Anaïs Mitchell – Before The Eyes Of Storytelling Girls (Guitar)

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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