• Song:

    A Talk With George

  • Artist:

    Jonathan Coulton

  • Album:

    Thing a Week II

Chords
Dadd4   x5403x
G5/D    x5503x
D (xx0232@1)     xx0232
G (320003@1)     320003
Cadd9   x32030
Em (022000@1)    022000
D/F#    2x023x
G/B     x2003x
C (x32010@1)     x32010
Cadd9   x32030
C/G     3x2010
Em/maj7 021000
Em7     020000
A7 (x02020@1)    x02020

***Capo 5th***

Verse 1
          Dadd4                         G5/D
There's a tall thin man standing in the shadows
        Dadd4                                   G5/D
When he calls your name his voice is strong and clear
       Dadd4                        G5/D 
It's a dark and smoky place, so you can't quite see his face
   Dadd4                                G5/D
He pulls you close and whispers in your ear

Verse 2
       D (xx0232@1)                             GAnd (320003@1)he tells you he was born into some money
       D (xx0232@1)                            GBut (320003@1)it didn't mean he had to sit around
       D (xx0232@1)                            GAnd (320003@1)he knows a thing or two about the things that you should do
   D (xx0232@1)                               GIf (320003@1)you don't want to take life lying down

Refrain
D (xx0232@1)               Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em (022000@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F# GFirst (320003@1)of all hang out a lot with Hemingway
C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)               EmSpend (022000@1)some time fighting bulls in Spain
           D (xx0232@1)                  Cadd9 (x32030@1)          Em (022000@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F# GYou (320003@1)should go three rounds with Archie Moore and Sugar Ray
C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)                   Cadd9 (x32030@1)
So damn scary you won't mind the pain

Verse 3
   D (xx0232@1)                           GBe (320003@1)ringside at the Rumble in the Jungle
     D (xx0232@1)                               GMake (320003@1)friends with Hunter S. and Jackie O.
              D (xx0232@1)                                GAnd (320003@1)when they shoot poor Bobby down, you wrestle Sirhan to the ground
D (xx0232@1)                                       GLove (320003@1)your friends and miss them when they go

Refrain
           D (xx0232@1)             Cadd9 (x32030@1)         Em (022000@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F# GYou (320003@1)should write a book or two and start a magazine
C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)Even if it never makes a dime
           D (xx0232@1)               Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em (022000@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F#   GYou (320003@1)should swing out by your feet above the circus ring
       C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)             Cadd9At (x32030@1)the very least throw parties all the time

|G |G D/F#|

Bridge
Em (022000@1)               Em/maj7
Time and tide will never care
Em7             A7Not (x02020@1)so far from here to there
        |Cadd9 G/B|Am  |Cadd9 G/B|Am|Cadd9 G/B|Am D/F#|G C/G G|
We just go

Verse 4
     D (xx0232@1)                              GSo (320003@1)enjoy yourself, do the things that matter
            D (xx0232@1)                           GCause (320003@1)there isn't time and space to do it all
D (xx0232@1)                              GLove (320003@1)the things you try, drink a cocktail wear a tie
D (xx0232@1)                                G (320003@1)Show a little grace if you should fall

Refrain
      D (xx0232@1)          Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em (022000@1)D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Don't live another day unless you make it count
        C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)                EmThere's (022000@1)someone else that you're supposed to be
D (xx0232@1)              Cadd9 (x32030@1)          Em (022000@1)D/F# (200232@1)  G (320003@1)     
Something deep inside of you that still wants out
    C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)              Cadd9And (x32030@1)shame on you if you don't set it free

Outro

|D  Cadd9|Em F# G|C  D |G C/G G|


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