Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
(imitating melody)
Eb Eb(b5) Eb Eb(5) Eb Eb(5) Eb
Cdim7 F
Cm
F
Ab G7
[Verse]
(slower)
Cm F7
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
Madame Selma keeps on smiling,
Ab D7 G
selling postcards in the square.
C
In all the photographs the
Eb A
Sun keeps shining,
Ab G
and you could bet she's
Cm F7
there
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
One life coated in glossy colors,
Ab D7 G
the other coated in dust and blood.
C
You wouldn't think that she had
Eb A
ever seen the difference,
Ab G
but she did.
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh it's
C Dm
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
Oh what a war for a
F
woman in love to have to
Am G7
smile alone!
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
Oh what a war for a
F
woman in love to have to
Ab G
lie a-
[Verse]
Cm F7
lone
Cm F7
In
Cm Ab Cm
Selma's cards there's no folks fighting,
Ab D7 G
no tattered cloth on splayed out bones.
C
Only the autumn
Eb A
painted forests there,
Ab G
Only the quaint old
Cm F7
homes
Cm F7
But
Cm Ab Cm
war stepped on our poor old doorsteps,
Ab D7 G
its bloody boots on our welcome mat
C
And Madame Selma started
Eb A
singing a love song
Ab G
about her man,
[Pre-Chorus]
N.C
Oh it's
C Dm
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
If he's gone for the
F
rest of my days, will my
Am G7
love drag on?
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man below, And it's
C C7
been so long since the
F
right kind of man tried to
Am E Am (get quicker)
take me home!
[Bridge]
Am (trumpet solo)
Am C
Am
Am C E
Am
Am Fm
Am C E
Am (faster)
And
Am C
One day all the soldiers came.
Am
(inaudible)
F
beautiful young boys they came
C E
marching. The
Am C
wheat-fields waved their healthy hands, the
F
children ran their healthy hands,
F
reaching for their father's hands, (inaudible)
C E7
and
Am C G
Through the streets the music sings and (faster!)
C
all the tears the music streamed and
E E7
all the years like nothing ever
Am
happened. lala
Am C
lalalala etc. (FAST!)
C
F
C
Am C
C
F
C
Am C
C
F
E7 E7
Am Dm E (normal speed)
E7
Am
C C7
F F
Am G7
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone, And it's
C C7
been so long since the
F
right kind of man tried to
Ab G
take me
[Verse]
Cm F7
home
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
Madame Selma keeps on smiling,
Ab D7 G
selling postcards in the square.
C
In all the photographs the
Eb A
Sun keeps shining,
Ab G
and you could bet she's
[Outro] (slow)
Cm7 Eb(b5)
there
Eb/G Eb(b5)/G (strum once)
Eb/G Eb(b5)/G
Eb(b5)/Eb
(imitating melody)
Eb Eb(b5) Eb Eb(5) Eb Eb(5) Eb
Cdim7 F
Cm
F
Ab G7
[Verse]
(slower)
Cm F7
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
Madame Selma keeps on smiling,
Ab D7 G
selling postcards in the square.
C
In all the photographs the
Eb A
Sun keeps shining,
Ab G
and you could bet she's
Cm F7
there
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
One life coated in glossy colors,
Ab D7 G
the other coated in dust and blood.
C
You wouldn't think that she had
Eb A
ever seen the difference,
Ab G
but she did.
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh it's
C Dm
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
Oh what a war for a
F
woman in love to have to
Am G7
smile alone!
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
Oh what a war for a
F
woman in love to have to
Ab G
lie a-
[Verse]
Cm F7
lone
Cm F7
In
Cm Ab Cm
Selma's cards there's no folks fighting,
Ab D7 G
no tattered cloth on splayed out bones.
C
Only the autumn
Eb A
painted forests there,
Ab G
Only the quaint old
Cm F7
homes
Cm F7
But
Cm Ab Cm
war stepped on our poor old doorsteps,
Ab D7 G
its bloody boots on our welcome mat
C
And Madame Selma started
Eb A
singing a love song
Ab G
about her man,
[Pre-Chorus]
N.C
Oh it's
C Dm
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
If he's gone for the
F
rest of my days, will my
Am G7
love drag on?
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man below, And it's
C C7
been so long since the
F
right kind of man tried to
Am E Am (get quicker)
take me home!
[Bridge]
Am (trumpet solo)
Am C
Am
Am C E
Am
Am Fm
Am C E
Am (faster)
And
Am C
One day all the soldiers came.
Am
(inaudible)
F
beautiful young boys they came
C E
marching. The
Am C
wheat-fields waved their healthy hands, the
F
children ran their healthy hands,
F
reaching for their father's hands, (inaudible)
C E7
and
Am C G
Through the streets the music sings and (faster!)
C
all the tears the music streamed and
E E7
all the years like nothing ever
Am
happened. lala
Am C
lalalala etc. (FAST!)
C
F
C
Am C
C
F
C
Am C
C
F
E7 E7
Am Dm E (normal speed)
E7
Am
C C7
F F
Am G7
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone, And it's
C C7
been so long since the
F
right kind of man tried to
Ab G
take me
[Verse]
Cm F7
home
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
Madame Selma keeps on smiling,
Ab D7 G
selling postcards in the square.
C
In all the photographs the
Eb A
Sun keeps shining,
Ab G
and you could bet she's
[Outro] (slow)
Cm7 Eb(b5)
there
Eb/G Eb(b5)/G (strum once)
Eb/G Eb(b5)/G
Eb(b5)/Eb
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