Peek a Boo chords by Daniel Johnston
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major)
(E minor) (G major)
Verse 1
When I'm (G major) down,
(D major) (E minor) really down,
(C major) Nothin' matters. (D major)
Noth (B minor) in' does. (D major) (G major)
I close my eyes, (E minor) go to sleep.
(C major) But (Csus2) I (C major) can't sleep (G major)
(C major) . (D major) I (B minor) can 't (D major) sleep.
(G major) Please
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Verse 2
hear my (C major) cry for (G major) help,
and save (D major) me from myself.
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 3
(G major) Junior
High (E minor) I lost my mind.
(C major) I (Csus2) don't know why. (C major) It's (Csus2) a
(D major) terrible thing. (B minor) (D major) (G major)
Since that day (E minor) it's been a struggle
(C major) Trying to make sense
(D major) out of scrambled (B minor) egg (D major) s.
(G major) Please
Verse 4
hear (E minor) my (C major) cry for (G major) help,
and save (D major) me from myself.
(G major)
Verse 5
I (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) painted a
bar (E minor) and I never got paid,
(C major) In a town where every (D major) one was on foot. (G major)
I was locked in (E minor) on Easter day.
(C major) All I had to eat was (D major) a piece
of (B minor) bread. (D major) (G major)
Verse 6
When I got (G major) home (E minor) my mother said
(C major) "You're a lazy bum and
(D major) that's (B minor) how (D major) come (G major)
You suffer like that (E minor) and you'll starve
(C major) All your life. (G major) (D major) All your life."
(G major) Spoken just
Verse 7
like (E minor) it was a curse,
(C major) But it didn't really sound (D major) so (B minor) (D major) bad.
(G major) I like (D major) to (E minor) make things up,
(C major) It's the healthiest thing (D major) that I do. (G major)
Verse 8
But I'm (G major) tired
(E minor) From being kidnapped
(C major) By (Csus2) a dark (C major) wolf that would
(D major) Do me in.
(G major) Please
Verse 9
hear (E minor) my (C major) cry for (G major) help,
and save (D major) me from myself.
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 10
(C major) I'm just say
(D major) ing how I (G major) feel.
(C major) Maybe (D major) you could try (G major) to (C major) un derstand.
I'm a man (G major) who (C major) needs
(G major) you.
(E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 11
(G major)
When I'm down, (E minor) really down
(C major) Nothin' matters. (D major) Noth (B minor) in' does. (D major) (G major)
I close my eyes (E minor) to go to sleep,
(C major) But I can't sleep. (D major) I (B minor) can 't (D major) sleep.
(G major) You can
Verse 12
listen (E minor) to these songs,
(C major) Have a good time and (D major) walk away.
(G major) But for me (E minor) it's not that easy.
(C major) I have to live these song
(D major) s forever. (B minor) (D major)
(G major) Please
Verse 13
hear (D major) my (C major) cry for (G major) help,
and save (D major) me from myself.
(C major) (E minor) (G major)
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