Villanelles chords by Gabriel Kahane

SimplifiedCm · D · Fm · Bb · Ab …

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Cm 
I   carried
you up second avenue
Looking at couples and sidewalk
Ab 
cafes
Bb 
F 
And lonely men wandering
Db 
Ab 
Bb 
home in the haze

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Verse 2

I carried you up the way

I pictured you sitting

on your stoop

Spilling your coffee on villanelles

And cursing yourself

you began to yell

How clumsy the things that I do

Verse 3

You said

I miss your dumb warm body

I don't know what that means

But I think that it's lovely

Verse 4
Bb 
We bought each other
F 
hardback books
Am 
Inscribed them with ice
C 
F 
cream that dripped
C 
Em 
Am 
While we ate But petrified
F 
C 
by your writerly looks
Am 
I simply wrote
G 
You

Verse 5

said

I miss your dumb warm body

I don't know what that means

But I think that it's lovely

Verse 6
C 
F 
C 
That night you drew me oh so close
F 
Cm 
Ab 
Cm 
Bb 
And gave me some
F 
Db 
Ab 
grade school innocence
Cm 
Bb 
Kisses on the kneecap
F 
and nose and shoulder
Am 
C 
F 
Em 
You whispered in my ear no words
Am 
F 
C 
Am 
G 
C 
F 
Traced them instead upon my back
Em 
Bm 
D 
I have to go away for a while
F 
A trip to that side of the track.
Am 
G 
And so