Lorraine Live Chords

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Capo on the first fret. The version this is tabbed from is the one played on their NPR Tiny Desk Concert. The chords are simplified, if you want to learn the way Adrianne plays it, the video can be found here: https://youtu.be/D0E5vMkDfOI?t=427.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	1st fret

Author izzmace [a] 120.

1 contributor total, last edit on Mar 29, 2018

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Chords

Am/G

Fmaj7

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Waltz time (3/4) and capo on 1.
 
Two parts in particular have specific fingerings:
 
The waltzy bit at the Am Am/G:
 
   Am          Am/G         F
e|-----0---0-------0---0----|
B|-----1---1-------1---1----|
G|--------------------------|
D|---2---2--(2)--2---2--(2)-|
A|-0------------------------|
E|-------------3------------|
   like we were two lovers forming from friction
   like we were hummingbirds screaming at ravens
 
 
And the little walk she does on G C F C G:
 
    G   C   F   C   G
e|------0---1---0--------|
B|--3---------------3----|
G|----0---0---0---0---0--|
D|----------0------------|
A|--2---3-------3---2----|
E|-----------------------|
  such per fect dic tion
  fact in  to   fa  ble
 
[Verse 1]
C               Fmaj7
When I saw the first time
      G           C  Fmaj7
The thunder came crashing
C              Fmaj7
Your new blue eyeliner
G          C      Fmaj7
Caught my distraction
Am           Am/G
Like we were two lovers
Fmaj7
Forming from friction
G                 F  C
Your mouth caught my ear
      G   C   F   C  G
With such perfect diction
Fmaj7                  C
There I let you tie my hands back
     G
And take me
 
[Chorus]
       Fmaj7      C        G
Oh Lorraine, on a Saturday morning
    Dm                  G            C
Oh Lorraine, with your soft burning hands
 
[Verse 2]
C          Fmaj7
We fell asleep in
     G           C  Fmaj7
The back of the warehouse
   C            Fmaj7
I woke to you needing
     G        C Fmaj7
And covering my mouth
 Am           Am/G
Like we were hummingbirds
Fmaj7
Screaming at ravens
      G          F  C
You started to move me
      G  C  F  C  G
From fact into fable
Fmaj7                   C         G
There I let you take me under the table
 
[Chorus]
     Fmaj7        C        G
Oh Lorraine, on a Saturday morning
    Dm                  G            C
Oh Lorraine, with your soft burning hands
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This sounds great! I was wondering what the picking pattern might be?

thank you :)

I think some of the C chords at the beginning of lines are actually C7. Gives it that spice you hear in lines like, "Your new blue eyeliner..."