Biography:
Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer is an American vocalist, pianist and performance artist, best known for her work as one half of The Dresden Dolls. Born in 1976, she grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and received her B.A. from Wesleyan University. She attended Lexington High School, where she was very involved in the drama department. Amanda sometimes has Lexington High School students perform drama pieces at her shows. Before she was in the Dresden Dolls, she was in a band called "Amanda Palmer and the Void".
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Other songs:
- Bad Wine And Lemon Cake
- Bottomfeeder
- Creep
- Dear Old House
- Do You Swear To Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth, So Help Your Black Ass
- Fake Plastic Trees
- Gaga Palmer Madonna
- Gaga,palmer,madonna
- Have To Drive
- High And Dry
- I Google You
- Idioteque
- In My Mind
- Leeds United
- Map Of Tasmania
- Melody Dean
- No Surprises
- Oasis
- Runs In The Family
- Smile Pictures Or It Didn't Happen
- Straight Hey Bitch
- Such Great Heights
- The Bed Song
- The Killing Type
- Trout Heart Replica
- Ukulele Anthem
- Vegemite The Black Death
- Want It Back
- A Formidable Marinade
- Ampersand
- Another Year
- Astronaut
- Australia
- Berlin
- Bigger On The Inside
- Blake Says
- Denial Thing
- Do It With A Rockstar
- Drowning In The Sound
- Friday
- From St Kilda To Fitzroy
- Grown Man Cry
- Guitar Hero
- Judy Blume
- Machete
- Makin Whoopee
- Massachusetts Avenue
- Mr Weinstein Will See You Now
- Olly Olly Oxen Free
- Smile Pictures Or It Didnt Happen
- The Living Room
- The Point Of It All
- Whats The Use Of Wondrin
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*The intro (which is reused between verses) is a piano part, but if you play this
it's an OK substitute - play along with it to get a feel for the rhythm
Intro
Em D C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
|v v | v v | v v | v v
Em D Cmaj7 C Cadd9
|v v | v v | | |
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit A
Em
We are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heat
C G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
We have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hair
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
Someone upstairs has a rat that we laughed at
Em
And people are drinking
Em C G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
And singing Van Halen and Slayer on a ukulele tear
*repeat intro
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit B
Em
Well, we found an apartment
It’s not much to look at
C
A futon on a floor
G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
Torn-off desktop for a door
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
All the decor's made of milk crates and duct tape
Em
And if we have sex
C
They can hear us through the floor
G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
But we don’t do that anymore
*Chorus
Em D C
And I lay there wondering, what is the matter?
Em D C
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
Em D C
You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet
Em D C
But I would have held you if you'd only
Let me
*repeat intro*
Exhibit C
Look how quaint
And how quiet and private
Our paychecks have bought us a condo in town
It's the nicest flat around
You picked a mattress and had it delivered
And I walked upstairs
And the sight of it made my heart pound
And I wrapped my arms around me
And I stood there wondering, what is the matter?
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
You walked right past me and straightened the covers
But I would still love you if you wanted a lover
C
And you said
C Em
All the money in the world
D G E Am B C
Won't buy a bed so big and wide
C Em D G E Am B
To guarantee that you won't accidentally touch me
B7 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9
In the night
*short instrumental
Em D G E Am Am6 Am6 Am6
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit D
Em
Now we're both mostly paralyzed
Em C
Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear
G C
Too afraid to even feel
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
I find my glasses and you turn the light out
Em
Roll off on your side
C
Like you've rolled away for years
G C
Holding back those king-size tears
Em D C
And I still don't ask you, what is the matter?
Em D C
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
Em D
You take the heart failure
C
I'll take the cancer
Em D C
I've long stopped wondering why you don't answer
*repeat intro x2
Exhibit E
You can certainly see how fulfilling a life
From the cost and size of stone of our final resting home
We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree
You and me lying the only way we know
Side by side and still and cold
And I finally ask you, what was the matter?
Was it a matter of worse or of better?
You stretch your arms out and finally face me
You say I would have told you
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
*repeat intro x2
it's an OK substitute - play along with it to get a feel for the rhythm
Intro
Em D C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
|v v | v v | v v | v v
Em D Cmaj7 C Cadd9
|v v | v v | | |
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit A
Em
We are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heat
C G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
We have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hair
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
Someone upstairs has a rat that we laughed at
Em
And people are drinking
Em C G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
And singing Van Halen and Slayer on a ukulele tear
*repeat intro
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit B
Em
Well, we found an apartment
It’s not much to look at
C
A futon on a floor
G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
Torn-off desktop for a door
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
All the decor's made of milk crates and duct tape
Em
And if we have sex
C
They can hear us through the floor
G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
But we don’t do that anymore
*Chorus
Em D C
And I lay there wondering, what is the matter?
Em D C
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
Em D C
You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet
Em D C
But I would have held you if you'd only
Let me
*repeat intro*
Exhibit C
Look how quaint
And how quiet and private
Our paychecks have bought us a condo in town
It's the nicest flat around
You picked a mattress and had it delivered
And I walked upstairs
And the sight of it made my heart pound
And I wrapped my arms around me
And I stood there wondering, what is the matter?
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
You walked right past me and straightened the covers
But I would still love you if you wanted a lover
C
And you said
C Em
All the money in the world
D G E Am B C
Won't buy a bed so big and wide
C Em D G E Am B
To guarantee that you won't accidentally touch me
B7 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9
In the night
*short instrumental
Em D G E Am Am6 Am6 Am6
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit D
Em
Now we're both mostly paralyzed
Em C
Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear
G C
Too afraid to even feel
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
I find my glasses and you turn the light out
Em
Roll off on your side
C
Like you've rolled away for years
G C
Holding back those king-size tears
Em D C
And I still don't ask you, what is the matter?
Em D C
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
Em D
You take the heart failure
C
I'll take the cancer
Em D C
I've long stopped wondering why you don't answer
*repeat intro x2
Exhibit E
You can certainly see how fulfilling a life
From the cost and size of stone of our final resting home
We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree
You and me lying the only way we know
Side by side and still and cold
And I finally ask you, what was the matter?
Was it a matter of worse or of better?
You stretch your arms out and finally face me
You say I would have told you
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
*repeat intro x2
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