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Capo 3
Gadd11320013
Cmaj7 (in this context)
022010
You can replace the Gadd11-G finger thing with the Cmaj7-Em one if you like. 
Or try C-Em, using the index finger and the pinky simultaneously to hit the Cs 
on the second and fifth strings. That actually sounds best to me.
The important thing is the B-C-B-C note alternation for that riff.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
Auntie Alice, where are you now?
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
We rung your number and they called it "disconnected."
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
In a dream you come sailing out
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
of a pool of deep blue water.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
Auntie Alice keeps spiders in her house,
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
feeds them earwigs and mosquitoes.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
Her pink tongue comes darting out
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
from where her front teeth are missing.
Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
Am  C
G
Am  C
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am           C  
I went downstairs in the middle of the night
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
'cause I heard her scratching at the door.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
She fed me chocolates and said she couldn't sleep,
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
asked me what the bug light was for.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
Auntie Alice wears the same dress every day.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
Butter turns green on her counter.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
She sings me songs she learned on Christmas eve,
Gadd11  GGadd11   G          Am  C  
tells me stories about castles.
Em  Am
C   G
Em  Am
C   G
D
"The number you have Gdialed
is Cnot in service" it sEmaid,
"hang Amup or dial aDgain."
Auntie AClice have you found your palace yDet?
Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
Em  Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em
Am  C
Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em
Am  C
G
Gadd11  GGadd11   G        Am  C  
Auntie Alice, look out for us
Gadd11  GGadd11   G        Am  C  
who think we know where we are going.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G        Am  C  
Your picture gathers dust on the fridge
Gadd11  GGadd11   G        Am  C  
and watches us keep our appointments.
Gadd11  GGadd11   G        Am  C  
Auntie Alice howling through the woods,
Gadd11  GGadd11   G        Am  C  
Auntie Alice in my dream,
Gadd11  GGadd11   G        Am  C  
somehow gone from the phone book for good.
GLife forms around yAmou when you lGeave.
and eternal thanks to Okkervil River

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Auntie Alice

by Okkervil River

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Capo 3

Gadd11

320013

Cmaj7 (in this context)

022010

You can replace the Gadd11-G finger thing with the Cmaj7-Em one if you like.

Or try C-Em, using the index finger and the pinky simultaneously to hit the Cs

on the second and fifth strings. That actually sounds best to me.

The important thing is the B-C-B-C note alternation for that riff.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Auntie Alice, where are you now?

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

We rung your number and they called it "disconnected."

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

In a dream you come sailing out

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

of a pool of deep blue water.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Auntie Alice keeps spiders in her house,

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

feeds them earwigs and mosquitoes.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Her pink tongue comes darting out

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

from where her front teeth are missing.

Gadd11 G Gadd11 G

Am C

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

I went downstairs in the middle of the night

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

'cause I heard her scratching at the door.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

She fed me chocolates and said she couldn't sleep,

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

asked me what the bug light was for.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Auntie Alice wears the same dress every day.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Butter turns green on her counter.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

She sings me songs she learned on Christmas eve,

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

tells me stories about castles.

Em Am

C G

Em Am

C G

"The number you have dialed

C Em

is not in service" it said,

Am D

"hang up or dial again."

C D

Auntie Alice have you found your palace yet?

Gadd11 G Gadd11 G

Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em

Am C

Gadd11 G Gadd11 G

Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em

Am C

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Auntie Alice, look out for us

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

who think we know where we are going.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Your picture gathers dust on the fridge

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

and watches us keep our appointments.

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Auntie Alice howling through the woods,

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

Auntie Alice in my dream,

G G Am C

Gadd11 Gadd11

somehow gone from the phone book for good.

G Am G

Life forms around you when you leave.

and eternal thanks to Okkervil River

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