• Song:

    Names

  • Artist:

    Cat Power

  • Album:

    2003: John Peel Session...

G Em x2


G             Em
  His name was Perry
G                        Em
  He had a learning difficulty
G                  Em
  His father was a very mean man
G                     Em
  His father burnt his skin
D                            Am
  His father sent him to his death
D       Am
  He was ten years old x3

G               Em
  Her name was Naomi
G                       Em
  Beautiful round face, so ashamed
G                Em
  Told me how to please a man
G                     Em
  After school in the back of the bus
       D                  Am
She was doin' it every day
         D          Am
She was eleven years old x3

G              Em
  Her name was Sheryl
G                     Em
  Black hair like an electric space
G                          Em
  She would pretty paint my face 
G                    Em
  She was a very good friend
    D                    Am
Her father would come to her in the night
D   A
(no lyrics)
        D           Am
She was twelve years old x2

G              Em
  His name was Donovan
G                  Em
  He was a very good friend
G                         Em
  The cards were stacked against him
G        Em
  He was selling cocaine
    D               Am
The last time I saw him
       D               Am
He was thirteen years old x3

G              Em
  His name was Charles
G                   Em
  He said he was in love with me
G              Em
  We were both fourteen
G                     Em
  Then I had to move away
          D            Am
Then he began to smoke crack
        D           Am
Then he had to sell ass
        D             Am
I don't know where he is
        D               Am
I don't know where they are

G Em x2

D Am G
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