Corinne Bailey Rae-Put Your Records On - BPM - 105
[Intro - No drums, no bass - just guitar] [G][A7][C/D][G]
[Verse 1] [G] Three little birds, [A7] sat on my window [C/D] And they told me I don't need to wor [G] ry [G] Summer came like cinna [A7] mon, so sweet [C/D] Little girls double-dutch on the con [G] crete
[Em7] Maybe some [B7/D#] times, we've [Em7] got it wrong, but it's alright [A9] The [Cmaj7] more things seem to change, the more [Cmmaj7] (drums stop) they stay the same Oh, don't you hesitate
[Chorus] [G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song (don't sing 'you' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] You* go ahead, let your hair [G] down [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, (don't sing 'just' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7-x31003] somewhere, some (drums stop) [G] how
[Vamp] [G]
[Verse 2 * is the downbeat] (Drums back in) [G] Blue as the sky, [A7] sunburnt and lonely, [C/D] Sipping tea in a bar by the roads [G] ide, (just relax, just [G] relax) Don't you *let those other boys[A7] fool you, [C/D] Got to love that afro hair [G] do
[Em7] Maybe [B7/D#] sometimes, we feel [Em7] afraid, but it's alright [A9] The [Cmaj7] (drums stop) more you stay the same, the more they [Cmmaj7] seem to change (drums back in) Don't you think it's strange?
[Chorus] [G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song (don't sing 'you' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] You* go ahead, let your hair [G] down [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, (don't sing 'just' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7-x31003] somewhere, (drums stop) some how
[Bridge] (Drums back) [Am7] 'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake [Em] Some nights kept me awake, [N.C.] I thought that I was stronger (chords now half time for this bit) [Am7]When you gonna [Am7]realise, (NOW DOWN ONE OCTAVE - REMEMBER TO PROJECT) [Am7] that you don't even[G/B] have to [Cmaj7]try any [Am7] longer? [Cmaj7] Do what you [Cmaj7]want to
[Chorus] (Drums stop) [G] Girl, put your records on, (drums back in) [A7/E] tell me your favourite song (don't sing 'you' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] You go ahead, let your hair [G] down (oh, let your hair down!) [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams (hope you get your dreams) (don't sing 'just' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down (sister, let your hair down!)
[G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song (don't sing 'you' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] You go ahead, let your hair [G] down [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, (don't sing 'you' high note - too high - rest is ok) [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down
[End - drums stop] [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7] somewhere, some [G] how
[Intro - No Drums - Original key down half step] [Em-x79987 x x x-10-x-x-x-x][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
[Verse 1 - Light Drums in - Sustain sung bit over spoken bit as much as poss]
It starts with [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep [C] that in mind I designed this rhyme To ex [D] plain in due time All I
[Em] know Time is a valuable thing Watch [D] it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch [C] it count down to the end of the day The clock [D] ticks life away It's so un
[Em] real Didn't look out below Watch [D] the time go right out the window Try [C] ing to hold on but didn't even know Was [D] ted it all just to Watch you
[Em] go I kept everything inside And even [D] though I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus - First note over Em is actually F#] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 2] [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try [C] Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme To re [D] mind myself how I tried so
[Em] hard In spite of the way you were mocking me [D] Acting like I was part of your property [C] Remembering all the times you've fought with me [D] I'm surprised it got so [Em] Things+(far)
[Em] aren't the way they were before [D] You wouldn't even recognize me anymore [C] Not that you knew me back then But it [D] all comes back to me (In the
[Em] end) You kept everything inside And even though [D] I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 3] I put my [Em] trust in you [D] Pushed as far [C] as I can go [D] And for all this [Em] There's only one [D] thing you should know o [C] ooo ow ow [D] ow
I put my [Em] trust in you [G] Pushed as far [D] as I can go [C] for all this [Em] There's only one [G] thing you should know o [D] ooo ow ow [C] ow
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[End - No Drums] [Em-x79987 x x x10xxxx][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
