Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin
From the album "Flaming Red"
Chords transcribed by Katie Bondy
(kbondy@umich.edu)
standard tuning (capo I)
verses:
(G) If you had the real (D) thing how
would you (A) tell
Liars can (G) say it all just as well
Every (D)single word (A) you're heard
in (G)vain
Baubles of (D) gold stars in your
(A)hair
Reflections that (G) told you that
they were not there
And the (D) diamonds on your (A) checks
have turned to (G) flames
And up in the (A)air they would (D)
write your name there
But (G) love would (A) fall to (bm)
pieces in the rain
Who would know (A) better than you
A hundred love (G)letters and none
of them true
Chris... (D)tina...(A)....ohhh(G)
Chris... (D)tina...(A)....ohhh(G)
It's a wonderous (D)world of ridiculous
(A) things
With nothing so (G)rare as the love
that it brings
In the (D) silence of a (A) smile
that under(G)stands
A piece of the (D) action, pieces
of (A) gold
Everyone's (G) paid well and does
what they're told
For the (D)simple daughter (A) of
a simple (G) man
And up in the (A)air they would (D)
write your name there
But (G) love would (A) fall to (bm)
pieces in the rain
Who would know (A) better than you
A hundred love (G)letters and none
of them true
Chris... (D)tina...(A)....ohhh(G)
Chris... (D)tina...(A)....ohhh(G)
Chris... (D)tina...(A)....ohhh(G)
Chris... (D)tina...(A)....(E)
{end on G}
From Patty Griffin "Flaming Red"
A & M Records 1998
©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome
Dog Music (ASCAP)