• Song:

    Names

  • Artist:

    Cat Power

  • Album:

    2003: John Peel Session...

G5 E5 x2


G5             E5
  His name was Perry
G5                        E5
  He had a learning difficulty
G5                  E5
  His father was a very mean man
G5                     E5
  His father burnt his skin
D5                            A5
  His father sent him to his death
D5       A5
  He was ten years old x3

G5               E5
  Her name was Naomi
G5                       E5
  Beautiful round face, so ashamed
G5                E5
  Told me how to please a man
G5                     E5
  After school in the back of the bus
       D5                  A5
She was doin' it every day
         D5          A5
She was eleven years old x3

G5              E5
  Her name was Sheryl
G5                     E5
  Black hair like an electric space
G5                          E5
  She would pretty paint my face 
G5                    E5
  She was a very good friend
    D5                    A5
Her father would come to her in the night
D5   A5
(no lyrics)
        D5           A5
She was twelve years old x2

G5              E5
  His name was Donovan
G5                  E5
  He was a very good friend
G5                         E5
  The cards were stacked against him
G5        E5
  He was selling cocaine
    D5               A5
The last time I saw him
       D5               A5
He was thirteen years old x3

G5              E5
  His name was Charles
G5                   E5
  He said he was in love with me
G5              E5
  We were both fourteen
G5                     E5
  Then I had to move away
          D5            A5
Then he began to smoke crack
        D5           A5
Then he had to sell ass
        D5             A5
I don't know where he is
        D5               A5
I don't know where they are

G5 E5 x2

D5 A5 G5
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