Two Cherished Understandings Chords
by Avi Buffalo
Two Cherished Understandings by Avi Buffalo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords G, D, C/A, C and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Off their sophomore album "At Best Cuckold"
Get out the ol' falsetto for this one
I wrote out the lyrics myself
I'm pretty sure of all of it except for the penultimate line.
"I bleed feta" sounds close ... if anyone knows the real line, post a correction comment.
Chords (relative to capo):
|-3-----2-------0------0-------x-|
|-0-----3-------1------1-------1-|
|-0-----2-------0------0-------2-|
|-0-----0-------2------2-------3-|
|-2-----x-------0------3-------3-|
|-3-----x-------x------x-------x-|
G D C/A C Fmaj7
Cool little D flourish leading into C/A (use pinky for this):
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2-4-2-0-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
G D
I know why you stalk the night
C/A
Come under the overpass
G D
Seeing all you want to see
C/A
It’s in a space so far away
G D
Years ago I told you why
C/A
Makin' love ain’t nothing wrong with that
G D
Told you that I believed in you
C/A C
Won’t you come on through one more time
C D G
I know I loved you
C
I know I see the rain
G D C
There ain’t no understanding, baby
G D C
Understanding, baby
C
La la la
G D
Told you that I’d talk to her
C/A
Thought we understood each other well
G D
I was wrong as usual
C/A G
Wonder when they’ll break the spell
Fmaj7 C G
Yeah yeah
Fmaj7 C G
I bleed feta (??)
Fmaj7 C G
the lightning strikes.
Enjoy.