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Honest Lullaby by Joan Baez
Honest Lullaby
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:B
Capo:4th fret
[Intro]
| G | G | G | G |
[Verse 1]
Am
Early early in the game
G
I taught myself to sing and play
Am
And use a little trickery
G
On kids who never favored me
Em
Those were years of crinoline slips
D
And cotton skirts and swinging hips
C
And dangerously painted lips
G
And stars of stage and screen
Em
Pedal pushers, ankle socks
D
Padded bras and campus jocks
C
Who hid their vernal equinox
G
In pairs of faded jeans
Am
And slept at home resentfully
G G
Coveting their dreams
[Chorus]
C D
And I look around and I wonder
G D/F# Em Em
How the years and I survived
C D
I had a mother who sang to me
D7 G
An honest lullaby
G
Ay ay ay ay
[Verse 2]
Am
Yellow, brown, and black and white
G
Our Father bless us all tonight
Am
I bowed my head at the football games
G
And closed the prayer in Jesus' name
Em
Lusting after football heroes
D
Tough Pachuco, little Neroes
C
Forfeiting my A's for zeroes
G
Futures unforeseen
Em
Spending all my energy
D
In keeping my virginity
C
And living in a fantasy
G
In love with Jimmy Dean
Am
If you will be my king, Jimmy, Jimmy
G G
I will be your queen
[Chorus]
C D
I look around and I wonder
G D/F# Em Em
How the years and I survived
C D
I had a mother who sang to me
D7 G
An honest lullaby
Em
Ay ay ay ay
Am
Ay ay ay ay
D D7 G
Ay ay ay ay ay
[Verse 3]
Am
I travelled all around the world
G
And knew more than the other girls
Am
Of foreign languages and schools
G
Paris, Rome and Istanbul
Em
But those things never worked for me
D
The town was much too small you see
C
And people have a way of being
G
Even smaller yet
Em
But all the same though life is hard
D
And no one promised me a garden
C
Of roses, so I did okay
G
I took what I could get
Am
And did the things that I might do
G G
For those less fortunate
[Chorus]
C D
I look around and I wonder
G D/F# Em Em
How the years and I survived
C D
Must have had a mother who sang to me
D7 G
An honest lullaby
G
Ay ay ay ay
[Verse 4]
Am
Now look at you, you must be growing
G
A quarter of an inch a day
Am
You've already lived near half the years
G
You'll be when you go away
Em
With your teddy bears and alligators
D
Enterprise communicators
C G
All the tiny aviators head into the sky
Em
And while the others play with you
D
I hope to find a way with you
C
And sometimes spend a day with you
G
I'll catch you as you fly
Am
Or if I'm worth a mother's salt
G G
I'll wave as you go by
[Chorus]
C D
And if you look around and you wonder
G D/F# Em Em
How the years and you'll survive
C D
Honey, you've got a mother who sings to you
C D
Dances on the strings for you
C D
Opens her heart and brings to you
D7 G
An honest lullaby
Em
Ay ay ay ay
C
Ay ay ay ay
D D7 G Cm G
Ay ay ay ay ay
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