Chords for Justin Townes Earle - White Gardenias (2013)
Tempo:
127.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
F#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
So was Billie Holiday and
she's always been one of my one of my favorites and
so I wrote this I wrote the song for Billie and
she's a
she lasted quite a while for
Well for a junkie, I mean, I don't think I would have lasted that long if I'd have kept going
I didn't [F#m] I mean nobody had much hope for me in making it out of my 20s
so
I'm glad I did too
[Em] Lot better world these days.
Well in a lot of ways a lot more fucked up world, but my [F#m] world's better.
Yeah [C] Beer
[Bm]
All [A] right, here's the Billie
[D] [F#m] [G]
Has [B] [A] [D]
[A] [G] [Bm] [A]
[D] she been [F#m] [G] around tonight
[B] [A] [E] [D] Give a [A] call if she [G] should have
[B] [E] Cuz
[G] it's been [D] at least a week
[A]
[D] Since last [Bm] time I seen her [G] white dress
[D] white shoes and white gardenias
[A]
[D] Maybe [A] she went [G] back to Baltimore
[A] Bet [Bm] she [F#m] packed her [G] bags the night before
[B] [A] Took [E] [D]
a [F#m] taxi down to [A] [C#] Lexington 44
[A] Caught [D] the [F#m] first train [G] to Baltimore
[E]
[G] Because long [D] ago she left her heart cuz she [A] could [Bm] not stop the bleeding [G] white [D] dress white shoes white gardenia
[A]
[D] [F#m] [D] [G]
[A] [E] [F#m] [D] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[F#m] [G] [A]
[D] [F#m] [G]
[A] [E] [Bm]
I don't know
[G]
Where she goes [D] when she leaves
And
[G] [Bm] I don't know
Where she [D] stays
Who she sees
[A] If [D] you see [F#m] her [G] out [C#] tonight
[G#] [A] Yeah,
[D] just [F#m] look her [G] in the [B] eye
[F#m] [Em] [G] You [B] might [A] not know her now, [D] but you [A] know
[Bm] White dress [D] white shoes white gardenia
[Bm] White dress [A] white [D] shoes and white
Gardenias
[Bm] [F#m]
she's always been one of my one of my favorites and
so I wrote this I wrote the song for Billie and
she's a
she lasted quite a while for
Well for a junkie, I mean, I don't think I would have lasted that long if I'd have kept going
I didn't [F#m] I mean nobody had much hope for me in making it out of my 20s
so
I'm glad I did too
[Em] Lot better world these days.
Well in a lot of ways a lot more fucked up world, but my [F#m] world's better.
Yeah [C] Beer
[Bm]
All [A] right, here's the Billie
[D] [F#m] [G]
Has [B] [A] [D]
[A] [G] [Bm] [A]
[D] she been [F#m] [G] around tonight
[B] [A] [E] [D] Give a [A] call if she [G] should have
[B] [E] Cuz
[G] it's been [D] at least a week
[A]
[D] Since last [Bm] time I seen her [G] white dress
[D] white shoes and white gardenias
[A]
[D] Maybe [A] she went [G] back to Baltimore
[A] Bet [Bm] she [F#m] packed her [G] bags the night before
[B] [A] Took [E] [D]
a [F#m] taxi down to [A] [C#] Lexington 44
[A] Caught [D] the [F#m] first train [G] to Baltimore
[E]
[G] Because long [D] ago she left her heart cuz she [A] could [Bm] not stop the bleeding [G] white [D] dress white shoes white gardenia
[A]
[D] [F#m] [D] [G]
[A] [E] [F#m] [D] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[F#m] [G] [A]
[D] [F#m] [G]
[A] [E] [Bm]
I don't know
[G]
Where she goes [D] when she leaves
And
[G] [Bm] I don't know
Where she [D] stays
Who she sees
[A] If [D] you see [F#m] her [G] out [C#] tonight
[G#] [A] Yeah,
[D] just [F#m] look her [G] in the [B] eye
[F#m] [Em] [G] You [B] might [A] not know her now, [D] but you [A] know
[Bm] White dress [D] white shoes white gardenia
[Bm] White dress [A] white [D] shoes and white
Gardenias
[Bm] [F#m]
Key:
A
D
G
F#m
Bm
A
D
G
So was Billie Holiday _ and _
she's always been one of my one of my favorites and
so I wrote this I wrote the song for Billie and
_ _ she's a _
she lasted quite a while for
Well for a junkie, I mean, I don't think I would have lasted that long if I'd have kept going
I didn't [F#m] I mean nobody had much hope for me in making it out of my 20s
so
_ I'm glad I did too
[Em] Lot better world these days. _ _
_ Well in a lot of ways a lot more fucked up world, but my [F#m] world's better.
Yeah _ _ _ [C] Beer _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All [A] right, here's the Billie
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _
Has [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] she been [F#m] [G] around tonight _
[B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [D] Give a [A] call if she [G] should have
_ [B] [E] Cuz _ _ _
[G] it's been [D] at least a week
[A] _ _
[D] _ Since last [Bm] time I seen her _ [G] white dress
[D] white shoes and white gardenias
_ [A] _ _ _
[D] Maybe [A] she went [G] back to Baltimore _
[A] Bet _ [Bm] she [F#m] packed her [G] bags the night before
[B] _ [A] Took [E] _ [D]
a [F#m] taxi down to [A] [C#] Lexington 44
[A] _ _ Caught [D] the [F#m] first train [G] to Baltimore
[E] _ _ _ _
[G] Because long [D] ago she left her heart cuz she [A] could [Bm] not stop the bleeding [G] white [D] dress white shoes white gardenia
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ I don't know
[G] _ _
_ Where she goes [D] when she leaves
_ And _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] [Bm] I don't know
_ Where _ she _ [D] stays
Who she sees
_ [A] If _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] you see [F#m] her [G] out [C#] tonight
_ [G#] [A] Yeah, _ _ _
[D] just [F#m] look her [G] in the [B] eye _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ You [B] might [A] not know her now, [D] but you [A] know _
[Bm] _ _ White _ _ dress [D] white _ shoes white gardenia
_ _ _ [Bm] White _ _ dress [A] white [D] shoes and white _
Gardenias
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
she's always been one of my one of my favorites and
so I wrote this I wrote the song for Billie and
_ _ she's a _
she lasted quite a while for
Well for a junkie, I mean, I don't think I would have lasted that long if I'd have kept going
I didn't [F#m] I mean nobody had much hope for me in making it out of my 20s
so
_ I'm glad I did too
[Em] Lot better world these days. _ _
_ Well in a lot of ways a lot more fucked up world, but my [F#m] world's better.
Yeah _ _ _ [C] Beer _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All [A] right, here's the Billie
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _
Has [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] she been [F#m] [G] around tonight _
[B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [D] Give a [A] call if she [G] should have
_ [B] [E] Cuz _ _ _
[G] it's been [D] at least a week
[A] _ _
[D] _ Since last [Bm] time I seen her _ [G] white dress
[D] white shoes and white gardenias
_ [A] _ _ _
[D] Maybe [A] she went [G] back to Baltimore _
[A] Bet _ [Bm] she [F#m] packed her [G] bags the night before
[B] _ [A] Took [E] _ [D]
a [F#m] taxi down to [A] [C#] Lexington 44
[A] _ _ Caught [D] the [F#m] first train [G] to Baltimore
[E] _ _ _ _
[G] Because long [D] ago she left her heart cuz she [A] could [Bm] not stop the bleeding [G] white [D] dress white shoes white gardenia
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ I don't know
[G] _ _
_ Where she goes [D] when she leaves
_ And _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] [Bm] I don't know
_ Where _ she _ [D] stays
Who she sees
_ [A] If _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] you see [F#m] her [G] out [C#] tonight
_ [G#] [A] Yeah, _ _ _
[D] just [F#m] look her [G] in the [B] eye _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ You [B] might [A] not know her now, [D] but you [A] know _
[Bm] _ _ White _ _ dress [D] white _ shoes white gardenia
_ _ _ [Bm] White _ _ dress [A] white [D] shoes and white _
Gardenias
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _