• 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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-2--2--2--0--- | -2--2--2--0--- | -2--2--2--0--- | -2--2--2--0--- | -0-----0---- | -2-2-2------- |  
-3--3--3--3--- | -3--3--3--3--- | -3--3--3--3--- | -3--3--3--3--- | -0---0------ | ---------2--- |  
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F5                                    E5            D5      A5 
I've spent the days of my vanity 
F5                                        
I'm lost to heaven and I'm lost to earth 
E5                               D5                Am7}                               
Didn't give you a minutes-not even moments 
 

F5                    
All my life in a tower of foil                                
E5                D5                 A5         
Shaded feelings: "I don't believe you!" 
F5 
When you were there before my eyes 
E5                  D5                   
No one planned it, took it for granted . . . 
 
Chorus 1: 
G5                        D5           G}         F5 (riff) 
I count the hours since you slipped away 
G5                        D5           G}         F5 (riff) 
I count the hours that I lie awake 
G5                        D5           G}         F5 (riff) 
I count the minutes and the seconds too 
G5            D5                      G}          
All I stole and I took from you   -      But 
F5 (riff) 
Bonny don't live at home (repeat) 
E5                          D5 
Words don't hold you,   
 A5      F5 
Broken soldiers 
 
Intro Riff 
 
Chorus 2: 
G5                     D5            C5 
All my silence and my strained respect 
G5                     D5            C5 
Missed chances and the same regrets 
G5                     D5            C5 
Kiss the thief and you save the rest 
G5                   D5                  C5 
All my insights in retrospect-But 
F5 (riff) 
Bonny don't live at home (repeat) 
 
Chorus 1:
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