Joanna Newsom – You And Me Bess (Ukulele)

C             D
we picked our way

Bb           Ebmaj7
down to the beach

Cm           F             Bb           Gm
watching the waves dragging out of our reach

Am7        Ab          F       C
dangling impales like a sodden sheep

Am7          Ab           F             C
dangling on thrills from the gut of the sea

C           D
hoarding our means

Bb           Ebmaj7
alfalfa and rose

Cm            F                Bb       Gm
trying not to catch the cold eye of the gulls

   Am7         Ab       F       C
i hope mother nature has not overheard

            Am7      Ab         F      C
though she doles out hurt like a buchan bird

Am7  Ab  F  C
Lalala…

C               E
stayed for the winter

D      F#m                C            Em
no one told us about the laws of the land

Bb        Dm
i hold my own

    C               E
but you with your hunger

D         F#m       C   Em
you arm the other hand

Bb            Dm
make yourself known

    C             D
and when we were found

  Bb           Ebmaj7
i know we both grieved

    Cm            F              Bb           Gm
my heart made the sound of snow falling from leaves

Am7          Ab
you and me, bess

   F                  C
we were as thick as thieves

     Am7         Ab
so i swore nonetheless

F                      C
up and down it was only me

      C         D
so they took me away

    Bb          Ebmaj7
and after some time

Cm          F
studying my case

Bb                    Gm
must've made up their minds

Am7            Ab         F      C
by the time you realized i was dying

Am7              Ab
must've been too late

   F                   C
i believe you were not lying

Am7  Ab  F  C
Lalala…

C         E      D        F#m            C         Em
it is the day i wake with my ears cocked up like a dawn

Bb       Dm
like everyday, of course

C            E            D           F#m
yanked by my wrist to the sugar front courtyard

        C            Em
tell me what have i done

Bb           Dm
seems i have stolen a horse

    C              E
and escaped to the gallows

D       F#m                C
who do you think that you are

Em Bb        Dm
arching your hooves like a queen

C       E      D            F#m       C    Em
in the shallow gutters that line the boulevards

Bb           Dm              C         D
crowded with folks who just stare as i hang

Bb            Ebmaj7
it's all the same

Cm             F
kindness comes over me

Bb             Gm
what was your name

Am7          Ab
it makes no difference

    F             C
I'm glad that you came

    Am7        Ab              F  C
forever i'll listen to your glad name