Alicia Ross Chords
Alicia Ross by Kathleen Edwards is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Cadd9, F, Csus4, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Cadd9-C F (3x) C Cadd9-C
F
Oh, I am a girl, the forgettable face
C F
And no matter my colour, no matter my name
C F Csus4-F
At work there is a boy and he treats me well
C F C F
My old friends from high school, I see them around
C F
Well, August is here, I can't believe how fast
C F
Soon there will be winter and snow on the ground
Am F
Maybe by then I could get my own place
C F
Closer to the city, if that's okay
G Am
But Mama, can you hear me?
F C
As I dragged on my day's last cigarette
G Am
He pulled me so hard
F C
Off my very own back door steps
G Am
And he laid me in his garden
F C
All the years I've watched him tend
G Am
And he took me, Mama
F C
So I could never tell you about it
INTERLUDE: Am G F C
F
And inside of this moment there are things I wish I could know
C F
Like your ring size and my ring size and the hour I was born
Am F
And my dad's middle name and your favourite song
C F
Was your darkest day as dark as this one?
G Am
Mama, can you hear me?
F C
As I dragged on my day's last cigarette
G Am
He pulled me so hard
F C
Off my very own back door steps
G Am
And he laid me in his garden
F C
All the years I've watched him tend
G Am
And then he took me, Mama
F C
So I could never tell you about it
F C
Now I'm a girl who's face they'll never forget
INTERLUDE:
Am G F
Oh ooh oh ohhh
Am G F
Oh ooh oh ohhh
Am G F
Oh ooh oh ohhh
OUTRO: C Cadd9-C F (3x) C