Chord Booklet

Neko Case

10 songs|31 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

F#m

Gmaj7

Abm

Fmaj7

Em7

Cmaj7

Eb5

G#m

D#m

Am7

Gm7

D/C

D/B

D/A

G/F

C/B

Bad Luck

Key: DMedium

F#m

Gmaj7

DWoke a dog from a running dream And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmAte a black fly in the cream And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)

DChipped my tooth on an engagement ring And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmCould have stopped any one of these things But that would have been

Dbad luck

DAre you tired of things going right?

F#mThings going wrong?

ATired of trying to make everyone happy?

DToo tired to sing your own songs

DDo you wish you could stop everything

F#mAnd take back your love?

ASay you're sorry that you gave it up so easy

DAnd cry like you're trying to be born?

DWoke a dog from a running dream And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmAte a black fly in the cream And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)

DChipped my tooth on an engagement ring And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmCould have stopped any one of these things But that would have been

Dbad luck

DSo I died and went to work

So I died and went to work

BmIt's not as bad as I thought it would be

But it's sDtill pretty bad luck

BmIt's not as bad as I thought it would be

But it's sDtill pretty bad luck

DWoke a dog from a running dream And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmAte a black fly in the cream And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)

DChipped my tooth on an engagement ring And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmCould have stopped any one of these things But that would have been

Dbad luck

DAnd love, the most contrAary asset of them all

ADragging in on nature's coattails

AActing like it wrote the moon

ATrying to pass riddles as poetry

AEmbargo is love's waDiting room

DAnd meantime

Right here in huAman time

F#mMy heart could break for a one-legged seagull

And sBmtill afford nBmothAing to yGmaj7ou (That's bad luck)D

DAre you tired of things going right?

F#mThings going wrong?

ATired of trying to make everyone happy?

DToo tired to sing your own songs

DWoke a dog from a running dream And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmAte a black fly in the cream And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)

DChipped my tooth on an engagement ring And that's bad luck (Bad luck)

EmCould have stopped any one of these things But that would have been

Dbad luck

DSo I died and went to work

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Night Still Comes

Key: BMedium

Abm

BMy brain makes drugs to Ekeep me slow

A Bhilarious joke for some Edead pharaoh

But Bnow, not even the masons Eknow

What Bdrug will keep night from Ecoming

BB7AbmEEm

EThere are so many tools that are made for my hands

But the Btide smashes all my best-Elaid plans to Asand

And there's Balways someone to say it's Eeasy for me

But I revBenged myself allB7 over myself

There's Abmnothing you can Esay to Emme B

You never held it at the Eright Bangle

BYou never held it at the Eright Bangle

BCatch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling Abmstar

But wash your hands of it

BCatch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling Abmstar

Because you can't hold it

BB7AbmEEm

EDid they Bpoison my food? Is it Ecause I'm a girl?

If I Bpuked up some sonnets, would you Ecall me a miracle?

BI'm gonna go where my urge Eleads no more

BSwallowed, waist-deep, in the Egore of the forest

A Bboreal feast, let it finish me, please

Cause I revenged myself allB7 over myself

There's Abmnothing you can Edo to Emme B

You never held it at the Eright Bangle

BYou never held it at the Eright Bangle

BCatch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling Abmstar

But wash your hands of it

BCatch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling Abmstar

Because you can't hold it

BYou never held it at the Eright Bangle

BYou never held it

B7You never held it

AbmYou never held it, Eoh.Em..

BYou never held it

B7You never held it

AbmYou never held it, Eoh.Em..

BYou never held it

B7You never held it

AbmYou never held it, Eoh.Em..

BB7

AbmEEm

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I'm From Nowhere

Key: FMedium

Fmaj7

Night sunshine, the Fmaj7ghetto-bird chimes 4am

Welcome to the CWest a Ammosquito to kiss your hands and feet

Fmaj7 Welcome Gto this dirty Cbusiness

I Fmaj7was surprCised Fmaj7 when you called me a Clady

Cause I'm Amstill not so Gsure that that's what I Fmaj7wanna be

EmCause I remember the Am80's C

Fmaj7 And I remember its Ampuffy sleeves C

Fmaj7 You say I'm lucky to Cbe here

Then maybe Amyou can take this Cover

And I'll Fmaj7gladly wear the pants into the Amnext centuCry G

Fmaj7 Past the scanners with Cease

Past Amarmies of Cthem who once Fmaj7played in a band

And Amwasted it comCplaining like a Fmaj7trust fund kid

AmPaying you to Cplay here while they Fmaj7hate you because of it

C You say I'm Emlucky to Fmaj7be here

But I've been Cdriving for G21 Fmaj7days

COh GOh Fmaj7Oh

Em What's that nasty sound? C The e-brake drags the ground

God, Gif you only knew what my Ccandied fist could do

The Gcurtain's closing in from all diCrections

Just answer my Gquestion perhaps it's Cbest if I continue

Starring Gme as you, me as Cyou

And there you Gare at the Cedge of the world

Mmm-Gmmm dangling with my heart a' Cpounding

Above a Amgulf of hamstrung Gpromises

You Fmaj7sang like Auld Lang Syne

GYou Amwanted it so Cbadly that you belFmaj7ieved them at the time

C Every fashion's flame Am every jet plane lie

CEvery second helping of that Fmaj7off-ramp fame we Amdie a little

You're Cright I'm from AmNowhere

You're Cright

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Bowling Green

Key: GMedium

GWay down in BCowlin' GGreen C

GPrettiest gCirls i've eGver seCen

GA man in KCentucky sAmure is luDcky

GTo lie down in CBowlin' GGreen C

GBowlin' Green Cfolks treat yGou kindC

GThey let you tChink your oGwn mind C

GA man in KCentucky Amsure is luDcky

In BoGwlin' Green you wCalk your owGn line C

BmOh Kentucky sunshine makes the hAmeart unfold

It waBmrms the body and CI know it touches the sDoul

CBlue Grass is fine, AmKentucky owns my miDnd

The fGields down in CBowlin' GGreen C

GHave the softest Cgrass i've eveGr seenC

A Gman in KeCntucky sAmure is lucDky

To Glie down in CBowlin' GreGen, yeaCh

GBowlin' Green gCirls treat yGou righCt

GThey wear dresses cCut countrGy tightC

GA man in KenCtucky sAmure is lucDky

IfG he's seen the BCowlin' GreGen nightC

Oh KBmentucky sunshine makes the hAmeart unfold

It wBmarms the body and I Amknow it touches the sDoul

BClue Grass is fine, KAmentucky owns my mDind

Bowlin' GreGen, Ah Bowlin' GreeCn

Bowlin' GreGen,Ah Bowlin' GreCen

GBa ba ba,ba Cba ba,ba ba

GWay down in CBowliDn' GGreen C G

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Wild Creatures

Key: AHard

Em7

Fmaj7

Cmaj7

Eb5

When youA catch the light

You look like your Dmother

It Acrushes me someEm7,

Just right from the Fmaj7side

When you Acatch the light

There's a flash of wild GcreatuEm7res,

Before the Fmaj7Stone GAge of the preachers,

And the husbands, and the Gwives

When Ayou catch the light

The flood changes dirDection,

And Adarkens the lens Em7

That projects my dFmaj7isguise

As you Afight along-side,

You'll discover my GweakneEm7ss

I'm not Fmaj7fightiGng for your freedom,

I am fighting to be Gwild.

E"Hey, little girl, would you Cmaj7like to be

The Eking's pet or the Gking?"

"I'd choose Bmodorless and Cmaj7invisible,

But Gotherwise I would choose the Cmaj7king.

Even Gthough it Dsounds the Cloneliest...

And my Gbrother's Dhands would Cpoison me."

E5Ahhhhhhh Eb5ah

Instrumental

EmCmaj7EmG

Em"Hey, little girl, would you Cmaj7like to be

The Emking's pet or the Gking?"

"I'd choose Bmodorless and Cmaj7invisible,

But Gotherwise I would choose the Cmaj7king,

Even Gthough it Dsounds Cmelodious...

There's no mother's hands to quiet me."

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Magpie To The Mornong

Key: FHard

G#m

D#m

MagpieF comes a callinBg

Drops a Fmarble Cfrom the sky

Tin Froof sounds alarm

And Bwake up Fchild

CLet this be Ba Fwarning says the magpie to the morning

Don't Blet this fading summer Cpass you Bby

Don't let this fading Fsummer pass you by

Black hands held so Bhigh

The Fvulture wheels and dives

Something on the thermals yanked his chain

Smelled your BboFring apex rotting on Cthe train G#mtracks

He laughed under his breath FBecause you

thought that you Bcould outrun sorrow

Take your own advice

Thunder and lightening Fgets you rain

Run Ban airtight Fmission, a Cousteau expedition

BTo Ffind a diamond at D#mthe bottom of the drain

A diamond at Fthe bottom of Bthe drain

FHear the mocking bird sing

In the middle of the Cnight

All Bof his Fsongs are stolen so Bhe hides

FStole them out Bfrom whiporwills

FScreaming car alarms

He sings them for you special

He knows you're afraid of the Bdark

FCome on sorrow

BTake your own Fadvice

Hide under the Bbed

FTurn out the Blight

Stars this Fnight in the Bsky are Fringing out

CYou can Balmost hear them Fsaying

"Close your eyes now G#mkid"

"Close your eyes now Bkid"

Morning is Ftoo far lit

They are waiting

Waiting

They are waiting

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People Got A Lotta Nerve

Key: GHard

Am7

Gm7

GEmCC

So the Gsaying says,Em "An elephantC never forgets,"

Standing in a Gconcrete gate,Em

Swaying sCi-lent and sane C

They Gwalked over the ocean and their Cdreams they dreamed awake

Until the Glights grew dim, until the Am7cop cars came

CEverybody tells me this is crazy, yes I know it...

I'm a Gman-man-man, Emman-man-maCn eaterG

But still you're Gsurprised-prised-prisedEm, when I eCat ya G

Riff:

GCmC

You kEmnow..D6. they call theCm killer whaleAm7s

But you seemed Csurprised

When it pEminned you down to the Gm7bottFom of the tank

Where you Emcan't turn around it tookGm7 halFf your leg

And Emboth your lungs

And I Ccraved that I ate hearts of sharks, I know, I know it...

I'm a Gman-man-man, Emman-man-maCn eaterG

But still you're Gsurprised-prised-prisedEm, when I eCat ya G

I'm a Gman-man-man, Emman-man-maCn eaterG

But still you're Gsurprised-prised-prisedEm, when I eCat ya G

Riff:

It will end again in moonlit song

EmD6CAm7

EmD6C

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The Needle Has Landed

Key: EmMedium

EmHere I am in traffic's Cslow Emflow (Where the needle touched down)

EmCarbon planes draw a Ccage around the Emair force base (where the needle touched down)

EmMy foot on the brake it's oCk to fly Emlow

Over Cpoor SpanaFway

An Ceagle swooped down from a Fsemi-trailer

Took the Cname of your town from a Fshark-toothed freighter

The Cneedle's the same it reFcorded and played

When you Cleft me at the greyhound the Fyear I moved away

And Cif I knew then what's so Fobvious now

GYou'd still be here Cbaby

My Fbaby, Fmbaby

CFCF

So Cthat's why I never come Fback here

CThat's why they spit out my Fname

Your Cexes have clawed up the Fbible

GTrying to keep me aCway

With the Csledge of tectonic Ffever

The Gneedle has landed aCgain

Let it GplaCy

And the Emneedle touched GdowCn

The needle has Flanded

And the Emneedle touched GdowCn

The needle has Flanded

An Ceagle swooped down from a Fsemi-trailer

Took the Cname of your town from a Fshark-toothed freighter

And Cif I knew then what's so Fobvious now

GYou'd still be here Cbaby

CFFm

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Timber

Key: DMedium

DAGD

Verse

My lDove was like a seed that you had pAlanted

The Groot was not as strong as it could Dbe

But Das the years went on, you weren't Aenchanted

So you fGell it like a great big tDree

Now I'm falling tAimber, tiGmber, tiDmber

ATimber the falliGng treFe

Verse

My hDeart was not a thing to take for gAranted

So lGoosen up your hold and let me Dbe

And Dif I had my way you would be plAanted

GDrowning in the shade with Dme.

Now I'm calling Atimber, timGber, tiDmber

ATimber the falling tGree...eFee

And i saying Dtimber tAimber the falling tGree

FDAGDDAGD

Verse

My lDove was like a seed that you had plAanted

The rGoot was not as strong as it could Dbe

And Das the years went on, you weren't eAnchanted

So you fGell it like a great big Dtree

Now I'm calling tAimber, timGber, tiDmber

ATimber the falling Gtree...eeFe

And i saying tiDmber tAimber the Gfalling treFe

DTimber tAimber the faGlling treDe

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10.

In California

Key: DHard

D/C

D/B

D/A

G/F

C/B

In DCalD/CiforniaD/B, I dreaD/Am of snow G G/F Em A

D D/CAnd all the D/Bplaces D/Awe Gused to goG/F Em A

With the Gnight falling Ddown G D

Now I?m Gliving in KoDreatownG waking to the Asound of car aDlarms D/C D/B D/A G G/F Em A

I remember your face when I showed you the ticket

Said you were happy for me, your heart wasn?t in it

Just a phone call away

Now there?s nothing to say

As the days roll by, disconnected

In the Gland where the Asun?s always Dshining I?m Ccrying aBmlone

The BmpalAm trees Glaugh at me D G D

Another Gfool playing Dsongs that don?t Gmatter

To Dpeople who Gchatter Cendlessly C/B Am

Another suicide on the 405

The Black Dahlia, she smiles and smiles

It?s the same old town that bled her dry

One more starlet one more time

Bound to make it do or die

Take a walk to Bonnie Brae

Try and wash these dreams away

They tell me L.A.?s beautiful when it rains

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