• Song:

    Jane

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

  • Album:

    Extended Versions

A kind of tricky song, but it is a classic! It is off BNL's 1994 album, "Maybe You Should Drive".

Standard tuning

Capo 2nd fret

The chords are played as follows:
Cadd2:     x32030
G6/B:      x20030
A7sus4:     x02030
Am:        x02210
D:         xx0232
G:         320033
Dsus4/F#:   2x0033
Em7:       020033
Bm:        x24432
C:         x32010
Dadd94:    x54030
Dadd94/Eb: x64030
Em:        022000
F#m:       244222

[Intro]
Cadd2, G6/B, A7sus4, G6/B (x2)

[Verse 1]
Cadd2  G6/B      A7sus4 (002033@1) G6/B             Cadd2  G6/B  A7sus4 (002033@1)G6/B
  The girl works at the store, sweet Jane Saint  Clair
Cadd2  G6/B   A7sus4   G6/B       Cadd2     G6/B  A7sus4 G6/B
  Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there
Cadd2  G6/B   A7sus4   G6/B    Cadd2    G6/B  A7sus4  G6/B
    It wasn't long before I lived with her
Cadd2  G6/B     A7sus4    G6/B      Cadd2  G6/B  A7sus4 G6/B  Am
    I sang her songs ah while she dyed my hair

[Chorus]
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D             G (320003@1)  Dsus4/F#   Em7      D (xx0232@1)       Am (x02210@1)Jane, divided, but I can't decide which side I'm on
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D           G (320003@1) Dsus4/F#    Em7         D (xx0232@1)      Am (x02210@1)Jane decided only cowards  stay, while traitors run
Am D
 Jane, Jane

[Instrumental]
Cadd2, G6/B, A7sus4, G6/B (x2)

[Verse 2]
I'd bring her gold and frankincense and myrrh
She thought that I was making fun of her
She made me feel I was fourteen again
That's why she thinks it's cooler if we'd just stay friends

[Chorus]
Jane doesn't think a man could ever be faithful
Jane isn't giving me a chance to be shameful
Jane, Jane

[Bridge]
Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)           Dadd94  Dadd94/Eb  EmI (022000@1)wrote a letter, she should have got it yesterday
Em (022000@1)                F#m (244222@1)             BmThat (x24432@1)life could be better by being together
           C (x32010@1)       Dadd94   Cadd2
Is what I cannot explain    to Jane

[Instrumental]
Cadd2, G6/B, A7sus4, G6/B (x2)

[Verse 3]
The girl works at the store, sweet Jane St. Clair
Still dazzled by her smile while I shoplift there
No promises as vague as Heaven
No Juliana next to my Evan

[Chorus]
Jane, desired by the people at her school and work
Jane is tired, 'cause every man becomes a lovesick jerk
Jane, Jane, Come on

[Coda]
Cadd2, G6/B, A7sus4, G6/B (x8)

[End on Cadd2]
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