Biography:
Born Margaret Wander, Dessa’s first release with Doomtree, False Hopes, introduced a unique sensibility to underground hip-hop: literary, bitter-sweet, and wry. She alternated between a clever, droll persona as an emcee and her earnest, unaffected delivery as a singer with a low, clear alto voice. Her a cappella arrangements delicate and expressive, full of sad, old world harmonies. False Hopes attracted a varied set of ferociously dedicated fans in the Midwest and beyond.
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[Intro]
Dbm B E
A Ab C
Dbm B A
B Dm
B Eb A
Oh someone taught
Ab Dbm
Your walls to talk
B E
But if they ask me
A Ab
I ain't heard a thing
E
[Hook]
Dbm B F
Back to the wall, bat to the ball, back to the drawing board
A Ab E
Back to the wall, bat to the ball, back to the drawing board
Dbm B A Ab
Back to the wall, bat to the ball, back to the drawing board, again
[Verse 1]
B A
There was a snow storm in Jackson
B C
When you and I met
A
At a club called Saint Sebastian's
A
But the sign said something different
B
I remember thinkin'
Dbm B E
That I didn't have a shot at Mississippi-Television told us
A
Which roads they were closing...
Ab B
There goes a rap show
Dbm
Everybody knew you
B
As the wife of a famous man
A C
Everybody who knew said
A B
There goes Dixon's girl again
E Dbm B E
Even the walls all lean closer
A Ab C
When she plays the piano real slow
B E B E
I haven't met too many women in this business that I really like, like, like
A
But you can hold a little liquor
Ab
You could hold a conversation
E
You could hold your own mic, and
Gbm E
Even that night I learned the truth about your man;
D B C
You gotta be big to treat pretty girls bad
[Hook]
Ab
And it's not much
E A C
But my money's on you, It's not much
A B E
But my money's on you, It's not much
Dbm B E
But my money, It's not much, but my money
A
It's not much, but my money
B
My money's on you
D Gbm B
D Eb
[Verse 2]
A B Ab
Well I heard from the rest of the world you're in trouble
A Ab E
Bad news moves like fire that you fight on the phone
A B Ab
And I'm too far away, my well-wishing can't touch you
A Ab E
But I think of you still more than you might suppose
A B
Everybody wanna see you with your hair down
A
Wanna hear you hit the high note
A
Wanna know if they can get you for a little less, Girl
B
I don't
Gbm Dbm B
I know how the stones can fly
E A
Had some hard goodbyes
N.C.
Call me up, day or night
Ab E
Free drinks and bad advice
[HOOK]
Ab
And it's not much
E A C
But my money's on you, It's not much
A B E
But my money's on you, It's not much
Dbm B E
But my money, It's not much, but my money
A
It's not much, but my money
B
My money's on you
Ab E
It's on you
D
It's on you
Eb
It's on you
Gbm E D
Dbm B E
A Ab C
Dbm B A
B Dm
B Eb A
Oh someone taught
Ab Dbm
Your walls to talk
B E
But if they ask me
A Ab
I ain't heard a thing
E
[Hook]
Dbm B F
Back to the wall, bat to the ball, back to the drawing board
A Ab E
Back to the wall, bat to the ball, back to the drawing board
Dbm B A Ab
Back to the wall, bat to the ball, back to the drawing board, again
[Verse 1]
B A
There was a snow storm in Jackson
B C
When you and I met
A
At a club called Saint Sebastian's
A
But the sign said something different
B
I remember thinkin'
Dbm B E
That I didn't have a shot at Mississippi-Television told us
A
Which roads they were closing...
Ab B
There goes a rap show
Dbm
Everybody knew you
B
As the wife of a famous man
A C
Everybody who knew said
A B
There goes Dixon's girl again
E Dbm B E
Even the walls all lean closer
A Ab C
When she plays the piano real slow
B E B E
I haven't met too many women in this business that I really like, like, like
A
But you can hold a little liquor
Ab
You could hold a conversation
E
You could hold your own mic, and
Gbm E
Even that night I learned the truth about your man;
D B C
You gotta be big to treat pretty girls bad
[Hook]
Ab
And it's not much
E A C
But my money's on you, It's not much
A B E
But my money's on you, It's not much
Dbm B E
But my money, It's not much, but my money
A
It's not much, but my money
B
My money's on you
D Gbm B
D Eb
[Verse 2]
A B Ab
Well I heard from the rest of the world you're in trouble
A Ab E
Bad news moves like fire that you fight on the phone
A B Ab
And I'm too far away, my well-wishing can't touch you
A Ab E
But I think of you still more than you might suppose
A B
Everybody wanna see you with your hair down
A
Wanna hear you hit the high note
A
Wanna know if they can get you for a little less, Girl
B
I don't
Gbm Dbm B
I know how the stones can fly
E A
Had some hard goodbyes
N.C.
Call me up, day or night
Ab E
Free drinks and bad advice
[HOOK]
Ab
And it's not much
E A C
But my money's on you, It's not much
A B E
But my money's on you, It's not much
Dbm B E
But my money, It's not much, but my money
A
It's not much, but my money
B
My money's on you
Ab E
It's on you
D
It's on you
Eb
It's on you
Gbm E D
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