Chords for Janis Ian Tea & Sympathy 1976
Tempo:
102.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
F#m
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#] I get to sing what I really want [G] to sing, right?
Like a Liberace medley.
[G#]
Tom, this might take a second.
I'm warning you.
I [G] have to orient myself now.
[A] Boy, this isn't so hard.
I'll start getting cocky about it now.
[F]
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I don't [B] want to ride [E] the milk train [A] anymore.
[F#] I'll [F#m] go to bed at nine
[C#] And wake in [F#m] with the dawn
[F#]
And [D] lunch at half [A] past noon
[E]
Dinner prompted five
[C#] [E]
The comfort of a few [F#m] old friends
[D] Long past their prime
[Bm] Past the tea [B] and sympathy
For the good old days long gone
[Bm] Let's drink a [A] toast to those
Who [F#m] most believe in what they've [G#m] won
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
Please waste it on the dawn
I'll [A]
[G#m] not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my true love [A] is gone
[D] And [A] [D]
[A] when the [Bm] guests are done
[E] I'll tidy up [A] the room
[G#m] I'll [F#m] turn the covers down
[C#] And gaze and [F#m] get the moon
[D] I'll pray to go [A] quite mad
[E] And live in long [F#m] ago
[G#m]
When you and [F#m] I were one so [D] very long ago
Past [B] the tea and sympathy
For the good old days long gone
[D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who most [F#m] believe in what [G#m] they've won
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
Please waste it on the dawn
[G#] I'll not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my [A] true love is gone
[D] [A] And [D] [A] when I [B] have no dreams
[E] To give you anymore
[G#m]
[F#m] I'll light a blazing fire
And [C#] wait within the [F#] door
[D]
And throw my [A] life away
I [C#m] [F#] wonder why [F#m] they all will [C#m] say
[B]
Now I lay me [Bm] down to sleep
[E] Forever and a [A] day
[B] Past the tea and sympathy
For the good old days are dead
[D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who best survive [F#m] the life they've [G#m] led
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
So build your fires high
[A] Now I lay [F#m] me down [D] to sleep
Forever [E] [Am] and a day
[C] [D]
[A] [D]
[Am] [G]
Like a Liberace medley.
[G#]
Tom, this might take a second.
I'm warning you.
I [G] have to orient myself now.
[A] Boy, this isn't so hard.
I'll start getting cocky about it now.
[F]
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I don't [B] want to ride [E] the milk train [A] anymore.
[F#] I'll [F#m] go to bed at nine
[C#] And wake in [F#m] with the dawn
[F#]
And [D] lunch at half [A] past noon
[E]
Dinner prompted five
[C#] [E]
The comfort of a few [F#m] old friends
[D] Long past their prime
[Bm] Past the tea [B] and sympathy
For the good old days long gone
[Bm] Let's drink a [A] toast to those
Who [F#m] most believe in what they've [G#m] won
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
Please waste it on the dawn
I'll [A]
[G#m] not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my true love [A] is gone
[D] And [A] [D]
[A] when the [Bm] guests are done
[E] I'll tidy up [A] the room
[G#m] I'll [F#m] turn the covers down
[C#] And gaze and [F#m] get the moon
[D] I'll pray to go [A] quite mad
[E] And live in long [F#m] ago
[G#m]
When you and [F#m] I were one so [D] very long ago
Past [B] the tea and sympathy
For the good old days long gone
[D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who most [F#m] believe in what [G#m] they've won
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
Please waste it on the dawn
[G#] I'll not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my [A] true love is gone
[D] [A] And [D] [A] when I [B] have no dreams
[E] To give you anymore
[G#m]
[F#m] I'll light a blazing fire
And [C#] wait within the [F#] door
[D]
And throw my [A] life away
I [C#m] [F#] wonder why [F#m] they all will [C#m] say
[B]
Now I lay me [Bm] down to sleep
[E] Forever and a [A] day
[B] Past the tea and sympathy
For the good old days are dead
[D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who best survive [F#m] the life they've [G#m] led
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
So build your fires high
[A] Now I lay [F#m] me down [D] to sleep
Forever [E] [Am] and a day
[C] [D]
[A] [D]
[Am] [G]
Key:
A
D
F#m
E
B
A
D
F#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] I get to sing what I really want [G] to sing, right?
Like a Liberace medley.
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tom, this might take a second.
I'm warning you.
I [G] have to orient _ myself now.
_ [A] _ _ Boy, this isn't so hard.
_ _ _ I'll start getting cocky about it now. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] I don't [B] want to ride [E] the milk train [A] anymore.
_ _ [F#] I'll [F#m] go to bed at nine _
[C#] And wake in [F#m] with the dawn
_ [F#]
And [D] lunch at half [A] past noon
[E] _
Dinner prompted five
[C#] _ _ _ [E]
The comfort of a few [F#m] old friends
[D] Long past their prime
_ _ [Bm] Past the tea [B] and sympathy
For the good old days long gone _
_ [Bm] Let's drink a [A] toast to those
Who [F#m] most believe in what they've [G#m] won
_ [B] It's a long, long time till morning
_ Please waste it on the dawn
I'll _ [A] _
[G#m] not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my true love [A] is gone
[D] And _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] when the [Bm] guests are done
_ [E] I'll tidy up [A] the room
[G#m] I'll [F#m] turn the covers down
[C#] And gaze and [F#m] get the moon _
_ [D] I'll pray to go [A] quite mad _
[E] And live in long [F#m] ago
_ _ _ [G#m]
When you and [F#m] I were one so [D] very long ago
_ Past [B] _ the tea and sympathy
For the good old days long gone _ _
[D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who most [F#m] believe in what [G#m] they've won
_ [B] It's a long, long time till morning
_ _ Please waste it on the dawn
_ [G#] I'll not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my [A] true love is gone
_ [D] _ _ [A] And _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] when I [B] have no dreams
[E] To give you anymore
[G#m] _
_ [F#m] I'll light a blazing fire
And [C#] wait within the [F#] door
_ _ [D]
And throw my [A] life away
I [C#m] [F#] wonder why [F#m] they all will [C#m] say
_ _ [B] _
Now I lay me [Bm] down to sleep
_ [E] Forever _ and a [A] day
_ [B] Past the tea and sympathy
For the good old days are dead
_ _ [D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who best survive [F#m] the life they've [G#m] led _ _
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
So _ build your fires high _
[A] Now _ I lay [F#m] me down [D] to sleep
Forever _ [E] _ [Am] and a day _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [G#] I get to sing what I really want [G] to sing, right?
Like a Liberace medley.
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tom, this might take a second.
I'm warning you.
I [G] have to orient _ myself now.
_ [A] _ _ Boy, this isn't so hard.
_ _ _ I'll start getting cocky about it now. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] I don't [B] want to ride [E] the milk train [A] anymore.
_ _ [F#] I'll [F#m] go to bed at nine _
[C#] And wake in [F#m] with the dawn
_ [F#]
And [D] lunch at half [A] past noon
[E] _
Dinner prompted five
[C#] _ _ _ [E]
The comfort of a few [F#m] old friends
[D] Long past their prime
_ _ [Bm] Past the tea [B] and sympathy
For the good old days long gone _
_ [Bm] Let's drink a [A] toast to those
Who [F#m] most believe in what they've [G#m] won
_ [B] It's a long, long time till morning
_ Please waste it on the dawn
I'll _ [A] _
[G#m] not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my true love [A] is gone
[D] And _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] when the [Bm] guests are done
_ [E] I'll tidy up [A] the room
[G#m] I'll [F#m] turn the covers down
[C#] And gaze and [F#m] get the moon _
_ [D] I'll pray to go [A] quite mad _
[E] And live in long [F#m] ago
_ _ _ [G#m]
When you and [F#m] I were one so [D] very long ago
_ Past [B] _ the tea and sympathy
For the good old days long gone _ _
[D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who most [F#m] believe in what [G#m] they've won
_ [B] It's a long, long time till morning
_ _ Please waste it on the dawn
_ [G#] I'll not [F#m] write another [D] line
For [E] my [A] true love is gone
_ [D] _ _ [A] And _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] when I [B] have no dreams
[E] To give you anymore
[G#m] _
_ [F#m] I'll light a blazing fire
And [C#] wait within the [F#] door
_ _ [D]
And throw my [A] life away
I [C#m] [F#] wonder why [F#m] they all will [C#m] say
_ _ [B] _
Now I lay me [Bm] down to sleep
_ [E] Forever _ and a [A] day
_ [B] Past the tea and sympathy
For the good old days are dead
_ _ [D] Let's drink a toast [A] to those
Who best survive [F#m] the life they've [G#m] led _ _
[B] It's a long, long time till morning
So _ build your fires high _
[A] Now _ I lay [F#m] me down [D] to sleep
Forever _ [E] _ [Am] and a day _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _