Chords for Paula Cole - Bethlehem (Bing Lounge)
Tempo:
88.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] [Em] [G]
[D] [G] [D] [G]
[D] [Em] [G] [F]
[G] [D] [Gm] Pulling on the apron strings looking up
[C] Standing on the chair to be grown up.
[Em] I feel so little [Bm] I need my pillow
[D] I hate time, I hate the [Gm] clock.
I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock.
Sunday's pancakes, Miss Mary Mac
[C] Color Polaroid show my heart attack
[G] My secondhand pants and dusty shoes
[Gm] [C] The day that the playground left my shoes
It's [E] my [Em] birthday next week
What I want, please is [D] to turn on [Gm] the heat so the fish won't [D] freeze
The fish in the tank
Frozen [Gm] tide last [D] week.
Oh, I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf
[G] Go be [Em] my nurse, [D] [G] fisherman in my town of Bethlehem
Picket fences, [Em] [G] church at ten, no star above my Bethlehem
Now I'm only sixteen and I think I have an ulcer
[Eb] [C] I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
[Em] I've lost five [G] pounds these past few days
[D] [Gm] Trying to be class president and get straight A's
[D] Well, who gives a shit about [G] that anyway?
[C] I just want to be [Dm] a dog or a lump of clay
[G] Go be my [Em] nurse, [D] fisherman [G] in my [D] town of [G] Bethlehem
[D]
Picket [G] fences, church at ten, no star above my [D] [Gm] [D] Bethlehem
I'm [Em] tired of standing [D] [C] still
[D] [Em] Tired of [G] living,
[Am] [G] [C] daydream [G] of leaving
Everybody's [D]
talking about [G] Becky's [E] bust
Boys [C] on the basketball team just [Em] the same ten girls
Who don't [G] know who they are
[D] We're looking for some comfort in the [G] back of a [D] car
The [Gm] six packs of beer, [D] the [G] locker room cheers
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be [D] here
[G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] [Em] [G]
[D] [Gm] [D]
[Em] [G]
[D] Great schoolhouse, [G] red and dirt [Em] roads
[G] Down for dills, no star above my Bethlehem
[C] I don't want to be a dog or I want to be a [D] rock
I [C] don't want to be me, [D] I don't want to be here
In [G] Bethlehem
[D] [G] [D] [G]
[D] [Em] [G] [F]
[G] [D] [Gm] Pulling on the apron strings looking up
[C] Standing on the chair to be grown up.
[Em] I feel so little [Bm] I need my pillow
[D] I hate time, I hate the [Gm] clock.
I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock.
Sunday's pancakes, Miss Mary Mac
[C] Color Polaroid show my heart attack
[G] My secondhand pants and dusty shoes
[Gm] [C] The day that the playground left my shoes
It's [E] my [Em] birthday next week
What I want, please is [D] to turn on [Gm] the heat so the fish won't [D] freeze
The fish in the tank
Frozen [Gm] tide last [D] week.
Oh, I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf
[G] Go be [Em] my nurse, [D] [G] fisherman in my town of Bethlehem
Picket fences, [Em] [G] church at ten, no star above my Bethlehem
Now I'm only sixteen and I think I have an ulcer
[Eb] [C] I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
[Em] I've lost five [G] pounds these past few days
[D] [Gm] Trying to be class president and get straight A's
[D] Well, who gives a shit about [G] that anyway?
[C] I just want to be [Dm] a dog or a lump of clay
[G] Go be my [Em] nurse, [D] fisherman [G] in my [D] town of [G] Bethlehem
[D]
Picket [G] fences, church at ten, no star above my [D] [Gm] [D] Bethlehem
I'm [Em] tired of standing [D] [C] still
[D] [Em] Tired of [G] living,
[Am] [G] [C] daydream [G] of leaving
Everybody's [D]
talking about [G] Becky's [E] bust
Boys [C] on the basketball team just [Em] the same ten girls
Who don't [G] know who they are
[D] We're looking for some comfort in the [G] back of a [D] car
The [Gm] six packs of beer, [D] the [G] locker room cheers
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be [D] here
[G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] [Em] [G]
[D] [Gm] [D]
[Em] [G]
[D] Great schoolhouse, [G] red and dirt [Em] roads
[G] Down for dills, no star above my Bethlehem
[C] I don't want to be a dog or I want to be a [D] rock
I [C] don't want to be me, [D] I don't want to be here
In [G] Bethlehem
Key:
G
D
Em
C
Gm
G
D
Em
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] Pulling on the apron strings looking up
_ _ [C] Standing on the chair to be grown up.
_ _ [Em] I feel so little [Bm] I need my pillow
[D] I hate time, I hate the [Gm] clock.
I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock.
Sunday's pancakes, Miss Mary Mac
_ _ _ [C] Color Polaroid show my heart attack
_ _ [G] My secondhand pants and dusty shoes
_ [Gm] _ [C] The day that the playground left my shoes
_ It's [E] my [Em] birthday next week
What I want, please is [D] to turn on [Gm] the heat so the fish won't [D] freeze
The fish in the tank
Frozen [Gm] tide last [D] week.
Oh, I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf
_ _ [G] Go be [Em] my nurse, _ [D] [G] fisherman in my town of Bethlehem
_ _ Picket fences, [Em] _ [G] church at ten, no star above my Bethlehem
Now I'm only sixteen and I think I have an ulcer
_ [Eb] [C] I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
_ _ [Em] I've lost five [G] pounds these past few days
[D] [Gm] Trying to be class president and get straight A's
[D] Well, who gives a shit about [G] that anyway?
[C] I just want to be [Dm] a dog or a lump of clay
[G] _ Go be my [Em] nurse, [D] fisherman [G] _ in my [D] town of [G] Bethlehem
_ _ [D]
Picket [G] fences, church at ten, no star above my [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [D] Bethlehem _
_ I'm [Em] tired of standing _ [D] [C] still
[D] _ _ [Em] Tired of [G] living, _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] daydream [G] of leaving
_ _ Everybody's _ _ [D] _
_ _ talking about [G] Becky's [E] bust
Boys _ [C] on the basketball team just [Em] the same ten girls
Who don't [G] know who they are
[D] We're looking for some comfort in the [G] back of a [D] car
The [Gm] six packs of beer, [D] the [G] locker room cheers
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be [D] here
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Great schoolhouse, _ _ [G] _ red and dirt [Em] roads
[G] Down for dills, no star above my Bethlehem
[C] I don't want to be a dog or I want to be a [D] rock
_ I [C] don't want to be me, [D] I don't want to be here
In _ _ [G] Bethlehem _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] Pulling on the apron strings looking up
_ _ [C] Standing on the chair to be grown up.
_ _ [Em] I feel so little [Bm] I need my pillow
[D] I hate time, I hate the [Gm] clock.
I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock.
Sunday's pancakes, Miss Mary Mac
_ _ _ [C] Color Polaroid show my heart attack
_ _ [G] My secondhand pants and dusty shoes
_ [Gm] _ [C] The day that the playground left my shoes
_ It's [E] my [Em] birthday next week
What I want, please is [D] to turn on [Gm] the heat so the fish won't [D] freeze
The fish in the tank
Frozen [Gm] tide last [D] week.
Oh, I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf
_ _ [G] Go be [Em] my nurse, _ [D] [G] fisherman in my town of Bethlehem
_ _ Picket fences, [Em] _ [G] church at ten, no star above my Bethlehem
Now I'm only sixteen and I think I have an ulcer
_ [Eb] [C] I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
_ _ [Em] I've lost five [G] pounds these past few days
[D] [Gm] Trying to be class president and get straight A's
[D] Well, who gives a shit about [G] that anyway?
[C] I just want to be [Dm] a dog or a lump of clay
[G] _ Go be my [Em] nurse, [D] fisherman [G] _ in my [D] town of [G] Bethlehem
_ _ [D]
Picket [G] fences, church at ten, no star above my [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [D] Bethlehem _
_ I'm [Em] tired of standing _ [D] [C] still
[D] _ _ [Em] Tired of [G] living, _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] daydream [G] of leaving
_ _ Everybody's _ _ [D] _
_ _ talking about [G] Becky's [E] bust
Boys _ [C] on the basketball team just [Em] the same ten girls
Who don't [G] know who they are
[D] We're looking for some comfort in the [G] back of a [D] car
The [Gm] six packs of beer, [D] the [G] locker room cheers
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be [D] here
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Great schoolhouse, _ _ [G] _ red and dirt [Em] roads
[G] Down for dills, no star above my Bethlehem
[C] I don't want to be a dog or I want to be a [D] rock
_ I [C] don't want to be me, [D] I don't want to be here
In _ _ [G] Bethlehem _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _