Sloan – Penpals (Guitar)
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- From the 1994 album, “Twice Removed”, voted greatest Canadian album of all time
in a 2005 Chart magazine reader poll (ref. Wikipedia)
- Lyrics taken from fan letters to Kurt Cobain (per Jay Ferguson, 2012 interview)
Intro and Verse Chorus Lines 1,2 Chorus Lines 3,4,5 Bridge
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B 7998xx A 577xxx Em x22000 N.C. No chords
E 7799xx B 799xxx F# xx432x B 7998xx
E 7799xx B x244xx D x577xx
D 5577xx D xx0232
[Intro]
B E
[Verse 1]
B E B E B E B E I write you from a far country, north of Africa B E B E B E B It is Algeria and my city is Oran
[Chorus 1]
A B E D A B I know you'll find this letter strange A B E D A B A B That is because I am strange Em F# B D My first name is Amal and I'm a girl, I'm a girl, la la la Em F# B D My first name is Amal and I'm a girl, I'm a girl, la la la Em F# B My first name is Amal, and I'm a girl
[Verse 2]
B E B E B E B E I am a Norwegian boy, which have some question B E B E B E B I have only thirteen years and I am crazy of you
[Chorus 2]
A B E D A B Can I have a souvenir? A B E D A B A B And if you can, a wick of hair? G G/F# D E Send me docu-ments and a photo of you alone
[Bridge]
N.C.
Here's my photo dédicace, one of you would be canon
N.C. B B D I worship all your handsome words, to me you seem giant
[Chorus 3]
A B E D A B You're so cool but you know that A B E D A B A B I hope your letters never stop Em F# B D You are surely special, I like you, I like you, la la la Em F# B D You are surely special, I like you, I like you, la la la Em F# B D You are surely special, I like you, I like you, I like you Em F# B You are surely special, I like you