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Early Bird Cafe by John Mellencamp
Early Bird Cafe
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
Chords for mandolin: Am = 5200 and C = 0230 and G = 0023 and D = 2002
LEGEND: * means "ring" (1 strum)
[Intro]
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Am | C | D | D |
[Verse 1]
G G C G
Everybody's laughin' at the Early Bird Café,
C C G G
I've been hidden there since yesterday and I believe I've lost my way.
C C C C
Charlotte's there in organdy and Billy's there in suede,
G G C G
there’s money in their pockets and all the dues are paid.
Am Am G G
There's wine on every table and food on every plate,
G G C (G)
well, I hope I get there pretty soon before it gets too late.
[Interlude]
| G | G | Am | Am |
[Verse 2]
G G C G
Someone asked me what time it was and I told him it was now,
C C G G
he asked me just what that might mean but time would not allow.
C C C C
So, I gave away my watch to a passing businessman,
G G C G
well, I hope he understands it now cause I've done the best I can.
Am Am G G
It was getting early, so I rushed away from there
G G C G G
with that ancient earth beneath my feet and new dust in my hair.
[Verse 3]
G G C G
Well, I ran on down the road a while to the other side of town,
C C G G
my clothes were gettin' wrinkled and my socks were fallin' down.
C C C C
But I could not stop to pull them up for fear that I'd be late,
G G C G
so, I kept on runnin' down the road until I saw the gate
Am Am G G
of the Early Bird Cafe, glowin' golden like the sun,
G G C G G
everybody kept on singing, saying: "Come on in, we've just begun!"
[Interlude]
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Am | C | D | D |
| Am | Am | G* | |
[Verse 4]
G G C G
So, I went right in and I set right down and I ordered up some wine,
C C G G
the talk was fast and clever and the women all were fine.
C C C C
Charlotte asked me where I'd been with her jade and ivory eyes,
G G C G
I told her I'd been hung up with some begger in disguise.
Am Am Em Em
Well, she laughed like temple bells, kissed me on the cheek and said:
G* C*
"You know it's hard to be alive sometimes but it's easy to be dead!"
[Outro]
| G | G | G | G* ||
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