Neko Case – City Swans (Guitar Live)

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Notes: The Am in the bridge has a walking bass line. Here are the chords: Am/B: x2x21x Am/C: x3x21x
Intro Riff and Verse 1:
(Play through twice)
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G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7------|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|
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    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +          1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

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B|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7------|---7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9----|
D|--5--5--5---------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5------|---5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7----|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +          1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
[Verse 1](N.C.) (Continue Intro Riff) Baby, come out I'll meet you in the street At the place by the old fire station We'll get something to eat, Like we talked about. [Verse 2]
C               Cadd11
Baby, come down

             C       Cadd11
It's been a while now

          C                    Cadd11
I've got so many things I could tell you,

       C                      F
If my stubborn mouth doesn't let me down.
[Chorus]
    Em G     Am           G      F
And I can't look at you straight-on

        Em        G         Am            G   F
You're made from something different than I know
[Verse 3]
C
I try to slip the marching clock

        F
But centipedes invade my thoughts

         C                     F
Without free will I heel and I go

   C
I step onto that metal plate,

          F
Where it meets the dazzling sound of trains,

      C
And I beg those trains to run.
[Chorus]
    Em G     Am           G      F
And I can't look at you straight-on

        Em        G        Am             G  F
You're made from something different than I know
[Bridge]
    Am
My eyes are on the sidewalk,

     Am/B
It's gum holding your feet

   Am/C
I swear under my breath

           Am/B
Because I'm starving in your gravity

        Em        G        Am             G   F
You're made from something different than I know
[Instrumental Solo] C F C F [Verse 4]
      C
You linger just a little long,

            F
I see your gun is drawn with the safety on

         C
You can walk me back to my hotel

             F
Like it was home.

       C
And I smell those fools you made cordwood of

    F
In petty dreams that leave me sleeping here,

C
in your arms.

        F
City swans,

                   C
Our crook'd necks long

       F
City swans
[Chorus]
    Em G     Am           G      F
And I can't look at you straight-on

        Em        G        Am             G   F
You're made from something different than I know
[Bridge]
         Am                  Am/B
And it breaks my heart just like the day,

     Am/C                Am/B
That I looked down and I realized

          F                      C
I'd been sailing so long I'd become the shore

    F
mmmhmmm

      C
City swans

    F
mmmhmmm

                   C
Our crook'd necks long

         F
City swans
[Outro] C F C F
C F
End on C