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[Intro]
D    Em    Bm
D    Em    Bm
D    Em    Bm
A          G
[Verse]
BmYou were the one behind the cGamera
All those Aphotographs I founBmd
GThe stairs up to the attic
They would Embend and bow with Aevery creaking souBmnd
The books unbAound
The dusty grGound
BmThe stories that they told me
They were Gfragments, they were Aparchment half unfurlBmed
They were Gepitaphs in whispered tones
Kept Emsafe from all the sAwine and all the peaBmrls
The black-haired giArl
The twists and curGls
[Bridge]
I have Emnever seen your grave
And I will Gnever know the A7things that you belieBmved
Norma JeanAne
Norma JeanGne
[Verse]
BmOh, was he Agentle? Was he Gpatient? Was he meBmek?
Did the Ganimal inside him
Have to Emteach you how to Aturn the other cheBmek?
Norma JAeanne
Are you any part of Gme?
And Bmoh, did it Ahaunt you still
When Gyou would go to Bmsleep?
Did you Glearn to love the darkness
Of the Emone who laid these Achildren at your Bmfeet?
Norma JeanAne
Norma JeanGne
[Bridge]
Were you Embroken? Were you bitter?
Are you pGresent in the sA7ecrets that I Bmkeep?
Norma JeanAne
Norma JeanGne
You are the Emface of all my questions
And the Gbody of the A7man that I will Bmbe
Norma JeaAnne
Do you see yourself in Gme?
Do I see myself in you?
[Outro]
D    Em    Bm
D    Em    Bm
D    Em    Bm
A          G

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Norma Jeanne

by Quiet House

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D Em Bm

A G

[Verse]

Bm G

You were the one behind the camera

A Bm

All those photographs I found

The stairs up to the attic

Em A Bm

They would bend and bow with every creaking sound

The books unbound

The dusty ground

The stories that they told me

G A Bm

They were fragments, they were parchment half unfurled

They were epitaphs in whispered tones

Em A Bm

Kept safe from all the swine and all the pearls

The black-haired girl

The twists and curls

[Bridge]

I have never seen your grave

G A7 Bm

And I will never know the things that you believed

Norma Jeanne

[Verse]

Bm A G Bm

Oh, was he gentle? Was he patient? Was he meek?

Did the animal inside him

Em A Bm

Have to teach you how to turn the other cheek?

Norma Jeanne

Are you any part of me?

Bm A

And oh, did it haunt you still

G Bm

When you would go to sleep?

Did you learn to love the darkness

Em A Bm

Of the one who laid these children at your feet?

Norma Jeanne

[Bridge]

Were you broken? Were you bitter?

G A7 Bm

Are you present in the secrets that I keep?

Norma Jeanne

You are the face of all my questions

G A7 Bm

And the body of the man that I will be

Norma Jeanne

Do you see yourself in me?

Do I see myself in you?

[Outro]

D Em Bm

A G

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