*** Elderly Woman
Behind the Counter in a
Small Town
transcribed (sorta) by Chris Carman ([email protected])
Real easy tune... I figured it out back when the single for "Go" came out, with
the b-side acoustic version, but never posted it... guess I'm lazy.
Riff 1
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B (G)
--2----3----3------3------3-------
--3----3----3------3------3-------
--2----0----0------0------0-------
--0----2----0------2------0-------
-------3----2------3------2-------
-----------------------------(3)--
Riff 2
C A5 C A5 Cadd9 A5 Em
--0---------1---------3---------0---
--1---------1---------3---------0---
--0----2----0----2----0----2----0---
--2----2----2----2----2----2----2---
--3----0----3----0----3----0----2---
--------------------------------0---
So all you do is play Riff 1 over the verse and Riff 2 over the chorus,
basically.... here's the lyrics with those chords:
Lyrics to Elderly Woman behind the counter in a small town:
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
I seem to recognize your face
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Haunting, familiar, yet can't seem to place it
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Cannot find a candle of thought to light your name
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Lifetimes are catching up with me.....
C A5 C A5 Cadd9
All these changes taking place, I wish I'd seen the place
A5 Em
But no one's ever taken me.......
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Hearts and thoughts they fade... fade away..
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Hearts and thoughts they fade... face away.
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
I swear I recognize your breath....
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Mem-or-ies like fingerprints are slowly raising
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
You wouldn't recall for I'm not my former..
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
It's hard when you're stuck up on the shelf...
C A5 C A5 Cadd9
I changed by not changing at all.. small town predicts my fate..
A5 Em
Perhaps that's what no one wants to see...
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
I just want to scream,... Hello.
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
My god, it's been so long,.. never dreamed you'd return
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
But now here you are... and here I am...
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Hearts and thoughts they fade.. away
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
Hearts and thoughts they fade... fade away....
(repeat 4x)
...so basically, Riff 1 4x, then Riff 2, then Riff 1 6x, then Riff 2, then Riff
1 8x, end of song.
-Chris Carman
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