The Songs That We Sing Chords
The Songs That We Sing by Charlotte Gainsbourg is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Am, D7sus2/F#, F, C, Bb, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am D7sus2/F# 2x
verse
Am
I saw somebody who
Reminded me of you
F
Before you got afraid
C Bb Am
I wish that you could've stayed that way
verse
Am
I saw a little girl
I stopped and smiled at her
F
She screamed and ran away
C Bb Am
It happens to me more and more these days
Chorus
Dm Am
And these songs that you sing
Dm Am
Do they mean anything
Dm F G
To the people you're singing them to
Am
People like you
interlude
Am D7sus2/F# 2x
verse
Am
I saw a photograph
F
A woman in a bath of hundred dollar bills
C Bb Am
If the cold doesn't kill her, money will
verse
Am
I read a magazine
That said by seventeen
F
Your life was at an end
C Bb Am
I'm dead and I'm perfectly content
Chorus
Dm Am
And these songs that you sing
Dm Am
Do they mean anything
Dm F G
To the people you're singing them to
Am
People like you
muted interlude (see comment above)
Chorus
Dm Am
And these songs that you sing
Dm Am
Do they mean anything
Dm F G
To the people you're singing them to
Am
Tonight they do
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Enjoy!