Chords for David Byrne - And She Was (Live From Austin TX)
Tempo:
125.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
about a girl I knew in high [A] school.
I went to high school in suburban Baltimore.
This is a girl I knew there who used to do LSD and lie in a field by the Yoo-Hoo
chocolate drink factory.
She claimed it was a great place for that kind of thing.
I had my doubts.
She
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] was lying [E] in the grass.
She could hear the highway [C] breathing.
She could see an
air by factory.
She's [A] making sure [B] she's not dreaming.
[Bb] [F] Seeing lights of [C]
[F] neighbors'
[Bb] house.
[C] Now she's starting [F] to write.
[Bb] [F] Take a minute, [C]
[F] concentrate [Bb] as she [G] opens up [C] her
[E] eyes.
Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And [E] she was.
[A] [D]
And she [E] was.
[A] [E]
[E]
And she [A] was drifting through
[E] the backyard.
And she [A] was taking off her dress.
And she was moving very [E] slowly.
[A] Rising up [E] above the earth.
[Bb] [F] Moving into [C] the universe.
[Bb] [C] Drifting this way [F] and that.
[Bb] [F] Not touching [C] the ground at all.
[Bb] Yeah, she's [G] up above the earth.
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She
was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And
[E] she was.
[A]
She [Bm] was.
No time to [G] think about what she's done.
[Bm] No time to think about what's
to tell.
[G] And no time to think about where she's [E] going and she was.
[Dbm] [E]
[A] [E]
And she was looking
at herself.
And things were looking like a movie.
She had a pleasant elevation.
She's [A] moving out in [E] all directions.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [Bb] [G] [C]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
[E] And she was.
[A]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
[D] She was
[Am] floating above me.
[E] And she was.
[A]
[E] Joining [A] the world of missing persons.
[E] And she was.
[A] [D]
[E] [A] Missing enough to feel all right.
And [E] she was.
[A]
And [E] she was.
[A] [D]
And [E] she was.
[A]
And [E] she was.
[A]
And [E] she was.
[B] [N]
I went to high school in suburban Baltimore.
This is a girl I knew there who used to do LSD and lie in a field by the Yoo-Hoo
chocolate drink factory.
She claimed it was a great place for that kind of thing.
I had my doubts.
She
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] was lying [E] in the grass.
She could hear the highway [C] breathing.
She could see an
air by factory.
She's [A] making sure [B] she's not dreaming.
[Bb] [F] Seeing lights of [C]
[F] neighbors'
[Bb] house.
[C] Now she's starting [F] to write.
[Bb] [F] Take a minute, [C]
[F] concentrate [Bb] as she [G] opens up [C] her
[E] eyes.
Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And [E] she was.
[A] [D]
And she [E] was.
[A] [E]
[E]
And she [A] was drifting through
[E] the backyard.
And she [A] was taking off her dress.
And she was moving very [E] slowly.
[A] Rising up [E] above the earth.
[Bb] [F] Moving into [C] the universe.
[Bb] [C] Drifting this way [F] and that.
[Bb] [F] Not touching [C] the ground at all.
[Bb] Yeah, she's [G] up above the earth.
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She
was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And
[E] she was.
[A]
She [Bm] was.
No time to [G] think about what she's done.
[Bm] No time to think about what's
to tell.
[G] And no time to think about where she's [E] going and she was.
[Dbm] [E]
[A] [E]
And she was looking
at herself.
And things were looking like a movie.
She had a pleasant elevation.
She's [A] moving out in [E] all directions.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [Bb] [G] [C]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
[E] And she was.
[A]
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
[D] She was
[Am] floating above me.
[E] And she was.
[A]
[E] Joining [A] the world of missing persons.
[E] And she was.
[A] [D]
[E] [A] Missing enough to feel all right.
And [E] she was.
[A]
And [E] she was.
[A] [D]
And [E] she was.
[A]
And [E] she was.
[A]
And [E] she was.
[B] [N]
Key:
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_ _ about a girl I knew in high [A] school.
I went to high school in suburban Baltimore.
_ This is a girl I knew there who used to do LSD and _ lie in a field by the Yoo-Hoo
chocolate drink factory. _ _ _
_ She claimed it was a great place for that kind of thing. _
_ _ I had my doubts. _
She _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] was lying [E] in the grass.
_ _ She could hear the highway [C] breathing.
_ She could see an
air by factory.
_ _ She's [A] making sure [B] she's not dreaming.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] Seeing lights of [C] _
[F] neighbors'
[Bb] house.
[C] Now she's starting [F] to write.
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] Take a minute, [C] _
[F] concentrate [Bb] as she [G] opens up [C] her
_ _ [E] eyes.
Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ And she [E] was.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ And she [A] was drifting through
[E] the backyard.
_ _ And she [A] was taking off her dress.
_ And she was moving very [E] slowly.
_ _ [A] Rising up [E] above the earth.
[Bb] _ _ [F] Moving into [C] the universe.
_ [Bb] _ [C] Drifting this way [F] and that.
_ [Bb] _ [F] Not touching [C] the ground at all.
[Bb] Yeah, she's [G] up above the _ earth.
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She
was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And
[E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ She [Bm] was. _ _ _
No time to _ [G] _ think about what she's done.
[Bm] No time to think about _ what's
to tell.
[G] And no time to think about where she's [E] going and she was.
_ [Dbm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ And she was looking
at herself.
_ _ And things were looking like a movie.
_ _ She had a pleasant elevation.
_ _ She's [A] moving out in [E] all directions.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
[E] And she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
[D] She was
[Am] floating above me.
[E] And she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Joining [A] the world of missing persons.
[E] And she was.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [A] Missing enough to _ feel all right.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ And [E] she was.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I went to high school in suburban Baltimore.
_ This is a girl I knew there who used to do LSD and _ lie in a field by the Yoo-Hoo
chocolate drink factory. _ _ _
_ She claimed it was a great place for that kind of thing. _
_ _ I had my doubts. _
She _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] was lying [E] in the grass.
_ _ She could hear the highway [C] breathing.
_ She could see an
air by factory.
_ _ She's [A] making sure [B] she's not dreaming.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] Seeing lights of [C] _
[F] neighbors'
[Bb] house.
[C] Now she's starting [F] to write.
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] Take a minute, [C] _
[F] concentrate [Bb] as she [G] opens up [C] her
_ _ [E] eyes.
Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ And she [E] was.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ And she [A] was drifting through
[E] the backyard.
_ _ And she [A] was taking off her dress.
_ And she was moving very [E] slowly.
_ _ [A] Rising up [E] above the earth.
[Bb] _ _ [F] Moving into [C] the universe.
_ [Bb] _ [C] Drifting this way [F] and that.
_ [Bb] _ [F] Not touching [C] the ground at all.
[Bb] Yeah, she's [G] up above the _ earth.
[E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She
was right there with me.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was floating above me.
And
[E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ She [Bm] was. _ _ _
No time to _ [G] _ think about what she's done.
[Bm] No time to think about _ what's
to tell.
[G] And no time to think about where she's [E] going and she was.
_ [Dbm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ And she was looking
at herself.
_ _ And things were looking like a movie.
_ _ She had a pleasant elevation.
_ _ She's [A] moving out in [E] all directions.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
She was right there with me.
[E] And she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Ooh, [A] I was moving.
[D] She was
[Am] floating above me.
[E] And she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Joining [A] the world of missing persons.
[E] And she was.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [A] Missing enough to _ feel all right.
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ And [E] she was.
[A] _ _ _
_ And [E] she was.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _