Small Talk Chords
Small Talk by Julia Jacklin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords E, E4, A2 and A9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
E E4 A2 A9 (x4)
Verse
E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
Zach Braff, you look just like my dad
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
Back when I thought I had the best one
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
Oh what a life it could have been
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
Me in the cradle, you on the screen
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
But you're too young to be a father to me
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
You're too young to be a father to me
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9
Verse
E E4 A2 A9 E
Hey, Catherine Deneuve you look just
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
like my mother used to when she loved me
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
Oh, when she loved me!
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
Oh what a life, just you and I
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
Learning to walk as you read your lines
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
But you're too old to be a mother to me
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
You're too old to be a mother to me
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
Surely you're not saying TV lied
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
I truly believe that they would love me back in real life
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9
Verse
E E4 A2 A9 E
Hey kid at the bar you
E4 A2 A9 E
know who you are I've been
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
staring down as I play this out of tune guitar and,
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
Oh just think, what we could be
E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
I swear I'll dress cooler if you just go home with me
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
But you're too young to be a lover to me
(I'm getting old but I forget sometimes, you see)
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
You're too young to be a lover to me
(Surely you're not saying TV lies)
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
You're too young to be a lover to me
(I truly believe that I will have it on my life)
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
You're too young to be a lover to me
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2
Outro
A9 E E4 A2
So don't you waste my time
A9 E E4 A2
Don't you waste my time
A9 E E4 A2 A9 E E4 A2 A9 E
On small talk and cheap wine