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Marjorie Fair
Self Help Serenade
Halfway House
Transcription: Darrell Edwards
[Intro]
Amaj7 Gmaj7 D Amaj7 Gmaj7 D
[Verse]
He Amaj7lives in a halfway Gmaj7house
his mother doesn't tie his Dbootstraps down
they Amaj7found him by the highway Gmaj7side
with bloodstained boots and Dglass in his eye
[Chorus]
Dthey consoled me on the C#mway
Emwho would Gknow that they were BmjokAing
Dthats not funny cause she C#mwas
Emdeath and Gbeauty at the Bmsame AtimeBb  A  
[Solo]
Amaj7 Gmaj7 D
[Verse]
we Amaj7gave her half a million Gmaj7shares
to sleep with her boss in a Dfolding chair
they Amaj7found her in a plastic Gmaj7veil
with blood stained boots and Dglass in her hair
[Chorus]
Dthey consoled me on the C#mway
Emwho would Gknow that they were BmjokAing
Dthats not funny cause she C#mwas
Emdeath and Gbeauty at the Bmsame AtimeBb  A  
[Solo]
Amaj7 Gmaj7 D Amaj7 Gmaj7 D
[Chorus]
Dthey consoled me on the C#mway
Emwho would Gknow that they were BmjokAing
Dthats not funny cause she C#mwas
Emdeath and Gbeauty at the Bmsame AtimeBb  A  Bb  A  

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Halfway House

by Marjorie Fair

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Chords in this song · guitar

Amaj7

Gmaj7

C#m

Marjorie Fair

Self Help Serenade

Halfway House

Transcription: Darrell Edwards

[Intro]

Amaj7 Gmaj7 D Amaj7 Gmaj7 D

[Verse]

Amaj7 Gmaj7

He lives in a halfway house

his mother doesn't tie his bootstraps down

Amaj7 Gmaj7

they found him by the highway side

with bloodstained boots and glass in his eye

[Chorus]

D C#m

they consoled me on the way

Em G Bm A

who would know that they were joking

D C#m

thats not funny cause she was

Em G Bm A Bb A

death and beauty at the same time

[Solo]

Amaj7 Gmaj7 D

[Verse]

Amaj7 Gmaj7

we gave her half a million shares

to sleep with her boss in a folding chair

Amaj7 Gmaj7

they found her in a plastic veil

with blood stained boots and glass in her hair

[Chorus]

D C#m

they consoled me on the way

Em G Bm A

who would know that they were joking

D C#m

thats not funny cause she was

Em G Bm A Bb A

death and beauty at the same time

[Solo]

Amaj7 Gmaj7 D Amaj7 Gmaj7 D

[Chorus]

D C#m

they consoled me on the way

Em G Bm A

who would know that they were joking

D C#m

thats not funny cause she was

Em G Bm A Bb A Bb A

death and beauty at the same time

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