Anaïs Mitchell – Tailor (Guitar)

Capo 3 Video Lesson
Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

The chords move pretty fast and they're pretty accurate but I'm going to thrown in this little tab as a guide line for how to play certain chord progressions. I'm playing these chords as follows: G: [3 x x 0 3 x] G7: [3 x x 0 3 1] G6: [3 x x 0 3 0] G/B: [x 2 x 0 3 x] Cadd9: [x 3 2 0 3 x] D/F#: [2 x 0 2 3 x] D/A: [x 0 0 2 3 x] F: [1 3 3 2 1 1] Bb: [x 1 3 3 3 1]
      G     G7       G7  G6       G/B  Caa9 G/B D/F# G
e|----------1--|------1---0---|----------------------------------|
B|-----3----3--|------3---3---|----3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-----------|
G|-----0-------|--------------|----0--0-0--0-0--2-2--0-----------|
D|-------------|--------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------|--------------|---2--3----2----------------------|
E|---3----3----|----3---3-----|----------------2----3------------|
This tab is just a general outline of what she plays. Add as sounds or feels natural to you. The chorus has the same basic cadence just with slightly different chords. [Verse 1]
          G  G7
When he said

         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that he liked my cut of hair

    D/F#    G
I became a barber

          G  G7
When he said

         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that my scent was Eau de Fleur

    D/F#    G
I became a perfumer

          G  G7
When he said

         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that he liked the clothes I wore

    D/F#    G
I became a tailor
[Chorus]
       Cadd9          G/B
And I sewed a party dress”

        D/A            G
In and out and in and out

       Cadd9          G/B
With a needle and a thread”

        D/A            G
In and out and in and out

       Cadd9          G/B
In my head, the thought of him”

        D/F#                G
In and out, in and out and in
[Verse 2]
          G  G7
When he said

         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said he was leaving

    D/F#    G
I took up the violin

          G  G7
When he said

         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that my body he'd not miss

    D/F#    G
I became a sculptress

          G  G7
When he said

         G7 G6 G/B   Cadd9            G/B
When he said that my face he'd soon forget

    D/F#    G
I became a poet
[Chorus]
       Cadd9          G/B
And the fiddle and the bow”

        D/A            G
In and out and in and out

       Cadd9          G/B
And the chisel in the stone”

        D/A            G
In and out and in and out

       Cadd9          G/B
And the fountain pen”

        D/F#                G
In and out, in and out and in
[Extended Outro]
               D/F#  G
Now that he's gone away

             G7
There isn't anyone to say

          C    G/B     D/F#   G
If I'm a lady gay, or a crazy woman

               D/F#   G
Now that he's gone away

             G7
There isn't anyone to say

          C    G/B     D/F#   G
If I'm a diamond or a dime a dozen

           F                   G
Didn't I gleam in my father's eye?
Who am I? Who am I?
           D/F#             G
Didn't I split my mother's side?

       F         G
Who am I? Who am I?

          Bb               C
Didn't I drink her nipple dry?

       F
Who am I?

            D/F#              F
And no one taught me how to cry

       F
Who am I?

        F              D/F#          G
How to cry for what I wanted in the night

       F
Who am I? Who am I?

              Bb      F
And didn't I cry and cry?

       G
Who am I?
Who am I?