse 5
And now the town is empty
(A major) Empty as a mirror
(G major) Empty as the harbor and
the (D major) barber's chair
Where did (C major) the old poet (Csus4) go? (F major) (G major)
I asked around (D minor) (D major)
Nobody knows (A major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (A major) (C major) (G major)
(B minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (A minor)
Verse 6
Maybe I came (D major) too (A minor) early
Maybe (D major) I came too late
(A minor) I'm waiting in the shadows
(D major) of the scaffolds
Of the old (A minor) cafés where
you told me to wait
(D major) (A minor)
Verse 7
And I've got this linger (D major) ing (A minor) feeling
It's like I've (D major) slipped (C major) in between (A minor)
Fingers of the cen (D major) tury
(A minor) I know you know (D major) what I mean (A major)
Verse 8
I'll be a good time (D major) gambler
(A major) I'll be a (C major) restless wife (G major) (B minor) (A major)
I'll be a mid (G major) night (D major) writer
Out (A major) in the quarter (G major) on a Fri (D major) day night
Verse 9
Call (A major) me a good- time (G major) (D major) gambler
(A major) Call me (C major) a restless wife (B minor) (D major) (A major)
Call (G major) me a mid (D major) night writer
Verse 10
(A major) Out in the (G major) quarter on a (D major) Friday night
(A major) Out in the brightness (G major) of a (D major) Friday night
Call (A major) me the brightness (G major) (D major) of aFri (G major) (D major) day (A major) (B minor) night
Outro 1
(G major) (D major) (A major) (Csus4) (F major) (G major) (B minor) (D major) (A major) (C major) (B minor) (D major) (A major)
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