Left Handed Kisses Chords
by Andrew Bird
Left Handed Kisses by Andrew Bird is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, A7, D, G, C, F, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A A A7
I don't believe everything happens for a reason
D D
To us romantics out here, that amounts to high treason
A A A7
I don't go in for your star-crossed lovers
D
In the heart of a skeptic
G
There's a question that still hovers near
Verse
C F
For it begs the question
C F
How did I ever find you
C F
Now you got me writing love songs
C F
With a common refrain like this one here,
C F
baby
C F x2
C Em Am
Am F C
And all your left handed kisses
G Em Am
Were just prelude to another
F C G Em Am
Prelude to your back handed love song,
F C
baby
C F
But it begs a question
C F
How did I ever find you
C F C
Drifting gently through the gyre
F C F C F C
Of the great Sargasso sea, Atlantic Ocean
F C F C
Got me writing love songs
F
With a common refrain like this one here
Solo
Am F C G Em x4
Verse
Am F C
The point your song here misses
G Em Am
Is that if you really loved me
Am F
You'd risk more than a few 50 cent
C G Em Am
Words in your backhanded love song
F
So it begs a question
C G Em Am
How did I ever find you
F C
Drifting gently through the gyre
G Em Am F C G Em Am
Of the great Sargasso sea, Atlantic Ocean
Am F C
The point your song here misses
G Em Am
You got me writing love songs
F C
Is that you really love me
G Em Am
With a common refrain like this one here, here (Baby)
F C G Em Am
Is prelude to another of your backhanded love song
Coda/Outro
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A A A7
Now it's time for a handsome little bookend
D D
Now it's time to tie up all the loose ends
A A A7
Am I still a skeptic or did you make me a believer?
D
If you hesitate, you'll hear the click of the receiver