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Dorothy

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[Introduction]
 C   F   CX4
[Verse 1]
CRunnin my Fmouth off at the Cstorm
CYelling man, what the Fhell did you do that Cfor?
And I was Fwatching the old men Cfish,
And they'd Fall give their catch aCway
And I could Fhear a woman Csinging
And I could Fhear that piano Cplay
CIt'd go like...
[Instrumental]
N.C.
[Verse 2]
CWhere did Fyou get your bad Cbreath?
CI want some, oh a Fdrag of your cigaCrette
And I was Fthinking about a Csong
That I Fheard when I was Cyoung
And I was Fwondering 'bout its trumpeCteer
How he could Fget those horns to Ctalk
Something like..
[Instrumental]
N.C.
[Verse 3]
CTears will Fgather in my Ceyes
CHold my head, and Fbabe y'know I'll Ccry
And I was Fthinking bout the places I'd Cbeen
All with Fyou always at my Cside
Like a Dmbaby, oh I Fheld my head and Ccried
C'mon DmDorothy of ya Fknow we could go all Cnight.
[Instrumental]
 C   F   CX2
  Dm    F   Cx2
[Verse 4]
CHey, it's Fnight time and ya Cknow,
CIts getting cold so Fbabe put on some Cclothes
Oh Flets go hit the Ctown
And we could Ffill a room up with Csmoke
Yer Fknow I got the first Cround
As wFe tell all those stories Ctold
And FI would pretend you were Cnew
Like FI was just introduced to Cyou
And all the Fmusic in my Cears
Sounds Fbeautiful down Chere
And I could Fhear that drummer Croll
As I lFistened to that choir Ccry
And I could Fhear that guitar Cweeping
I could Ffeel those pipers Cpipe
And all the Fbeauty I couldn't Csee
Well it just Fcut me at my Cknees
And I was Fwatching the old men fCish
And they'd Fall give their catch aCway
And I could Fhear a woman Csinging
And I could Fhear that piano Cplay
CTears will Fgather in my Ceye
CHold my head oh and Fbabe you know I'll Ccry
Like a Dmbaby oh I Fheld my head and Ccried
C'mon DmDorothy oh ya Fknow we could go all Cnight

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Dorothy

by Kevin Morby

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Introduction]

C F C

[Verse 1]

C F C

Runnin my mouth off at the storm

C F C

Yelling man, what the hell did you do that for?

F C

And I was watching the old men fish,

F C

And they'd all give their catch away

F C

And I could hear a woman singing

F C

And I could hear that piano play

It'd go like...

[Instrumental]

N.C.

[Verse 2]

C F C

Where did you get your bad breath?

C F C

I want some, oh a drag of your cigarette

F C

And I was thinking about a song

F C

That I heard when I was young

F C

And I was wondering 'bout its trumpeteer

F C

How he could get those horns to talk

Something like..

[Instrumental]

N.C.

[Verse 3]

C F C

Tears will gather in my eyes

C F C

Hold my head, and babe y'know I'll cry

F C

And I was thinking bout the places I'd been

F C

All with you always at my side

Dm F C

Like a baby, oh I held my head and cried

Dm F C

C'mon Dorothy of ya know we could go all night.

[Instrumental]

C F C

Dm F C

[Verse 4]

C F C

Hey, it's night time and ya know,

C F C

Its getting cold so babe put on some clothes

F C

Oh lets go hit the town

F C

And we could fill a room up with smoke

F C

Yer know I got the first round

F C

As we tell all those stories told

F C

And I would pretend you were new

F C

Like I was just introduced to you

F C

And all the music in my ears

F C

Sounds beautiful down here

F C

And I could hear that drummer roll

F C

As I listened to that choir cry

F C

And I could hear that guitar weeping

F C

I could feel those pipers pipe

F C

And all the beauty I couldn't see

F C

Well it just cut me at my knees

F C

And I was watching the old men fish

F C

And they'd all give their catch away

F C

And I could hear a woman singing

F C

And I could hear that piano play

C F C

Tears will gather in my eye

C F C

Hold my head oh and babe you know I'll cry

Dm F C

Like a baby oh I held my head and cried

Dm F C

C'mon Dorothy oh ya know we could go all night

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