Albertine
Brook Fraser

3rd capo

Riff:   Fmaj7   Am

Verse 1:
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                            AmI (x02210@1)am sitting still, I think of Angelique
                      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                                        AmHer (x02210@1)mothers voice over me, and the bullets in the wall where it fell silent
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                                   AmAnd (x02210@1)on a thousandth hill, I think of Albertine
                              Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)            AmThere (x02210@1)in her eyes what I don't see with my eye oh

Chorus:
     Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)             C (x32010@1)          GRwanda, (320003@1)now that I have seen, I am responsible
DmFaith (xx0231@1)without deeds is dead
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      DmNow (xx0231@1)that I have held you in my own arms, I cannot let go till you are

Verse 2:
I am on a plane across a distant sea, but I carry you in me
And in the dust on, the dust on, the dust on, the dust on, the dust on
The dust on my feet

Chorus

Interlude:   Am    Fmaj7  C

Bridge:
        Am (x02210@1)                            Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)     CI (x32010@1)will tell the world, I will tell them where I've been
        Am (x02210@1)                         Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) CI (x32010@1)will keep my word, I will tell them Albertine

Chorus

Verse 3:
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                             AmI (x02210@1)am on a stage, a thousand eyes on me
                       Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                       AmI (x02210@1)will tell them, Albertine, I will tell them, Albertine

The riff is played throughout the song except for the chorus and bridge.
The way I play with the riff and I think Brooke does too is along with Fmaj7, 
we play Am/C where we continuously open the 3rd string.  
Then to the Am where we do the same with the 3rd and 4th string.  
And this is how I play some of the unconventional chords:
Am/C:  x3221x   Fmaj7:  x3321x

Just to let you know this is how I interpret this song, 
but you could always tweak it your own way so it sounds good to you.  
Thanks.
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