Before The Eyes Of Storytelling Girls Chords

by Anaïs Mitchell
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author Ethan Frome [a] 40. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

Am
Dm
F
C
G

Strumming

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Definitely not accurate with what she plays, but these chords work with the melody.
 
 
Solo:
Am    Dm   F    Am
C   G     F
 
 
Verse 1:
Am                                Dm
I could tell you stories like the government tells lies
Am                        F
Oh but no one listens any more
       Am
In the rooms the women come and go
Dm
Talking on the mobile phones
        C          G             F
and the television talks about the war
 
 
Verse 2:
Am
When I was a baby there was
Dm
Laughter in my house and my
Am                     F
Daddy smoked domestic cigarettes
Am
Thursday nights on the radio
Dm                          C
Live in concert, live from Cairo
G         F
Mother of Egypt
 
 
Chorus 1:
 
Am     G
Mama, mama
F     G
Be with me
           F            Am
With the music in your breast
          F               Am
In your glittering evening dress
          F                C        G
And the white flag in your fist trembling
 
 
Am   Dm   F   Am
C   G    F
 
Verse 3:
Am                                Dm
I could tell you stories like the past was dead and gone
Am                              F
I know nothing changes in this world
Am
Every day the muezzin calls
Dm                        C
Sun comes up and Baghdad falls
          G                    F
Before the eyes of storytelling girls
 
 
Bridge:
Am              Dm
She was just a poor man's daughter
C               G             F
Going down into the sultan's bed
Am             Dm
He was desert, she was a water
     C             G            F
And he remembered every word she said
F
She said and I say
 
 
Chorus 2:
Am        G
Grandma, Grandma
F    G
Be with me
         F                 Am
In your tragic wedding gown
          F             Am
With your long hair hanging down
          F               C
And the stories tumbling out
     G
Tumbling
 
 
Am  Dm   F    Am
C    G    F
 
Verse 4:
Am                                Dm
I could tell you stories like the government tells lies
Am                        F
Oh, but no one listens any more
       Am
In the rooms the women come and go
Dm
Talking on the mobile phones
         C               G                   F
And the television talks about the war
 
About the war and the
Am          G             Am
Television talks about the war
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Before The Eyes Of Storytelling Girls – Anaïs Mitchell
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