Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – Gardenia chords

transcribed by Ben Whitlock (whitty_bdbATyahoo.com)

E5

Emaj7                    D#m       AI kinda like the way you dot your "J"s
     C#m   G#m    C#m      G#mWith giant circles    of naïveté
    C#m     G#m     E       A    BThe kind of circles include everything
Emaj7                           D#m      ADon't mean to damn you with the faintest praise
     C#m    G#m    C#m        G#mIt's just a symptom    of the blithe age
C#m    G#m       E        A   BWalter Lippmann, he would be amazed.
G#m                     F#mSo you've got some curb appeal
G#m                             F#mBut can you cook a three course meal?
G#m                       F#m                         BOr are you just a present waiting to be opened up and parceled out again? Hey!

Interlude B riff:e|-4-2-0-4-2-0-etc.----|B|---------------------|

A   G#m   F#m   EYou are a gardenia, pressed
A      G#m      F#m     Bin the campaign journal in the 
A        G#m   F#m Erucksack of an Afrikaner 
A    G#m      F#m    Bcandidate for mild reform.

Emaj7                      D#m    AIt's like we're at a Ponzi scam-inar
        C#m     G#m  C#m           G#mThere's no escaping      without a door prize
C#m         G#m   E      A       B         They're operating at significant loss.
Emaj7                    D#m        AAnd now the way that you watch your weight,
C#m     G#m      C#m          G#m      C#mRichard Avedon,       Richard Avedon would,
        G#m    E         A    BRichard Avedon would surely approve.
G#m                     F#mSo much for your curb appeal.
G#m                          F#mSo much for the three course meals.
G#m                       F#m                         B'Cause I am not a present waiting to be opened up and parceled out again. Hey!

<B riff>

A   G#m     F#m     EThe torture of the Van Wyk 
A     G#m     F#m  BExpressway at 5  p.m. on 
A      G#m       F#m    E Friday gives you some idea of 
A     G#m     F#m      B how rejection makes me feel.
A        G#m   F#m    E     A  G#m  F#m  BWell you are a gardenia,
A   G#m   F#m   E     A  G#m  F#m  B       EYou are a gardenia.