• Song:

    A Starfish In The Front Yard

  • Artist:

    Chris Ayer

  • Album:

    Live Sessions

Capo 2
fingerpicking

Intro

C- (x32010@1)G- (320003@1)Am- (x02210@1)Ffingerpicking (133211@1)

A Starfish in the Front Yard

C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)     FI (133211@1)saved this song for a rainy day
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)       Fand (133211@1)I think we're gonna be okay
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)       Fcause (133211@1)I've got nothing witty left to say
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fjust (133211@1)to stand around and talk about the weather

the fingerpicking changes to slap-pluck style
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)                            Fand (133211@1)we know, that there's no sense in so much arguing
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fthe (133211@1)world is ending, and no one's listening
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                         F'cause (133211@1)we've things between you and me, and god it seems
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)                            Fthat (133211@1)everything is always stuck between what's really happening
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)then our voices hit and it's just "ohh "
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)              Fand (133211@1)that's the price of it, and it's just "ohh "
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)             Am (x02210@1)                     Fand (133211@1)everyday that it goes away, and it's like we say, and it's not okay
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)all we're left with here today is one last "ohh "

Am- (x02210@1)Am- (x02210@1)Em- (022000@1)Em- (022000@1)F- (133211@1)F- (133211@1)C- (x32010@1)G (320003@1)
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fthis (133211@1)song is easier than it probably seems,
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fbut (133211@1)in my life, I've said a lot of things that I don't mean
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fto (133211@1)try and win you over, to try to know my dreams,
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)some of the lies that I tried to hide, well their hidden still from me

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)there's a starfish in the front yard, yeah
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)he's sitting there talking 'bout the way, how on a rainy day
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Feven (133211@1)starfish wind up in the front yard, talkin' how the road was hard
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fthat (133211@1)brought him from the ocean to our lawn on Ambar Way

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)then our voices hit and it's just "ohh "
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fwe're (133211@1)gonna pay the price of it tonight "ohh "
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)there he's lying there and dying, air is drying out his hide
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           FI (133211@1)think I see a starfish smiling, crying out "ohh "

Am- (x02210@1)Am- (x02210@1)Em- (022000@1)Em- (022000@1)F- (133211@1)F- (133211@1)C- (x32010@1)G (320003@1)
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           FCome (133211@1)with me down to the sea, by santa cruz
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)we can float on funnel cakes, and drown ourselves in booze
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fsitting (133211@1)in a motel 6, but we'll never leave the room
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fwe're (133211@1)singing about those secret things that keep these songs in tune

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)then our voices hit and it's just "ohh "
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fwe're (133211@1)gonna pay the price of it tonight "ohh "
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)everyday that it goes away, and it's like we say, and it's not okay
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)all we're left with here today is one last "ohh "

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           FI (133211@1)saved this song for a rainy day
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fand (133211@1)I think we're gonna be okay
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Fcause (133211@1)I've got nothing witty left to say
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)             Am (x02210@1)           Fjust (133211@1)to stand around and talk about the weather  

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