Regina Spektor - Back of a truck
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Depends on your range, but to me it sounds better with a capo over the first fret.
You can play the same chords either way. Strum twice at parts if you have to.
Regina is my favorite favorite artist, enjoy!
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DShe lifted the monument in her monumental arms Am
CShe was the mother superior with her carry-on luggage chaGrms
DShe was this androgynous powder nosed girl next doorAm
CShe had eaten her dog and she was back for more G
GBack for morCe
CBack for mo-oAmre G
Oh, she was back forC more G
CSome more? yes please, sAmome more D
DHer gym teacher thought himself a sweat sock demi godAm
CHer geraniums thought themselves an alien pod G
DHer front porch gave way beneath the classified weight Am
CAnd when the ambulance came they said it's much too late G
GOh, it's much too late C
COh, it's much too, much tooAm late G
Oh, it's mucCh too late G
CHow late? Very late, tAmoo late D
Now the peoplDe of New Guinea and the people of LA Am
Have been pen palCs for years cause they both hate ballet G
Only the pandaDs and bears have made a clean getaway Am
But the newsC bulletin claims it's gonna be ok G
Now Miss Lucy hDad a sweatshop where the immigrants worked Am
Problem was they allC turned to pumpkins at the twelve o'clock stroke G
Promptly confisDcated by police precinct number AmX
That was when the alien geraniCums demanded the facts G
GNo violence of courseC
CNo violence, no vioAmlence, of course G
CHey, no violence, of courseG
COff course? Why yeAms, of course D
DHere the story gets hazy and the hair gets too lAmong
CThe TV gets quiet as we hear a real Gbad song
DThe mothers get whiskey and the girlfriends get toAmngue
And there's a back ofC a truck selling smoke free lungsG
And there's a back oDf a truck selling alien pods Am
And there's a back oCf a truck selling game show hosts G
And there's a back ofD a truck selling the souls of the dead Am
And there's a back ofC a truck selling crumb free bread G
And there's a back ofD a truck selling the back of a car Am
And there's a back ofC a car selling roadway maps G
And there are roadwayD maps selling the back of a head Am
DHey, how much for that back of a head, man? C
GHey wait a minute, that's my back of aD head
AmHey you can't sell that man
That's my Cback of a head
Hey sell it backC to me man
Sell it bGack to me
Hey it's, it's my m-m-m-Dm-m-m-mine Am
DShe lifted the monument in her monumental arms Am
CShe was the mother superior with her carry-on luggage chaGrms
DShe was this androgynous powder nosed girl next doorAm
CShe had eaten her dog and she was back for more G