Frank Turner – Nica (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj 7 Cmaj7 [Verse 1]
Gmaj7
Calm down Nica

Cmaj7                                  Gmaj7
You don't have to wait outside of the Stanhope
For the doctor
Cmaj7                             Am7
Charlie Parker woke up in your apartment
On the sofa
          D7
And he'll be fine, once he's walked it off

           Gm7
And he'll meet you in the front row

        C7
Of the Five Spot around midnight
[Verse 2]
    Gmaj7
So load up the Bentley

     Cmaj7
And bring the hollowed-out Bible

           Gmaj7
With the whiskey, 52nd Street

    Cmaj7                                   Am7
No phone calls from the cops or from your family
Can reach you
           D7
They all know you

                       Gm7
You're famous in your fur coat

          C7                   C           Fm
With Thelonius, the high priest and the baroness
[Bridge]
     Fm                     C
The cats all called you a butterfly
But that's not quite right
   Fm
Pannonica is a moth

           C                 C7
Known to come alive in the dark of night

             Cm7            C7
She might flutter by your table

            D                               Gm
She might whisper something secret in your ear

                   F                  C          Gm
"You only need to hear one piece of advice

             F             C      D
Each of us only gets one life"
[Verse 3]
     Gmaj7
So calm down Nica

 Cmaj7                              Gmaj7
You don't have to drive on down to Baltimore
Anymore
      Cmaj7                            Am7
The Cabaret Card's waiting In the morning mail

                      D7
Your mercy missions for musicians didn't fail

     Gm7
The unyears, they are over

          C7
You're forever black, brown, beige

              F
The bebop baroness
[Interlude] A7 Dm7 Cm7 A#maj7 D7 Gm C F A7 Dm7 Cm7 A#maj7 D7 Gm F C Gm F C Fm [Bridge]
     Fm                     C
The cats all called you a butterfly
But that's not quite right
   Fm
Pannonica is a moth

           C                 C7
Known to come alive in the dark of night

             Cm7            C7
She might flutter by your table

            D                               Gm
She might whisper something secret in your ear

                   F                  C          Gm
"You only need to hear one piece of advice

             F             C      D
Each of us only gets one life"
[Outro]
G                 F
Nica spent hers flying

                         C
She was freer than the French

             G
She always said

                      F
"Just listen to the music, man

                 C                   Gmaj7   Cmaj7
And throw your heart over the fence

                   Gmaj7
And the rest will follow"
Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7