St. Vincent - Happy birthday johnny
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Chords used:
Bb [x 1 3 3 3 x]
Bb/Ab [4 x 3 3 3 x]
Gm7 [3 x 3 3 3 x]
Fsus4 [1 x 3 3 1 x]
Ebmaj7 [x 6 5 3 3 x]
F [1 3 3 2 1 x]
Gbdim7 [2 3 4 2 4 x]
Gm [3 5 5 3 3 x]
Dm [x 5 7 7 6 x]
[Verse 1]
ReBbmember one Christmas I gave you Jim Carroll
InBb/Abtended it as a cautionary tale
YoGm7u said you saw yourself inside there
DFsus4og-eared it like a how-to manual
ReBbmember one summer we walked in Times Square
I Bb/Abshowed you the zombies with hundred-inch stares
YGm7ou took a Bic, set your hotel on fire
WFsus4e took the blame, took the bags to the train
[Chorus 1]
Happy Ebmaj7Birthday, Johnny F
WherGbdim7ever you aGmre Dm
Happy BEbmaj7irthday, Johnny F
Wherever you aBbre
[Verse 2]
The Bblast time you called it was on New Years' Eve
You Bb/Abasked me for dough to get somethin' to eat
SiGm7nce we last spoke, you live on the street
Yeah, I Fsus4wouldn't believe all the shit that you seen
[Chorus 2]
Happy NEbmaj7ew Year, Johnny F
Is Gbdim7it 2Gm3? Dm
Happy NEbmaj7ew Year, Johnny F
Are the lights on the trBbees?
[Instrumental]
(Bb) Bb/Ab Gm7 Fsus4 Gbdim7
Gm Bb/Ab Gm7 Fsus4
[Verse 3]
When I Bbsaid, Let me think, and you yelled through your teeth
AcBb/Abcused me of actin' like all royalty
AGm7lways for show, no true charity
You sFsus4aw me on magazines and TV
But if Bbthey only knew the real version of me
Only Bb/Abyou know the secrets, the swamp, and the fear
What hGm7appened to blood, our family?
AFsus4nnie, how could you do this to me?
[Outro]
Ebmaj7 F Of Gbdim7course, I blame Gmme Dm
When you gEbmaj7et free, Johnny F
I hope you find pBbeace