Gretchen Peters – Idlewild chords
Chords:
Artist: Gretchen Peters Song: Idlewild Tabbed by: DJ 19th Nov 2012 Tuning:Standard CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in key of Cm) A childhood perspective on a family breaking up, with a backdrop of the turbulent events of the early 1960's ****************************************************************************e|----------0---|---3--------|B|--------------|------------|G|----2---------|------------|D|--------------|------------|A|----0---------|------------|E|--------------|------------|Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| (Twice)Am Am/G Fmaj7 They're in the front seat, he's got the radio low,Am Am/G Fmaj7And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch down,Am Am/G Fmaj7He is talking, she's not listening,Am Am/G Fmaj7She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young!Am Am/G Fmaj7 | / / / / | / / / / |Am Am/G Fmaj7 I'm in the back seat, they think I'm sleeping,Am Am/G Fmaj7But I am listening for the cracks between their voices, in the dark,Am Am/G Fmaj7We are a family, we are a shipwreck,Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7And we are picking up my Grandma, who is getting... very old!Dm (F) Am And they think she's dying, but I think she's laughing,(Am/G) Dm (F) G I think she's riding 'Halley's Comet', from Fort Lauderdale to here,(G/B) Dm (F) Am (Am/G) But when I see her, I'll keep her secret,Dm (F) G Gsus4 GWe all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves!Am Am/G Fmaj7 | / / / / | / / / / |Am Am/G Fmaj7 They built this airport, but in a few years...Am Am/G Fmaj7...They'll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today,Am Am/G Fmaj7And he will leave her, and she will suffer,Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7And they will never really know each other... at---- all!Dm (F) Am They think we're driving, but I know we're drifting,(Am/G) Dm (F) G They think we're off on some ad - venture, where the hero saves the day,(G/B) Dm (F) Am We think we're special, we think we're golden,(Am/G) Dm (F) G Gsus4 GWe think we're walking on the moon, but we are dancing in the dark!Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / |Am Am/G Fmaj7 We shoot our rockets, we shoot our presidents,Am Am/G Fmaj7We shoot the commies, and the n*****s, and the Viet Cong,Am Am/G Fmaj7Everything changes, everything stays the same,Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down!Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 ||: OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / :|| (Repeat)(Suggestion for coda)Am Am/G Fmaj7 G6 Amsus2| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||^ ^ ^ *************************************************************************** Chords in brackets could be missed out, I don't think Gretchen plays them, but there's the suggestion of them by the bass part on the record. Am = x02210 Am/G = 302210 Fmaj7 = 103210 Dm = xx0231 (F) = 133211 G = 320003 Gsus4 = 320013 (G/B) = x20003 (Am/C) = x32210G6 = 320000Amsus2 = x02200