WISTFUL CHORD (Dr. Snark)
(with apologies to Indigo Girls, Green Day, Barenaked Ladies, Don Henley, 
and the Bodeans)
First section: copyright 2007 Paul Estin (Feb. 15)


[slow, channeling a John Cougar Mellencamp vibe:]
[strum C(9)] This is a song about a special chord, the C major with an 
added ninth... [C9] 

 / G D C(9) D / / / /
 So you play acoustic guitar,
 You want a song about wistful memories
 Here's a little trick that will take you far:
 Just add a ninth to that major chord C
 / C(9) - D - / / 
 Now you're looking back... into those bittersweet times
 Got your mixed emotions, just gotta write a few rhymes
 / Em - D - / C(9) - D D* / 
 But there's a problem with that plan, as I'm here to narrate
 All C9 songs are the same damn song... let me demonstrate...
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 / G G6 C(9) D* / / D11 - C - / / 1st /
 I'm trying to tell you something 'bout my life
 Maybe give me insight between black and white
 And the best thing you've ever done for me
 Is to help me take my life less seriously
 It's only life after all, yeah
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 / G - C(9) D / / Em D C(9) G / / 
 Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
 Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
 So make the best of this test and don't ask why
 It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
   / Em G Em G / Em D G - C(9) D /
   It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right 
   I hope you had the time of your life
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 / G D C(9) - / / / /
 Broke into the old apartment /  This is where we used to live  
 Broken glass, broke and hungry, broken hearts and broken bones
 This is where we used to live
   / Em7 D C(9) - / / Em7 D C(9) D /
   Why did you paint the walls? / Why did you clean the floor?
   Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?
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 / G - D - / - - C(9) - / :
 But I can see you, your brown skin shinin' in the sun
 You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
 And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
 After the boys of summer have gone...
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 / G C(9) D C(9) /  /  G C(9) D C(9)-C(9)s1,2-C(9) /  1st / :
 Everybody wants to live, like they wanna live
 And everybody wants to love, like they wanna love
 Everybody wants to be... clo-ser to
 Free!  Yeah, yeah, yeah
 Everybody wants respect, just a little bit
 And everybody needs a chance, once in a while
 Everybody wants to be... clo-ser to / Free!
   / Am D / / / 
   I said every-body one, every-body two, everybody freeee!
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/ D11 - C - / G C(9)G / D11 - C - / G G6 C(9) D* / /
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine!
Closer I am to free!
Broke into the old apartment!