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Myrtle

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chords/fingerings (low to high)
C - 332010
 Dm- xx0231
G - 320003
 Am- x02210
F - 113211
Em - 022000 (used only once at the end..."bigger than me"........)
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intro -  C
A funny pDmilgrim Gon a crazy cCrusade
a saucy cDmhaucerG, a sorry chapter mislCaid
Gwhittled with an exAmacto-knife pFlumb right thru my load-bearing wCall
im hoFrrified now i could dCo such a thing
but i thDmought i saw the siGnger
ive heard those cFhimes so many other tCimes
but if i gave Dmin it had to've Cbeen
i whupped it oFut and destroyed my seClfish cocoon
since i gave Dmin it had to've beCen
'n' i gave Dmin , i hoGpe it had to've bCeen
Gim not an oAmptomist... iFm not a rCealist
i Fmight be a sCub-realist  but i cDmant substGantiate
it was bDmigger than Emme and i fFelt like a sick child 
dragged by a dGonkey   thru the myrCtle
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Myrtle

by Vic Chesnutt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

chords/fingerings (low to high)

C - 332010

- xx0231

G - 320003

- x02210

F - 113211

Em - 022000 (used only once at the end..."bigger than me"........)

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intro - C

Dm G C

A funny pilgrim on a crazy crusade

Dm G C

a saucy chaucer, a sorry chapter mislaid

G Am F C

whittled with an exacto-knife plumb right thru my load-bearing wall

F C

im horrified now i could do such a thing

Dm G

but i thought i saw the singer

F C

ive heard those chimes so many other times

Dm C

but if i gave in it had to've been

F C

i whupped it out and destroyed my selfish cocoon

Dm C

since i gave in it had to've been

Dm G C

'n' i gave in , i hope it had to've been

G Am F C

im not an optomist... im not a realist

F C Dm G

i might be a sub-realist but i cant substantiate

Dm Em F

it was bigger than me and i felt like a sick child

G C

dragged by a donkey thru the myrtle

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