The Dishwasher Chords
The Dishwasher by Ezra Furman And The Harpoons is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Standard
C G D Am Em
e|---0------3------2------0------0---|
B|---1------3------3------1------0---|
G|---0------0------2------2------0---|
D|---2------0------0------2------2---|
A|---3------2------0------0------2---|
E|----------3--------------------0---|
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Intro:
G C G G
e|---3--3--0-----3-----|--------------------|
B|---3--3--1-----3-----|--------------------|
G|---0--0--0--0--0-----|--------------------|
D|---0--0--2--0--0-----|--0--0--------------|
A|------------2--------|--2--2-2-2h3p2------|
E|------------3--------|--3--3----------3---|
REPEAT then:
DRUMS ENTER:
C C C G x2
C C C Am D
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C G
So what if I burn my hands
C G
when I unloaded
C
hot dishes from the
G D
dishwashing machine
C G
It's just my job sir
C G
I do what I'm paid for
C G
You won't catch me walking
D
home from work crying
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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C G
So what if this apron has
C G
many stains of red?
C G
and red is the same color
D
that runs in my veins
C G
I'm just a number
C G
swimming in water
C G
I'm just another
D
dirty dish in the machine
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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Am C
Every dish I wash
G D
I wash for someone else
Am C
I ain't an old woman
G D
on the beach collecting shells
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Am Em x2
G C G G x2 (Played like the intro)
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C G
So what if I could have made
C G
millions in the stock market?
C G
I never much understood
D
numbers anyway
C G
I wash the dishes
C G
someone must do that
C G
people don't want
D
to eat their food off dirty plates
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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C G
And so what if people are
C G
walking right by me and
C G
seeing right through me?
D
I do the same to them
C G
And who cares that the planet
C G
is turning on cruelty?
C G
a cold metal axis that
D
cuts off my head
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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Am C
Maybe some day all the people
G D
in the world so big and wide
Am C
will turn just like a record
G D
over to their other side
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Am Em x2
G C G G x2 (Played like the intro)
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