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Postcards

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Eminor

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Standard Tuning
Capo 6th fret
It's the same 3 chords throughout (so not too difficult). Just the rhythm chnages.
Intro.
Em,G,C  
Verse.
Well, Emold post GcardCs are Emromantic Gwhen they’re Cintact
And Emold postGcardCs are rEmomantically Gfilled of Cfact.
And the Emones you Ghave to Cwatch 
are the Emones that Gkeep coming Cback.
And Emyou came GbackC; yes yEmou cGame Cback…k
Break. Em, G, C  
Verse 2.
Well old cards sit on old cards. 
And the streets have changed, 
But I think I’m still the same.
Chorus.
[EmAnd it’s not what I want to hear, Gwhat I want to see 
but your Cskin’s covered in postcards from you tEmo meG, Cto me.]
[When you see me sit by myself, you’ll think that I’m waiting for someone else.
But I’m wishing for somewhere else, I’m wishing for somewhere else.] x2
[Two postcards in a month or so, well I don’t know, I just don’t know.] x2
And it’s not what I want to hear, what I want to see 
but your skin’s covered in postcards from you to me, to me…
to me, to me, to me, to me

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Postcards

by An Horse

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 6 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning

Capo 6th fret

It's the same 3 chords throughout (so not too difficult). Just the rhythm chnages.

Intro.

Em G C

Verse.

Em G C Em G C

Well, old post cards are romantic when they’re intact

Em G C Em G C

And old postcards are romantically filled of fact.

Em G C

And the ones you have to watch

Em G C

are the ones that keep coming back.

Em G C Em G C

And you came back; yes you came back…k

Em G C

Break. , ,

Verse 2.

Well old cards sit on old cards.

And the streets have changed,

But I think I’m still the same.

Chorus.

Em G

[And it’s not what I want to hear, what I want to see

C Em G C

but your skin’s covered in postcards from you to me, to me.]

[When you see me sit by myself, you’ll think that I’m waiting for someone else.

But I’m wishing for somewhere else, I’m wishing for somewhere else.] x2

[Two postcards in a month or so, well I don’t know, I just don’t know.] x2

And it’s not what I want to hear, what I want to see

but your skin’s covered in postcards from you to me, to me…

to me, to me, to me, to me

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