Red House Painters – Michael (Guitar)

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Chords

(G version by keeblerman7, original in F)
G 320033  C9 X32033  Bm7 X2023X
D* = D/Asus2 X00230 D*F# 2X0230
Intro: G C9 G C9
G       C9       G       C9   
Michael,  where are you now?   x2

               D                       C9 
Somehow in my excitement the last time you called,

                    D                          C9 
It slipped again to ask your hidden whereabouts

                        D                         
I got a lead from your old triple ex-girlfriend,                              

    C9                           D
she said    "I heard he lost his mind again"

                          C9            Bm7      C9 
"Again?" I said, I didn't know that you ever did

G      C9      G       C9 
Michael, where are you now?  x2
Sleeping through the morning in flannel impaired Getting high in southern air Shoeless, sandy evenings down the unfamiliar Last whiff of salt-water freedom Skipping shells in the dead zone G C9 D* C9 D*F# With the ghost on your side G C9 D* C9 D*F# Of the state borderline, whispering G C9 D* C9 D*F# "Take it, take it, take it, take it G C9 D* (just bass C F# G…) Take it ... (guitar rhythm is more flowing here)
(tacit)          G                    C9
Do you remember our first subway ride?

G                     C9
Our first heavy metal haircuts?

G                     C9
Our last swim on the east coast?

G                                 C9
And me with my ridiculous looking pierced nose?

               D                       C9 
I remember your warm smile in the sun

               D                       C9 
The daydreaming boy without a shirt on

               D                       C9 
The Birmingham barfly father left the mother

                          D                   C9 ...
of three sons. You're the oldest juvenile delinquent bum
(tacit 8 beats) G C9 (repeat 8 times total) My best friend Outro kind of walk down B, A, G, F#, E, and hang on G then same walk B, A, G, F#, and hang on C9 (walk detail X20233 X00233 320033 2X0033 000033) Em Asus2 X02200 C9