Voice chords by
Ani Difranco

N/A•

Key: B minor•

Verse 1

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I don't know how far I'm going to have to

go to see my own self

or hear my own voice.

I tuned in on the radio

for hours

and never heard it. Then I went to the

movie picture show

and I never heard it there.

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Am

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F

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I put handfuls of coins in the

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machines

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and watched records turn,

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but the voice there was

no voice of mine.

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F

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I mean, it was not my voice,

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not the words that I hear in my own ears

Dm

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when I walk along and look at faces.

Dm

Dm

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Dm

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Am

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Em

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Am

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Dm

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I sit here in a Jewish delicatessen

C

C

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and I order a hot pastrami

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C

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sandwich on rye bread

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C

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and I hear the lady ask me,

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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Am

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would you like to have a portion

Dm

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Am

Am

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F

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of coleslaw on the side?

Am

Am

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And I know when I hear her speak

Dm

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F

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Am

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that she has my voice.

And I tell her I would like my coleslaw on a side dish,

please.

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C

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Am

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And I'd like to have a glass of tea with lemon,

please.

And she knows that

I'm speaking her

And a fellow sat across the table

near my wall.

C

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And he spoke as he ate his salami

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Am

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and drank his beer.

And somehow I had the feeling

as I heard him speak.

And he spoke a long time.

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not one word was my personal language.

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Dm

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G

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Am

Am

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But I could tell by the deep sound,

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the full tone of his voice,

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G

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Em

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that he spoke my language.

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C

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And I suppose you may wonder

C

C

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Am

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just how he could speak in a dialect

Dm

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C

C

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Am

Am

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that I could not savvy or understand,

Dm

Dm

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and yet I understood every

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C

C

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G

G

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sound that he made.

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Am

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I learned to do this a

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F

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C

C

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F

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long time ago,

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C

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F

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walking up and down the side roads

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G

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and the main stems of this land here.

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Am

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C

C

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I learned to listen this way

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F

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Am

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when I washed dishes on ships,

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F

F

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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Am

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F

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and I had to learn how to I knew it when I walked ashore in Africa, an d in Scotland, and Ireland, Britain,

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Dm

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Dm

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G

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C

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and London, and Britain, an d London, Glasgow, and Liverpool, and Glasgow, and Scots, an d Scotstown,

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and Anglo's farms,

Em

Em

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G

G

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F

F

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C

C

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and Irish canals, and railroad bridges,

F

F

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Am

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C

C

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and Highlanders' cows, and horses.

F

F

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here, I knew the speech was

C

C

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F

F

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the same as mine,

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Am

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C

C

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But it was the dialect again.

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Am

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Nasal, nasal, throaty, and deep, and and chesty,

chesty from the stomach, from the lungs,

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C

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F

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Am

Am

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from high, up in the head,

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Dm

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C

C

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from pitch up, pitch up and down.

C

C

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And here I had to learn

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F

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Am

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C

C

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again to say,

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C

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this is my language.

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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This is part of my voice

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Am

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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C

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Am

Am

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Oh,

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Dm

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Bb

Bb

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Am

Am

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G

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C

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F

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but I have not even heard this voice

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F

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These voices on the stages

and screens

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F

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And on radios and records

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Dm

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and jukeboxes and magazines,

or in newspapers,

C

C

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C

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seldom in courtrooms,

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Am

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Em

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F

F

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and more seldom when students and policemen are study

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Am

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Em

Em

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F

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Dm

Dm

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Em

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ing the faces behind the voices.

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And I thought as I saw a drunk

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Em

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en street -walking man

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C

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F

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mutter and spit and curse into the wind

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F

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outside of the cafe's plate glass

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F

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C

C

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that maybe if I look closer

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F

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I might hear some more

C

C

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F

F

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of my voice

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And I ate as quiet as I could

F

F

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Am

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so as to keep my eyes and my ears

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F

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C

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Em

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C

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F

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and my feelings wide open

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Am

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Dm

Dm

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And I did hear, I heard all that I came

C

C

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to hear here in Coney Island's Jewish air.

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G

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I heard reflections, recollections,

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seen faces in memory.

I heard voices untangle

their words before me.

And I knew by the feeling that I felt

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Am

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F

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that here was my voice.

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Voice by Ani DiFranco is B minor.

The primary chords used in Voice are Bm, A, G, F#m, D, Em.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bm, A, G, F#m, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Voice is approximately 77 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Voice using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

Yes! Click the Print icon to generate a clean, one-page version of the chords and lyrics for Voice. This is perfect for practicing offline or adding to a physical songbook.

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