Harpo's Blues

Phoebe Snow

Tuning: EADGBE (standard)

Introduction
Cmaj7 Gm7add4 G7
Cmaj7 Gm7add4 G7

Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Bb
I wish I was a willow
Eb F
And I could sway to the music in the wind
Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Cmaj7
I wish I was a lover
G# G Cmaj7
I wouldn't need my costumes and pretend

Bb F
I wish I was a mountain
D7 G7
I'd pass boldly through the clouds and never end
Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Cmaj7
And I wish I was a soft refrain
G# G Cmaj7
When the lights were out I'd play and be your friend

Bridge
Fm Cm
I strut and fret
Fm Cm
My hour upon the stage
Fm Cm
The hour is up
Fm Cm
I have to run and hide my rage
Fm Cm
I'm lost again
Fm Cm
I think I'm really scared
Fm Cm
I won't be back at all this time
Fm G
And have my deepest secrets shared

Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Bb
I'd like to be a willow,

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Eb F
A lover, a mountain, or a soft refrain
Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Cmaj7
But I'd hate to be a grownup
G# G Cmaj7
And have to try and bear my life in pain

Instrumental
Cmaj7 Gm Bb
Eb F
Cmaj7 Gm Cmaj7
G# G Cmaj7
Bb F
D7 G7
Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Cmaj7
I'd wish I was a soft refrain
G# G Cmaj7
When the lights were out I'd play and be your friend

(bridge)

Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Bb
I'd like to be a willow,
Eb F
A lover, a mountain, or a soft refrain
Cmaj7 Gm7add4 Cmaj7
But I'd hate to be a grownup
G# G Cmaj7
And have to try and bear my life in pain

G# G Cm
And I have to try to bear my life in pain
G# G Cm
And I have to try to bear my life in pain
G# G Cm
And I have to try to bear my life in pain
G# G Cm
And I have to try to bear my life in pain

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NOTES

Cmaj7 Gm7add4 G7
E- 3 3 3
B- 5 3 3
G- 4 3 4
D- 5 3 3

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A- 3 3 5
E- x 3 3

- 3 -