Tea and Sympathy Jars of Clay
Written by Jars of Clay for their album Much Afraid
Copyright 1997 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/
Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved.
tabbed by Matthew Fehrmann (theguy@iag.net)
Comments: Listen to the CD to figure out strumming and tab timing.
The tab and the chords that go along with it are correct, I know it, but if
you feel there are any errors, please email me at theguy@iag.net.
Verse 1:
Fare thee w[G]ell
[F/G]Trade in all our w[C9]ords for tea and sym[G]pathy
[F/G]Wonder why we tr[C9]ied, for things that could[Em] never be
Play our he[A]arts lament, like an [Em]unrehearsed sy[D]mphony[C9]
Not inten[G]d
To [F/G]leave this castle [C9]full of empty ro[G]oms
Our love the ca[F/G]ptive in the t[C9]ower never res[Em]cued
And all the vi[A]ctory songs
[Em]Seem to be pla[D]ying out of tu[C9]ne
[Figure A]
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[Figure B]
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[Figure A for lead and listed cbords for backup/rbytbm parts]
[D]But it's not the wa[Bm]y
That it has to b[F#m]e
Don't trade our l[G]ove for tea and sympathy, no
[Figure B for lead and listed cbords for backup/rbytbm parts]
[D]'Cause it's not the w[Bm]ay
That it has to b[Am]e[Em]
Verse 2:
You beg[A]in
And all your w[G]ords fall to the f[D]loor and break like c[A]hina cups
And the w[G]aitress grabs a broom and tries to [F#m]sweep them up
[B] [F#m] [E]
I reach for my tea and slow-----l--y-- drink in
Chorus:
[Figure A for lead and listed cbords for backup/rbytbm parts]
[D]But it's not the wa[Bm]y
That it has to b[F#m]e
Don't trade our l[G]ove for tea and sympathy, no
[Figure B for lead and listed cbords for backup/rbytbm parts]
[D]'Cause it's not the w[Bm]ay
That it has to b[Am]e
Don't [G]trade our love for tea and sympathy
Interlude:
[D] [C9] [Bb] [C9]
[D] [C9] [Bb] [Bb]
Verse 3:
So fare thee w[G]ell
[F/G]Words the bag of l[C9]eaves that fill my h[G]ead
I could [F/G]taste the bitter[C9]ness and call the w[Em]aitress instead
[A]She holds the answer, [Em]smiles and asks one t[D]easpoon or [C9]two
[Cborus x 2]
[D] [C9] [Bb] [A]
Don't trade [D]us for tea and sympathy
Don't trade [C9]us for tea and Sympathy
Don't trade [Bb]us for tea and Sympathy
[A]We can work it out
Don't trade [D]us for tea and Sympathy
Don't trade [C9]us for tea and Sympathy
Don't trade [Bb]us for tea and Sympathy
[A]We can work it out
[A] [C9] [C9] [A9] [A]
We can work it out, wo[D]ah
Written by Jars of Clay
Copyright 1997 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/
Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved.
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