The Refreshments – Fonder And Blonder (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Artist: The Refreshments Song: Fonder and Blonder Transcribed by: Joe Daly ([email protected]) * Note below that when the Bm is played, it should be alternated between strums with a Bm7 (just lift the ol' middle finger off the B string if you're playing the standard barre chord Bm). Intro: D Bm/Bm7* G Em G A (this is also the main progression throughout the song)
             C
No more negotiations dear

                   Am/Em7
I'm runnin' out of patience here

                 C            Am
Whisper congratulations in my ear

                             C                    D
When it's clear that we got nothin' much left to say

    C
The monuments and maps

      Am/Em7
The skylines and the tourist traps

             C                 Am
Would all do well if they'd collapse

             C                    D
And send you runnin' back here to me
CHORUS
      C                                       C
Well who said "Absence makes the heart grow fonder"?

              C              Am
In all the pictures that you send me now

         C                     Am        D
Your hair seems to get just a little bit blonder

C
Cars break down

     Am/Em7
And people break down and

C                      D
other things break down too

         Am
I felt somethin' slip when you left on your trip

           C                 D       C
And now I think I'm breakin' down on you
C Am/Em7 C Am C D
                      C
Could you be more specific dear

                     Am/Em7
Tell me what is so terrific here

                 C                 Am
Don't be to scientific but make it clear

                        C                              D
and never fear I'll be scratchin' it down my nails in clay
CHORUS
      C                                       C
Well who said "Absence makes the heart grow fonder"?

              C              Am
In all the pictures that you send me now

         C                     Am        D
Your hair seems to get just a little bit blonder

C
Cars break down

     Am/Em7
And people break down and

C                      D
other things break down too

         Am
I felt somethin' slip when you left on your trip

           C                 D       C
And now I think I'm breakin' down on you

             C                      C
Have another sedative It gets so repetitive

               C               C
And don't do a damn to help me feel O.K.

            C                              C
And all the breath of me here from you and that would be very nice

    Am                       C
If ever it'll help me get through the day, yeah yeah yeah yeah,
SOLO (Play main part four times) C Am/Em7 C Am C D CHORUS
      C                                       C
Well who said "Absence makes the heart grow fonder"?

              C              Am
In all the pictures that you send me now

         C                     Am        D
Your hair seems to get just a little bit blonder

C
Cars break down

     Am/Em7
And people break down and

C                      D
other things break down too

         Am
I felt somethin' slip when you left on your trip

                C                       D
And now I think I'm breakin' down on...

C
Cars break down

     Am/Em7
And people break down and

C                      D
other things break down too (spoken)

         Am
I felt somethin' slip when you left on your trip

           C                 D       C
And now I think I'm breakin' down on you
C Am/Em7 C Am C D (fade out)