Suzanne Vega – Chambermaid (Guitar)

[Intro]
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I'm the great man's chambermaid

     A/C#
I've seen where his hallowed head is laid

  Bm
I revere the places he has stayed

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Clean crumbs from his  typewriter

G
 He is good to me

          A
There's nothing he doesn't see

    Bm
And he knows where I'd like to be

A                    Asus4 A
But it doesn't matter

  D
Mhmm

[Interlude]
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On my day off, I haunt the docks

     A/C#
Keep to myself, I go for walks

  Bm
I just make sure the lock still locks

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As my ship is coming in

   G
My mind and hands they are my trade

     A
I finger sentences he's made

  Bm                   A           Asus4 A
I follow every curving of his brain

  D
Mhmm

[Interlude]
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    A
You want to know did I ever steal?

   Em
He never leaves anything out that's real

A
I took nothing he would miss

Em              Bm
And only once I stole

  A   Asus4 A
A kiss

       D
I used to pretend that I was queen

    A/C#
But over time I quit that scene

Bm
Cost too much to even dream

A                 Asus4 A
 In that direction

  G
I think of comfort and of peace

  A
I long for pleasure and release

   Bm
Oh how I wish the dim would cease

A                Asus4      A
 I could do with some protection

  D
Mhmm

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    A
You want to know, did I ever steal?

   Em
He never leaves anything out that's real

A
I took nothing he would miss

    Em        Bm
And only once I stole

  A   Asus4 A
A kiss

     D*
Yes, I'm the great man's chambermaid

     A/C#*
I've seen where his hallowed head is laid

  Bm*
I revere the places he has played

A                    Asus4        A
And clean the crumbs from his typewriter

   G
He often gives me sage advice

A
When I dream of him at night

   Bm
He slips his pen into my hand

    A      Asus4 A*
And says...

N.C.             D
"Don't forget to write"