Joanna Newsom – Does Not Suffice (Guitar)

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Does Not Suffice by Joanna Newsom from Have One On Me
           D              G
I will pack all my pretty dresses

           Bm                G
I will box up my high-heeled shoes

            D              G
A sparkling ring for every finger

         Bm        G         D    A
I'll put away  and hide from view

          D                   G
Coats of boucle, jacquard and cashmere

              Bm                G
Cartouche and tweed, all silver-shot

          D                 G
And everything that could remind you

       Bm   G     D   A
Of how easy I was not

            D            G
I'll tuck away my gilded buttons

             Bm                 G
I'll bind my silks in shapeless bales

            D              G
Wrap it all up in reams o' tissue

              Bm       G         D    A
And then I'll kiss you sweet farewell

           D             G
You saw me rise to our occasion

         Bm        G
And so deny the evidence

              D                           G
'Caused me to burn and twist and grimace against you

               Bm          G           D     A
Like something caught on a barbed wire fence

                   D                G
Now you can see me fall back here redoubled

       Bm            G
Full bewildered and amazed

              D                  G
I have gotten into some terrible trouble

             Bm    G           D     A
Beneath your blank and rinsing gaze

              D                                 G
It does not suffice for you to say I am a sweet girl

              Bm                            G
Or to say you hate to see me sad because of you

              D                               G
It does not suffice to merely lie beside each other

            Bm         G         D   A
As those who love each other do

              D                G
I picture you rising up in the morning

            Bm                   G
Stretching out on your boundless bed

          D                 G
Beating a clear path to the shower

  Bm     G           D   A
Scouring yourself red

           D                      G
The tap of hangers swaying in the closet

           Bm              G
Unburdened hooks and empty drawers

          D               G
And everywhere I tried to love you

         Bm        G          D   A
Is yours again and only yours

D D7 G Gm
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Outro: (one bar of each) Bm Bm Bm A G G G A