MY MOTHER WAS A CHINESE TRAPEZE ARTIST -- THE DECEMBERISTS, "5 Songs"(2001)
Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015
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INTRO
Am Am/E | Am Am/E
Am Am/E | Am Am/E
Am Am/E | Am Am/E
Am Am/E | Am Am/E
VERSE
Am C D G
My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist
Em D Am
In pre-war Paris
Am Dm B7/D# Em9
Smuggling bombs for the underground.
Am D
And she met my father
B7 CM7
At a fete in Aix-en-Provence.
C D7
He was disguised as a Russian cadet
Em9
In the employ of the Axis.
BRIDGE
C
And there in the half-light
Of the provincial midnight
G
To a lone concertina
They drank in cantinas
C
And toasted to Edith Piaf
D Em
And the fall of the Reich.
INSTRUMENTAL
Em9 | C D | Am
VERSE
Am C D G
My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy
Em D Am
And left for the cattle
Am D B7/D# Em9
But later was found by a communist
VERSE
Am D
Who'd deserted his ranks
B7 CM7
To follow his dream
C D Em
To start up a punk rock band in South Carolina.
C
I get letters sometimes.
They bought a plantation
G
She weeds the tobacco
He offends the nation
C D
And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear."
Em9 C D
"Sincerely, your sister."
Am
VERSE
Am
So my parents had me
C D G
To the disgust of the prostitutes
Em D Am
On a bed in a brothel.
Am D B7/D# Em9
Surprisingly raised with tender care
Am D
'Til the money got tight
B7 CM7
And they bet me away
C D
To a blind brigadier in a game
Em
Of high stakes canasta.
C
But he made me a sailor
On his brigadier ship fleet.
G
I know every yardarm
From main mast to jib sheet.
C D
But sometimes I long to be landlocked
CM7
And to work in a bakery.
OUTRO
CM7 Em | C | Em
C D | Am
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-ClassicalfreaK
