Joanna Newsom – Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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The other clam crab cockle chords are close. The first is a half step
too high, and both are missing or contain wrong chords.
I put a chord letter every time she plucks a bass root note.
Note: she plays the bass note of the B chord below the low E
on the guitar, so it will sound slightly different on guitar
unless you tune down.
B B That means no, where I come from. B F# I am cold, out waiting for the day to come. B B I chew my lips, and I scratch my nose B F# E E feels so good to be a rose. B B Oh don't, don't you life me up B F# like I'm that shy, no no no no no, just give it up E F# B There are bats all dissolving in a row E F# G#m into the wishy-washy dark that can't let go. B B B I cannot let go, so I thank the lord, and I thank his sword! B F# G#m 'tho it be mincing up the morning, slightly bored. B E B F# E O, morning without warning like a hole, oh and I watch you go. B F# E There are some mornings when the sky looks like a road. B F# E There are some dragons who were built to have and hold. B F# G#m And some machines are dropped from great heights lovingly. B E B and some great bellies ache with many bumblebees F# E E and they sting so terribly. B B I do as I please. Now I'm on my knees. B F# G#m Your skin is something that I stir into my tea. E E And I am watching you G#m G#m and you are starry, starry, starry B F# E E and I'm tumbling down, and I check a frown. B B It's why I love this town: Well, just look around. G#m G#m just see me serenaded hourly! celebrated sourly! E E dedicated dourly; F# B B waltzing with the open sea - F# E F# G#m clam, crap, cockle, cowrie : will you just look at me? B E B F# E o wo wo o-oh owo-o-oh owo-o-oh ohoho oh-oh
(repeat twice, then for the last time)
B E B F# E F# B o wo wo o-oh owo-o-oh owo-o-oh ohoho oh-oh