Vanessa Carlton – Fairweather Friend (Guitar)

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Key of A major. Intro: Bm A F#m E
        Bm         A
Say you see through the folly

          F#m        E
But you do it for the fame

       Bm           A
And I'm fighting the jetstream

         F#m            E
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes

Bm          A          F#m E
  You're in L.A. not Chicago

Bm          A
  Key under mat

        F#m            E
Walk the dog, order in
Home alone
Bm           A           F#m              E
  Found your letter on a full-moon Sunday night

Bm           A                 F#m            E
  Some other girl in your spell, casting plans for her life

Bm         A            F#m   E     Bm
  Pour the vodka and it dulls sharp lies

            A        F#m               E
Breathe the words of diamonds on rings

    D         F#m        E
And you didn't mean to do it

   D             F#m   E
So I don't have to believe it

   D          F#m        E
If you didn't really mean it, then

D           F#m     E
Magical thinking gets us by

Bm             A
  Sing for the aftershow

      F#m          E
Those candy-colored lips

Bm        A                      F#m          E
  Your age is showing and you've gotta work harder for it

Bm       A                F#m  E
  It's always easier with freshmen

Bm           A                     F#m         E
  They're not as clever but she'll bring you to life

    D         F#m        E
And you didn't mean to do it

   D             F#m   E
So I don't have to believe it

   D          F#m        E
If you didn't really mean it, then

D           F#m     E
Magical thinking gets us by

F#m   E          A            D
          My fairweather friend

F#m   E          A            D
          My fairweather friend

       Bm            A              F#m       E
Say you live for the folly, but you did it for the fame

          Bm      A 
Now you're fragile as porcelain

         F#m            E
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes

Bm      A            F#m E   
  Did I ever leave Chicago?

Bm     A
  I got your message

   F#m        E
Glad you're doing well

    D         F#m        E
And you didn't mean to do it

   D             F#m   E
So I don't have to believe it

   D         F#m        E
If we didn't really mean it, then

D           F#m     E
Magical thinking gets us by

D  F#m  E         D
          Gets us by

F#m   E       D
      Gets us by

       Bm          A
Say you see through the folly

           F#m    E
But you did it for the fame

Bm   A   F#m   E
(x4)

F#m   E         A            D
         My fairweather friend