Chords for Prelude Platinum Blonde 2012 (Acoustic).mov
Tempo:
129.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
Em
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[A] [Bm]
[E]
Well, she [Em] wanted to go on stage.
No one [D] could stop her.
She felt like she was in a cage.
[C] Her mind was made up.
[G] Her heart was set on it.
[B] She wouldn't listen.
[Em] So her father worked every night.
Her mother [D] was crying when the train pulled out of sight.
But [C] when the letter arrived, [G] they'd get hard and wait.
[B] Because it read, Mother, [G]
who thinks [D] he can have me?
[Em] Just wanna give me a dog.
[C] [B] As the father.
[Em] So they waited and waited for weeks.
When the [D] word arrived, the tears ran down her cheeks.
[G] But when [C] it finally came, [G] they felt somehow to blame.
[B] Because it read, [G] Mother, I'm [D] going away.
So don't write, it's [Em] not a
[C] predictable show [B] called a platinum.
[Em]
Can't you read between the lines?
[C] Can't you read between the lines?
[D]
[Em] Can't you read between the lines?
[C] Can't you read [B] between the [Em] lines?
[A] [E]
[Bm] [A] [Bm] [Em]
[Bm] [E] So he [Em] packed his bag and got on the train.
Told [D] his wife he was off to see his brother in May.
[C] When he got into town, [G] he looked for the show [B] called platinum blonde.
[Em] Threw the red lights and smoked on stage.
He watched [D] his daughter perform and with shame and rage,
she [C] turned his head away.
He [G] could almost hear her sing.
[B] [G]
Like [D] it right here, this [Em]
might be Shakespeare, [C] but I'm happy to hear,
[B] as a platinum.
[G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#] [E] Can't you read between the lines?
[G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#] [E] Can't you read between [F#] the lines?
[F#m] So he [B] wandered the streets [F#] in the rain.
When the [E]
morning came, [Bm] he got back on the train.
How could she let us down in [Em] this dirty old town?
Will [C#] we see her again?
[F#m] His wife called him up on the phone.
She [E] sounded so happy and he felt so alone.
[D] What's that you say?
You got [A] a letter today.
Is it [C#] red?
Mother, [A]
I [E] miss you so much and I'm home.
I [F#m] always knew [D] [C#] as a platinum blonde.
[F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[E] [D] Can't you read between the lines?
[E] [F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[E] [D] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#m] Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [E] lines?
[F#m] Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [Bm] lines?
[F#m] Can't [Em] [D] you read
[F#m]
[Em] [D] between [Bm] the [F#m]
lines?
[C#] [G]
[A] [Bm]
[E]
Well, she [Em] wanted to go on stage.
No one [D] could stop her.
She felt like she was in a cage.
[C] Her mind was made up.
[G] Her heart was set on it.
[B] She wouldn't listen.
[Em] So her father worked every night.
Her mother [D] was crying when the train pulled out of sight.
But [C] when the letter arrived, [G] they'd get hard and wait.
[B] Because it read, Mother, [G]
who thinks [D] he can have me?
[Em] Just wanna give me a dog.
[C] [B] As the father.
[Em] So they waited and waited for weeks.
When the [D] word arrived, the tears ran down her cheeks.
[G] But when [C] it finally came, [G] they felt somehow to blame.
[B] Because it read, [G] Mother, I'm [D] going away.
So don't write, it's [Em] not a
[C] predictable show [B] called a platinum.
[Em]
Can't you read between the lines?
[C] Can't you read between the lines?
[D]
[Em] Can't you read between the lines?
[C] Can't you read [B] between the [Em] lines?
[A] [E]
[Bm] [A] [Bm] [Em]
[Bm] [E] So he [Em] packed his bag and got on the train.
Told [D] his wife he was off to see his brother in May.
[C] When he got into town, [G] he looked for the show [B] called platinum blonde.
[Em] Threw the red lights and smoked on stage.
He watched [D] his daughter perform and with shame and rage,
she [C] turned his head away.
He [G] could almost hear her sing.
[B] [G]
Like [D] it right here, this [Em]
might be Shakespeare, [C] but I'm happy to hear,
[B] as a platinum.
[G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#] [E] Can't you read between the lines?
[G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#] [E] Can't you read between [F#] the lines?
[F#m] So he [B] wandered the streets [F#] in the rain.
When the [E]
morning came, [Bm] he got back on the train.
How could she let us down in [Em] this dirty old town?
Will [C#] we see her again?
[F#m] His wife called him up on the phone.
She [E] sounded so happy and he felt so alone.
[D] What's that you say?
You got [A] a letter today.
Is it [C#] red?
Mother, [A]
I [E] miss you so much and I'm home.
I [F#m] always knew [D] [C#] as a platinum blonde.
[F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[E] [D] Can't you read between the lines?
[E] [F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[E] [D] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#m] Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [E] lines?
[F#m] Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [Bm] lines?
[F#m] Can't [Em] [D] you read
[F#m]
[Em] [D] between [Bm] the [F#m]
lines?
[C#] [G]
Key:
D
E
Em
C
G
D
E
Em
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, she [Em] wanted to go on stage.
No one [D] could stop her.
She felt like she was in a cage.
[C] Her mind was made up.
[G] Her heart was set on it.
[B] She wouldn't listen.
[Em] So her father worked every night.
Her mother [D] was crying when the train pulled out of sight.
But [C] when the letter arrived, [G] they'd get hard and wait.
[B] Because it read, Mother, [G] _ _ _ _ _
who thinks [D] he can have me? _ _
_ _ [Em] Just wanna give me a dog. _
[C] _ _ [B] As the father.
_ [Em] So they waited and waited for weeks.
When the [D] word arrived, the tears ran down her cheeks.
[G] But when [C] it finally came, [G] they felt somehow to blame.
[B] Because it read, _ [G] Mother, _ _ _ _ _ I'm [D] going away.
_ So don't write, it's [Em] not a _ _ _ _
[C] predictable show [B] called a platinum.
_ [Em] _
Can't you read between the lines? _ _ _
[C] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [D] _
[Em] Can't you read between the lines? _ _
[C] Can't you read [B] between the _ _ [Em] lines?
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ So he [Em] packed his bag and got on the train.
Told [D] his wife he was off to see his brother in May.
[C] When he got into town, [G] he looked for the show [B] called platinum blonde.
[Em] Threw the red lights and smoked on stage.
He watched [D] his daughter perform and with shame and rage,
she [C] turned his head away.
He [G] could almost hear her sing.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Like [D] it right here, this _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
might be Shakespeare, [C] but I'm happy to hear,
[B] as a platinum.
_ [G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#] _ [E] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [F#] [E] Can't you read between [F#] the lines?
_ [F#m] _ _ So he [B] wandered the streets [F#] in the rain.
_ When the [E]
morning came, [Bm] he got back on the train.
How could she let us down in [Em] this dirty old town?
Will [C#] we see her again?
[F#m] His wife called him up on the phone.
She [E] sounded so happy and he felt so alone.
[D] What's that you say?
You got [A] a letter today.
Is it [C#] red?
_ Mother, [A] _
_ _ _ _ I [E] miss you so much and I'm _ _ home.
I [F#m] always knew _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] as a platinum blonde.
[F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
_ [E] _ [D] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
_ [E] _ [D] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [F#m] _ Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [E] lines?
[F#m] _ Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [Bm] lines?
[F#m] _ _ _ Can't _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ you read _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] [D] between _ _ _ _ [Bm] the _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
lines?
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, she [Em] wanted to go on stage.
No one [D] could stop her.
She felt like she was in a cage.
[C] Her mind was made up.
[G] Her heart was set on it.
[B] She wouldn't listen.
[Em] So her father worked every night.
Her mother [D] was crying when the train pulled out of sight.
But [C] when the letter arrived, [G] they'd get hard and wait.
[B] Because it read, Mother, [G] _ _ _ _ _
who thinks [D] he can have me? _ _
_ _ [Em] Just wanna give me a dog. _
[C] _ _ [B] As the father.
_ [Em] So they waited and waited for weeks.
When the [D] word arrived, the tears ran down her cheeks.
[G] But when [C] it finally came, [G] they felt somehow to blame.
[B] Because it read, _ [G] Mother, _ _ _ _ _ I'm [D] going away.
_ So don't write, it's [Em] not a _ _ _ _
[C] predictable show [B] called a platinum.
_ [Em] _
Can't you read between the lines? _ _ _
[C] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [D] _
[Em] Can't you read between the lines? _ _
[C] Can't you read [B] between the _ _ [Em] lines?
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ So he [Em] packed his bag and got on the train.
Told [D] his wife he was off to see his brother in May.
[C] When he got into town, [G] he looked for the show [B] called platinum blonde.
[Em] Threw the red lights and smoked on stage.
He watched [D] his daughter perform and with shame and rage,
she [C] turned his head away.
He [G] could almost hear her sing.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Like [D] it right here, this _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
might be Shakespeare, [C] but I'm happy to hear,
[B] as a platinum.
_ [G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
[F#] _ [E] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [G#m] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [F#] [E] Can't you read between [F#] the lines?
_ [F#m] _ _ So he [B] wandered the streets [F#] in the rain.
_ When the [E]
morning came, [Bm] he got back on the train.
How could she let us down in [Em] this dirty old town?
Will [C#] we see her again?
[F#m] His wife called him up on the phone.
She [E] sounded so happy and he felt so alone.
[D] What's that you say?
You got [A] a letter today.
Is it [C#] red?
_ Mother, [A] _
_ _ _ _ I [E] miss you so much and I'm _ _ home.
I [F#m] always knew _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] as a platinum blonde.
[F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
_ [E] _ [D] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] Can't you read between the lines?
_ [E] _ [D] Can't you read between the lines?
_ _ [F#m] _ Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [E] lines?
[F#m] _ Can't you read between the [E] lines?
[D] Can't you read between, between the [Bm] lines?
[F#m] _ _ _ Can't _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ you read _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] [D] between _ _ _ _ [Bm] the _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
lines?
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _