• Song:

    Bonny

  • Artist:

    Prefab Sprout

  • Album:

    38 Carat Collection (di...

Tuning:  Eb Ab C# F# Bb Eb  (I.e., down half step) 
 
Capo 4th Fret (though transcribed as standard) 
 
Intro riff  (listen to record for rhythm ) 
 
Fmaj7                                               Em7        Dm       Am7 
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F7M                                    Em7            Dm      Am7 
I've spent the days of my vanity 
F7M                                        
I'm lost to heaven and I'm lost to earth 
Em7                               Dm                Am7}                               
Didn't give you a minutes-not even moments 
 

F7M                    
All my life in a tower of foil                                
Em7                Dm                 Am7         
Shaded feelings: "I don't believe you!" 
F7M 
When you were there before my eyes 
Em7                  Dm                   
No one planned it, took it for granted . . . 
 
Chorus 1: 
G                        Dm           G}         F7M (riff) 
I count the hours since you slipped away 
G                        Dm           G}         F7M (riff) 
I count the hours that I lie awake 
G                        Dm           G}         F7M (riff) 
I count the minutes and the seconds too 
G            Dm                      G}          
All I stole and I took from you   -      But 
F7M (riff) 
Bonny don't live at home (repeat) 
Em7                          Dm 
Words don't hold you,   
 Am7      F7M 
Broken soldiers 
 
Intro Riff 
 
Chorus 2: 
G                     Dm            C 
All my silence and my strained respect 
G                     Dm            C 
Missed chances and the same regrets 
G                     Dm            C 
Kiss the thief and you save the rest 
G                   Dm                  C 
All my insights in retrospect-But 
F7M (riff) 
Bonny don't live at home (repeat) 
 
Chorus 1:
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