Greeting Card Aisle Chords
by Sarah Harmer
Greeting Card Aisle by Sarah Harmer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, C, Csus2 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Am F C Csus2
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0--|----0--|-----0--|
B|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1-----1--|----1--|-----1--|
G|--------------2-----------|-------0h2----|-------|--------|
D|-------0h2---------0h2----|--3-----------|-------|--0-----| x4
A|--0-----------------------|--------------|--3----|--------|
E|--------------------------|--------------|-------|--------|
I see
verse 1
Am F C Csus2
Twinkling in the window, it’s a sparkle on the snow
Am F C Csus2
Hovering to see if I can see you come and go
Am F C Csus2
I came down the dark road, arms under my coat
Am F C Csus2
And my breath is nearly freezing my eyes
C F C Csus2 Am
Closed
C F C Csus2
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0--|----0--|-----0--|
B|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1-----1--|----1--|-----1--|
G|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|-------0h2----|-------|--------|
D|--------------------------|--3-----------|-------|--0-----|
A|--------------------------|--------------|--3----|--------|
E|--------------------------|--------------|-------|--------|
verse 2
Am F C Csus2
The car that dropped me off, why did it turn around
Am F C Csus2
And watch me walk the long way down
Am F C Csus2
Past the glow of town like a setting sun
Am F C Csus2
Horizons alive with electric light and
C F C Csus2 Am
Hum
F C Am G
Were you standing in the greeting card aisle when you called me up?
F C Am
And held me to the end of the long line
F C Am G
Have you got me in your bleeding heart file next to lady luck?
F C G Am
Well this light of your life has drawn the blind
verse 3
Am F C Csus2
There was something about the handwriting that made me keep every scrap
Am F C Csus2
Something about the way the eyes looked away at the last
Am F C Csus2
I've kept something burning on the sill real low
Am F
But now I don't know
C F C Am G
Were you standing in the greeting card aisle when you called me up?
F C Am
And held me to the end of the long line
F C Am G
Have you got me in your bleeding heart file next to lady luck?
F C G Am
Well this light of your life has drawn the blind
verse 4
Am F C
The wind from the river will swirl like a scream
Am F C
And wrap itself 'round you
Am F C
There may be a friend somewhere down the road
Am F C
But from here you have to walk it out
C F C Csus2 Am
Alone
F C Am G
Cause you were standing in the greeting card aisle when you called me up
F C Am
And held me to the end of your long line
F C Am G
And you've got me in your bleeding heart file next to lady luck
F C F C
And this light of your life will not shine twice
F C G Am
This light has drawn the blind