Onion Soup Chords
by Vic Chesnutt
Onion Soup by Vic Chesnutt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
F C Bb Am
F C Bb
F C Bb Am
F C Bb
F C Bb Am
F C Bb
Verse:
F C Bb Am
Thin and unshaved,
F C Bb
Drunk and mysterious
F C Bb Am
Oh, I must sa-ay
F C Bb
Lifestyle is curious
BREAK:
Am Dm
With a little touch of the sniffles
Bb F
And filthy socks
Am Dm
Gnawed, crumbled fingernails
Bb C
Never doing tomahawk chops
Verse:
F C Bb Am
A flaky he-ad
F C Bb
Dandruff is distinguished
F C Bb Am
Lacquer is re-d
F C Bb
Va-in is the varnish
BREAK:
Am Dm
What is at the root of this
Bb F
She'll say, whatcha got
Am Dm
What participle do you possess
Bb C Bb C
She'll say, which I have not
Verse:
F C Bb Am
One blustery da-ay
F C
We rode out
Bb
To the Meadowlands
F C Bb Am
We saw and were ama-zed
F C Bb
Then hauled it back into town again
BREAK:
Am Dm
Mississippi is a mess sometimes
Bb F
And not only when it rains
Am Dm
How come you went back to that malaria island
Bb C Bb C
'Cause our friendship is strained
Instrumental: