Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits (Guitar)

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Chords

Chords used: E x79997 B 799877 G#m 466444 F# 244322 D#m x68876 C#m x46654 D# x68886 When you see the * play this riff:

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--6b7b6-4-4s6v--|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

[Intro]

E B E B G#m F# &
Then this little riff on the D string (denoted by &). (Also at the end of every 4

bars except when playing *). Note: This varies throughout the song, feel free to improvise.

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--6h7p6---------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

[Verse 1]

  E           B
I bought this camera

        E              B
to take pictures of my love

G#m                   F#
    Now that he's gone

                E*
I don't have anybody to take pictures of

 E         B
Along some highway

   E              B
is pretty good subjects

G#m               F#            E*
    I'm gonna make myself make use of this thing

[Chorus]

     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking landscapes

     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking still lifes

     C#             E        D#m           C#m
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking bad self portraits

     F#
of a lonely woman

[Instrumental] E B E B G#m F# E* [Verse 2]

      E       B
I've spent my life

   E         B
so lost on lovin'

G#m                         F#               E &
    I could have been a painter or a president

          E           B
But after twenty-five years

            E             B
I should be good at something

G#m              F#                 E      
   Gone are the days of me being so reticent

[Chorus]

     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking night classes

     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm making sculptures

      C#               E         D#m        C#m
(ooh-ooh) I'm painting bad self portraits

      F#
of a lonely woman

[Solo] E B E B G#m F# E & E B E B G#m F# E* [Bridge] N.C. I bought this camera N.C. to take pictures of my love N.C. Now that he's gone N.C. I don't know what to do with this thing

B        D#             G#        F#
I don't care about the time or money

E                D#m
I just never thought that I'd be

C#                   B
through with this love

[Chorus]

    C#
(ooh-ooh) Stuck taking landscapes

    C#
(ooh-ooh) Stuck taking still lifes

    C#
(ooh-ooh) Stuck making sculptures

     C#                      E        D#m        C#m
(ooh-ooh) I'm out here taking bad self portraits

      F#
of a lonely woman

E         B                 C#m       F#
Bad self portraits     of a lonely girl

E        D#m       C#m       F#
Sad self portraits     of a lonely woman

[Outro] E B E B G#m F# x2 B