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Iolanthe by James McMurtry
Iolanthe
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
FishStik's original notation:
| A | represents one bar (four beats)
| A - B - C - D | each chord gets one beat
Intro: | F# | C#/F | F# | C#/F |
Verse: | F# | F# +1 extra beat | C# | C# | C# +1 extra beat | F# |
Chorus: | B | C# | F# - F# - B - Bbm | C# | C# | B | C# | back to Intro
The placement of the chords might not be 100% but this is the ONLY chord/lyric for
this song (which is a damn shame that the tune isn't more well known). Definitely
youtube the song for help :D
F# C#/F F# C#/F
F#
Your mother used to take the cure
C#
She kept plastic on the furniture in the living room
You used to tell your friends
F#
If you never saw that place again it's be too soon
But your college beau didn't seem so bad
C#
You brought him home to Mom and Dad like you're 'sposed to do
But he wouldn't account for himself
F#
And he got along better with the hired help than he did with you
B C#
No big loss, I don't suppose
F# B
Brush it away like a fly off a rose
Bbm C#
We're all bound to miss a time or two
Iolanthe
(Intro)
F#
Your father always held his ground
C#
He never liked you hanging round with the lesser kind
He suffered not the weak
F#
And he was never loath to speak his twisted mind
He liked to watch an evening pass
C#
Clinking the ice in his bourbon glass while you played your scales
With eyes that burned right through
F#
He would say he always knew you were bound to fail
B C#
Shake it off and let it go
F# B
Brush it away till the light it shows
Bbm C#
We can't help what came before
Iolanthe
B C#
Well who's that standing there?
F# B
Whatcha been doing lately?
Bbm C#
Your clothes not long outta style
B C#
You gave us all quite a scare
F# B
But the years were hardly wasted
Bbm C#
Only missing for a while
B C#
Don't sweat the losses, let em go
F# B
Toss em all out where the tall grass grows
Bbm C#
We're all bound to get our share
Iolanthe
(Intro)
Well who's that standing there?
Whatcha been doing lately?
Your clothes not long outta style
You gave us all quite a scare
But the years were hardly wasted
Only missing for a while
Don't sweat the losses, let em go
Toss em all out where the tall grass grows
We're all bound to get our share
Iolanthe
(Intro) x2
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