Chords for Shawn Colvin - interview & live music - 2001 - Roots 'n Roll

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Get Out of This [Em] House was the first single.
[G] And it [E] did [D] kind of what all my other [Em] singles had done, maybe a little better because of
the climate of the [G] times and what was going on [D] with [Am] all the gals, _ [Em] _
and Lilith Fair and everything.
It might have done a little better, but it didn't really do anything.
And [Bm] then they [A] released [G] Sonny Came Home.
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_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ So we [Dbm] go out and do these _ [D] Lilith Fair shows.
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And we [Db] had this [A] inclination that Sonny Came Home was [G] doing well because the [A] charts said so.
So we would close [E] our show with Sonny Came Home.
And I mean, I've never been through [A] anything like that before.
People cheered [G] when you played the first few notes of the song.
[D] They sang during the chorus.
They waved their arms.
You know, [A] you would [Em] start doing the outro at [G] the end, and there'd be like this new surge of applause.
We [Bm] were dying [A] _ [D] _ [Dbm] _ [A] _
[Gbm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] following [A] up that record.
And then after a [D] few small repairs, [A] it wasn't easy.
And [Bm] the outcome, [A] to a certain extent, and [D] this record's only been out a [Gbm] few months,
a whole new, but [G] commercially you'd have to [D] say it's [Bm] failing compared to that one.
And the judgments are made quickly.
For whatever reason that the machine doesn't kick into [Bb] gear, _ _ I've heard it all before.
And there's only so much you can do. _
And I still have the loyal following.
And I still have, [G] _
you [D] _ _ know, I have what a person needs in order to be able to create
and feel good [Gb] about it.
I can't meet you [G] halfway, and I can't have it [D] my way.
I [Gb] won't give up [G] without a fight.
[D] But I could back myself [A] up in a matter of minutes [D] and leave you [A] all far [G]
behind.
[C] _ All my [G] old world and all the things in [Am] it are hard [F] to [Gm] find.
It's hard to be prolific [Bb] when there's self-doubt and pressure.
[Gm] I mean, [Bb] great thing about a few small repairs, [Eb] I just didn't, there's nothing to lose.
[Bb] I was gonna, you know, I had an audience.
It was there.
[Eb] There was nothing to prove.
I [Bb] made a certain kind of music.
I sold a certain amount of records.
I appealed to a certain type of person.
And it was fine.
It was fine.
And it still is.
_ But it was fun.
It was fun having that other thing.
And it [Eb] pays.
Having a song on the radio, _ [Bb] having money come in from that [Eb] experience is just a wee bit
easier than going out on the road however [Gb] many days a year.
[B] The forests in Germany [Gb] and [Ebm] kids in the Toulouse, [A] broken down fortresses in [Db] old Italy.
[Gb] And claiming his [B] victory, shrouded in mystery, [Abm] he went running away with me.
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I've run headlong into the disgruntled phase [Gb] of my career.
[Eb] _ I've played a certain game.
It was a game I wanted to play.
It was a game I dreamed of playing.
And I'm tired of it. _
_ _ _ _ And I really _ understand why people _ want to put out their own records and be [Bb] more independent.
I totally understand.
It's kind of the only way to go to a certain extent.
[Am] But that's why I don't want to talk about it too much because I'm still under contract.
You know, it's a small problem.
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] It's a big sacrifice to _ [Bb] subjugate yourself to the machine.
It can be a big [Eb] payoff.
_ But [Bbm] unless [Eb] you're really lucky, it's kind of a kid's game.
That's what I think.
And [Bbm] you're encouraged to be a kid.
And you're encouraged to stay a kid.
And you're [Eb] encouraged to not know a lot.
And you're encouraged [Bbm] to take _ _ _ bullshit answers.
And you're encouraged to _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ live under the domain of these authority figures in suits.
I'm tired of it.
I'm tired of that running my life.
Musically, _ _ [G] I have a lot of ideas [Ab] of what I'd like to do musically. _
But as far as [Eb] continuing to want to play the [Abm] Sonny Cain home game and the Get On The Radio
game, [G] I'm not interested.
[Abm] And _ _ that's [E] a relief.
I [Abm] believe I [G] have boarded [B] up the [E] zoo.
_ I [Abm] believe [G] I have dropped [E] the other shoes.
_ And there's [B] nothing _ _ [E] like you.
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