tailor chords by Anaïs Mitchell
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
When he (G major) said,
when he said (C major) (G major) that he (C major) liked my cut of hair (G major)
I be (D major) came a (G major) barber
When he said, when he said that
my scent (C major) was eau de fleur (G major)
I be (D major) came a perfumer (G major)
When he said, when he said (C major) (G major) that
he (C major) liked the clothes I wore (G major)
I became (D major) a (G major) tailor
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Verse 2
(G major)
And I sewed (C major) a party dress (G major)
In an (D major) d out and in an (G major) d out
With a (C major) needle and a thread (G major)
In an (D major) d out and in and (G major) out
In my (C major) head the thought (G major) of him
In an (D major) d out, in and out (G major) and in
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 3
When he said, (G major)
when he said he was (C major) leaving (G major)
I took (D major) up the violin
(G major) When he said,
when he said (C major) (G major) that my body (C major) he'd not miss
(G major) I be (D major) came a sculptress (G major)
When he said, (D major) when he (G major) said that
my face (C major) he'd soon for (G major) get
I became (D major) a (G major) poet
Verse 4
(G major)
And the fiddle (C major) and the bow (G major)
In and (D major) out and in and (G major) out
And the chiseling (C major) stone (G major)
In and (D major) out and in and out (G major)
And the (C major) fountain pen (G major)
In an (D major) d out, in and out (G major) and in
Verse 5
Now that he's (D major) gone away (G major)
There isn't anyone to say if I'm a lady
(C major) gay (G major) or a crazy (D major) woman (G major)
Now that he's gone (D major) away (G major)
There isn't anyone to say if I'm a (C major) diamond
(G major) or a dime (D major) (G major) a (D major) dozen (G major)
Verse 6
(G major)
Didn't I gleam (F major) in my father's (G major) eye?
Who am I, who am I?
Didn't I split (D major) my mother's side? (G major)
Who am I, who am I?
Didn't I drink (B flat major) her nipple dry? (F major)
Who am I?
And no one taught (D major) me how to cry (F major)
Who am I?
How to cry for what I (D major) wanted
in the night (G major)
Who am (F major) I, who am I?
And didn't I cry (B flat major) and cry? (F major)
Who am I, (F major) who am I?
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