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Like Janis - Rodriguez
Capo 3
[Intro]
|  C   F|  Em   G|
|  C   F|  Em   G|
[Verse 1]
  CAnd you Fmeasure for Emwealth by the Gthings you can Chold
And your Fmeasure for Emlove by the Gsweet things you're Ctold
And you Clive in the Fpast or the Cdream that you're Gin
And Cyour selfishFness is your Gcardinal Csin
[Verse 2]
  CAnd you Fwant to be Emheld with Ghighest reCgard
It deFlights you so Emmuch if he's Gtrying so Chard
And you Ctry to conFceal your orCdinary wGays
With a Csmile or a Fshrug or some Gstolen Ccliche
[Chorus]
'Cos dFon't you GunderCstand
And dFon't you Glook aCbout
I'm Ftrying to Gtake Cnothing from you
So Fwhy should you Emact so put Gout        for CmeF  Em  G  
[Verse 3]
  C'Cos eFmotionally Emyou're the sGame basic tCrip
And you Fknow that I Emknow of the Gtimes that you've Cslipped
So don't Ctry to impFress me you're Cjust pins and Gpaint
And dCon't try to cFharm me with tGhings that you Cain't
[Verse 4]
  CAnd don't Ftry to encEmhant me with your Gmanner of Cdress
'Cos a mFonkey in Emsilk is a Gmonkey no Cless
So Cmeasure for Fmeasure reCflect on my Gsaid
And Cwhen I won't Fsee you then Gmeasure it Cdead
[Outro]
'Cos dFon't you GunderCstand
And dFon't you Glook aCbout
I'm Ftrying to Gtake Cnothing from you
So Fwhy should you Emact so put Gout
And Fsit there and Emwonder and Gdoubt     for CmeF  Em  G  C  
F(rEmepeGat Cand fade)

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Like Janis

by Rodriguez

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Like Janis - Rodriguez

Capo 3

[Intro]

C F Em G

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C F Em G

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[Verse 1]

C F Em G C

And you measure for wealth by the things you can hold

F Em G C

And your measure for love by the sweet things you're told

C F C G

And you live in the past or the dream that you're in

C F G C

And your selfishness is your cardinal sin

[Verse 2]

C F Em G C

And you want to be held with highest regard

F Em G C

It delights you so much if he's trying so hard

C F C G

And you try to conceal your ordinary ways

C F G C

With a smile or a shrug or some stolen cliche

[Chorus]

F G C

'Cos don't you understand

F G C

And don't you look about

F G C

I'm trying to take nothing from you

F Em G C F Em G

So why should you act so put out for me

[Verse 3]

C F Em G C

'Cos emotionally you're the same basic trip

F Em G C

And you know that I know of the times that you've slipped

C F C G

So don't try to impress me you're just pins and paint

C F G C

And don't try to charm me with things that you ain't

[Verse 4]

C F Em G C

And don't try to enchant me with your manner of dress

F Em G C

'Cos a monkey in silk is a monkey no less

C F C G

So measure for measure reflect on my said

C F G C

And when I won't see you then measure it dead

[Outro]

F G C

'Cos don't you understand

F G C

And don't you look about

F G C

I'm trying to take nothing from you

F Em G

So why should you act so put out

F Em G C F Em G C

And sit there and wonder and doubt for me

F Em G C

(repeat and fade)

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