Iolanthe James McMurtry
GIGANTIC THANK YOU TO FISHSTIK!!! He helped a lot figuring out the chords to this
absolutely beautiful James McMurtry song! This song appears on McMurtry's 1995
album "Where'd You Hide The Body" and is one of my favorite songs he's ever recorded.
FishStik's original notation:
| A | represents one bar (four beats)
| A - B - C - D | each chord gets one beat
Intro: | F# | [cb]C#/F[/cb] | F# | [cb]C#/F[/cb] |
Verse: | F# | F# +1 extra beat | C# | C# | C# +1 extra beat | F# |
Chorus: | B | C# | F# - F# - B - Bbm | C# | C# | B | C# | back to Intro
The placement of the chords might not be 100% but this is the ONLY chord/lyric for
this song (which is a damn shame that the tune isn't more well known). Definitely
youtube the song for help :D
F# [cb]C#/F[/cb] F# [cb]C#/F[/cb]
[F#]Your mother used to take the cure
She kept plastic on the furniture in the living r[C#]oom
You used to tell your friends
If you never saw that place again it's be too [F#]soon
But your college beau didn't seem so bad
You brought him home to Mom and Dad like you're 'sposed to [C#]do
But he wouldn't account for himself
And he got along better with the hired help than he did with [F#]you
[B]No big loss, I don't [C#]suppose
[F#]Brush it away like a f[B]ly off a rose
[Bbm]We're all bound to miss a time or t[C#]wo
Iolanthe
(Intro)
[F#]Your father always held his ground
He never liked you hanging round with the lesser k[C#]ind
He suffered not the weak
And he was never loath to speak his twisted mi[F#]nd
He liked to watch an evening pass
Clinking the ice in his bourbon glass while you played your s[C#]cales
With eyes that burned right through
He would say he always knew you were bound to f[F#]ail
[B]Shake it off and let it [C#]go
[F#]Brush it away till the [B]light it shows
[Bbm]We can't help what came bef[C#]ore
Iolanthe
Well w[B]ho's that standing t[C#]here?
[F#]Whatcha been doing la[B]tely?
Your [Bbm]clothes not long outta st[C#]yle
[B]You gave us all quite a s[C#]care
But the y[F#]ears were hardly w[B]asted
[Bbm]Only missing for a [C#]while
[B]Don't sweat the losses, let em [C#]go
[F#]Toss em all out where the t[B]all grass grows
[Bbm]We're all bound to get our sha[C#]re
Iolanthe
(Intro)
Well who's that standing there?
Whatcha been doing lately?
Your clothes not long outta style
You gave us all quite a scare
But the years were hardly wasted
Only missing for a while
Don't sweat the losses, let em go
Toss em all out where the tall grass grows
We're all bound to get our share
Iolanthe
(Intro) x2
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