Counting Crows – John Appleseeds Lament (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

INTRO G C x 4
G                                         C                           G      C
I stepped out the front door into winter and the world outside

C                                                              G      C
I stepped out the door to New York City, my hair was barely dry

B                                    A                          G      C      G      C
I could not remember where I was going, so I went back inside

G                                    C                                G      C
Nothing happening in the elevator, nothing happening on the stairs

C                                                        G    C      G      C
Nothing ever happen when I am sleeping, I cannot stay there

B                                           C
How'd you find a party when you're in your room

A                                                       G      C      G      C
How'd you find the action man, the action is everywhere

G                                                 C                    G     C
If you decide to climb outside your bedroom window, paint a picture on a cloud

C
Oh if you decide that you can't hide inside your mind

                                G      C
Provide the slide to get you out

B                                           C
Feels just like you're falling and you're going down

A                                                                         C                            
But everybody loves you when you hit the ground
G C x4
G                             C                               
I say a prayer, I say a prayer, I say a prayer to Pocahontas

                         G     C
I pray to John Appleseed

 C                                                                     G      C      G      C
Oh I cigarette the winter air, then I Fred Astaire my way down seventh street

B                                           A                     C    G      C      G      C
Some chick yells Jesus love me more than I know but less than I need

G                                     C                               G      C
I parade down the valley to the battery and then I step off into the air

C                                                                              G      C
Point my sunglasses east towards Jerusalem and then follow all the Pharaohs there

B                                   C
They're building pyramids in Leicester Square

A                                                       G      C      G      C
Driving in circles round the circus 'til the circles in the air

 G                                     C                      G      C
My love says come on Adam tell me what the hell is wrong with you

C                                                                  G  C      G      C
She says, come on Adam tell me, what the hell am I supposed to do?

                   B                                       A                        C
She says, I could love you, I could leave you, I can't live what you put me through
G C x 4
G                            C                G      C      G      C
I call the wind Maria because I do not know her face

C                                                                       G     C      G      C
I call the endless sky Emilia because she stays with me from place to place

   A                    G                                               G     C      G      C
I call the sun my love Emmanuel because she cradle me in her embrace

G                                      C                      G      C
Oh no, nothing happening in the kitchen, nothing happening on the floor

C                                                              G      C      G      C
Nothing happening in my bed, she don't sleep there no more

B                                           C
How’d you find the bottom when you're in the air?

A                                                   A STOP
Hey man, how’d you find a circus man, the circus is everywhere
G C x 8 End on G