Sia – Sweet Potato (Guitar)

Capo 5 • Video Lesson
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Versions (4)

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Chords

[Intro] Am G Am G x2 [Verse 1]
    Am
She cooks you sweet potato, you don't like aubergine

    G
She knows to boil the kettle when you hum bars from Grease

    Am
She senses you are lonely but still she can't be sure

    G
And so she stands and waits, stands anticipating your thoughts
[Hook 1]
Cmaj7
How can she become the psychic

Em
That she longs to be to understand you

Cmaj7
How can she become the psychic

Em
That she longs to be to understand you
[Verse 2]
   Am
He brushes thoroughly
He knows she likes fresh breath
   G
He rushes to the station
He waits atop the steps
     Am
He's brought with him a Mars bar
She will not buy Nestlé
    G
And later he'll perform
A love-lorn serenade, a trade [Hook 2]
Cmaj7
How can she become the psychic

Em
That she longs to be to understand you

Cmaj7
How can she become the psychic

Em
That she longs to be to understand you
[Verse 3]
   Am
So give her information to help her fill the holes

G
Give an ounce of power so he does not feel controlled

Am
Help her to acknowledge the pain that you are in

G                                              C
Give to him a glimpse of that beneath your skin
[Bridge]
F            Em          D               C
Now my inner dialogue is heaving with detest

       Am           Em           C            D
I am a martyr and a victim and I need to be caressed

  F               Em             D                 C
I hate that you negate me, I'm a ghost at beck and call

    Am            Bm        C                D
I'm fading and placating, berate myself for staying

    F     Em D C Am Bm
I'm a fool

    F     Em D C Am Bm
I'm a fool
[Outro]
   Am
He greets the stranger meekly, a thing that she accepts

    G
She sees him waiting often with chocolate on the steps

   Am
He senses she is lonely she's glad they finally met

     G
They take each other's hands walk into the sunset

   C
Do you like sweet potato?