Magdelina Chords
Magdelina by Shovels And Rope is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em, Am and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
G D
O Magdelina, have a talking to your little son
C G
He was looking at your dirty pictures and wondering was he the only one
C G D
Whose story's a heart attack
G D
Magdelina, do you cry when you're all alone
C G
I wish that I could keep you but that would cheat you
You're better off on your own
C G
Magdelina better leave the rest unsaid
C G
Cause there's someone else waitin' for you in your red light bed
C Em Am C G
Better spend your days making time not making mistakes
D D7
But it's alright you'll see
G D
Miss Magdeline, I left the money on the chifarobe
C G
And your boss downstairs under the broken chairs, with a black eye and a bloody nose
C G D
Well I told him it would be so
G D
Magdeline you was preachin' just a-yesterday
C G
That you was born with a money-maker, sugar, so what need do you have of me
C G D
I just wanna make it right
C G
Magdelina better leave the rest unsaid
C G
Cause there's someone else waitin' for you in your red light bed
C Em Am C G
Better spend your days making time not making mistakes
D D7
But it's alright you'll see
C G
Well that holy water burns your skin and tears you all to bits
C G
It's a shame nobody ever steered you right
C G
Fucked to bits all ass and tits
Em C
Well no one sees you but your baby hears you
D
So don't stop till you get it all
C G
Magdelina better leave the rest unsaid
C G
Cause there's someone else waitin' for you in your red light bed
C Em Am C G
Better spend your days making time not making mistakes
D
But it's alright you'll see
D7 G
It's alright you?ll see