Crystal Vases Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays395

Crystal Vases by The Last Royals is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Cm, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro/Chorus: 

G 
If I die a lonely death, 

C                    Cm 
I'm sure its from the cigarettes 

  G      
I smoked each day after you left me, 

C 
standing all alone. 

G 
Alone in my Park Avenue 

C                      Cm 
apartment that smelled fresh and new 

G                                  C 
The extra set of keys from you are going to the maid. 


Do the same thing for the next part! 

The maid has been my only friend, 
She's always there to apprehend. 
The dust and grim that settles in around the crystal vase. 

The crystal vase, a wedding gift, 
that through the years has made the shift. 
What once held flowers now holds ash, 
from my two packs a day. 

Verse 1: 

            Am 
Ooo baby she walks with a thorn on her side 

         Dm 
Them big sunglasses on her eyes 

      Am                             Dm 
All the uptown girls say, "Hi, old woman" 


Do the same thing for the next part! 


"I can't take another day of this", she says. 
"All I wanted was a drink and a kiss, 
But I guess I'll just have to call on my bank 'cause its Swiss." 

Pre-Chorus 


   G 
She never knew no better than to follow her nose 

    C 
So I ask for your forgiveness 'cause I'm part of the show. 

               G 
Now she's gone and all she's left with is a house full of clothes 

     C                                Cm 
Sometimes Madam it's OK to cry. 

Chorus (first half): 

If I die a lonely death, 
I'm sure its from the cigarettes 
I smoked each day after you left me, 
standing all alone. 

Alone in my Park Avenue 
apartment that smelled fresh and new 
The extra set of keys from you are going to the maid. 


(interlude) 

Verse 2 (like verse 1) 

Well she's probably just a chip off the block, 
You know like coffee from a coffee pot 
Well at least she can get away for a while 
And get some sun on that yacht. 

Pre-Chorus 


   G 
She never knew no better than to follow her nose 

    C 
So I ask for your forgiveness 'cause I'm part of the show. 

          G 
Now she's gone and all she's left with is a house full of clothes 

     C                                Cm 
Sometimes Madam it's OK to cry. 


Chorus 

If I die a lonely death, 
I'm sure its from the cigarettes 
I smoked each day after you left me, 
standing all alone. 

Alone in my Park Avenue 
apartment that smelled fresh and new 
The extra set of keys from you are going to the maid. 

The maid has been my only friend, 
She's always there to apprehend. 
The dust and grim that settles in around the crystal vase. 

The crystal vase, a wedding gift, 
that through the years has made the shift. 
What once held flowers now holds ash, 
from my two packs a day. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante