Joan Baez – Honest Lullaby (Guitar Live)
Capo 4
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
| G | G | G | G |
[Verse 1]
Am Early early in the game G I taught myself to sing and play Am And use a little trickery G On kids who never favored me Em Those were years of crinoline slips D And cotton skirts and swinging hips C And dangerously painted lips G And stars of stage and screen Em Pedal pushers, ankle socks D Padded bras and campus jocks C Who hid their vernal equinox G In pairs of faded jeans Am And slept at home resentfully G G Coveting their dreams
[Chorus]
C D And I look around and I wonder G D/F# Em Em How the years and I survived C D I had a mother who sang to me D7 G An honest lullaby G Ay ay ay ay
[Verse 2]
Am Yellow, brown, and black and white G Our Father bless us all tonight Am I bowed my head at the football games G And closed the prayer in Jesus' name Em Lusting after football heroes D Tough Pachuco, little Neroes C Forfeiting my A's for zeroes G Futures unforeseen Em Spending all my energy D In keeping my virginity C And living in a fantasy G In love with Jimmy Dean Am If you will be my king, Jimmy, Jimmy G G I will be your queen
[Chorus]
C D I look around and I wonder G D/F# Em Em How the years and I survived C D I had a mother who sang to me D7 G An honest lullaby Em Ay ay ay ay Am Ay ay ay ay D D7 G Ay ay ay ay ay
[Verse 3]
Am I travelled all around the world G And knew more than the other girls Am Of foreign languages and schools G Paris, Rome and Istanbul Em But those things never worked for me D The town was much too small you see C And people have a way of being G Even smaller yet Em But all the same though life is hard D And no one promised me a garden C Of roses, so I did okay G I took what I could get Am And did the things that I might do G G For those less fortunate
[Chorus]
C D I look around and I wonder G D/F# Em Em How the years and I survived C D Must have had a mother who sang to me D7 G An honest lullaby G Ay ay ay ay
[Verse 4]
Am Now look at you, you must be growing G A quarter of an inch a day Am You've already lived near half the years G You'll be when you go away Em With your teddy bears and alligators D Enterprise communicators C G All the tiny aviators head into the sky Em And while the others play with you D I hope to find a way with you C And sometimes spend a day with you G I'll catch you as you fly Am Or if I'm worth a mother's salt G G I'll wave as you go by
[Chorus]
C D And if you look around and you wonder G D/F# Em Em How the years and you'll survive C D Honey, you've got a mother who sings to you C D Dances on the strings for you C D Opens her heart and brings to you D7 G An honest lullaby Em Ay ay ay ay C Ay ay ay ay D D7 G Cm G Ay ay ay ay ay