Prefab Sprout – Green Isaac I (Guitar)

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Chords adapted and simplified from tutorial by FabSprout on YouTube Watch the video for detailed fingerings for all chords Am6 [5x4555] Am11 [5x5533] B7#11 [x2426x] Dm11 [x53553] Ebm6 [xx1312] Ebm9 [x6466x] E6 [x7665x] Fm11 [11114x] Gm(maj7) [3x433x] [Intro]
B7#11    Fm11
Stella Mater

Ebm7  Abm7 Emaj7  Ebm9
Light is   fai-   ling

E6     Am6            Dm11
Making such a fool of thee

Am7   Asus4  Ebm6  D7  F   Cm7
When  you'd  love  to  be  someone
[Verse 1]
N.C.        Am11
This is the time

G         Am11
I've set aside

     Em7         Am11
From selling old rope

    Em7         Am11
And telling bad jokes

    G          Am11
And cul de sac pride

     G        Am11
I've learnt today

      G        Am11
While falling apart

         Em7      Am11
The most eloquent way

   Em7         Am11
To speak or to pray

   G                 Am11
Is straight from the heart
[Bridge 1]
G          Bm7                      Am7
Oh, but to shine like Joan of Arc

         Em    Em/D     Am7
You must be prepared to burn
[Break] Am7 Gm(maj7) Bb7 Am7 Cmaj7/G D/F# [Verse 2]
N.C.       Am11
Forget the style

    G                  Am11
And choose from twelve notes

     Em7         Am11
In itself it's a joy

           Em7          Am11
Whether it soothes or annoys

       G             Am11
A song starts in the throat

     G            Am11
Take two kinds of look

    G           Am11
And one wedding day

    Em7      Am11
Now isn't it clear

        Em7             Am11
There's nothing they'll hear

     G             Am11
That you'd want to say
[Bridge 2]
    G         Bm7                     Am7
And if you've no new clothes to wear

            Em       Em/D      Am7
Then simply wash and comb your hair
[Chorus]
N.C.             Cmaj7
And little green Isaac

       D          Cmaj7                 C/D
You're gonna walk backwards through the room

          Em7          Cmaj7
Does that mean I won't see you?

   Em7            Cmaj7                 C/D
It means you walk backwards through the room

    D            Cmaj7
And little green Isaac

  D                 Cmaj7          C/D
I hear you're still wet behind the ears

Em7       Cmaj7
Isaac's a soft name

   Em7           Cmaj7        C/D
It sounds like a pocketful of rain

Cmaj7  Bm7
Ooh    ooh

      D/E                 C/D
Well, up that stairway he rose

    Bm7                   Am11
And down that stairway he goes
[Repeat chorus] [Outro]
N.C.        Cmaj7
G-g-g-green Isaac

D           Cmaj7
G-g-g-green Isaac

D           Cmaj7  Bm7   Am11
G-g-g-green I-     sa-   ac