Amanda Palmer – Ampersand chords

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F                 CI walk down my street at night
     GThe city lights are strange and violent
F           C             GI am comforted by the approaching sounds of trucks and sirens
F                CEven though the world's so bad
       GThese men rush out to help the dying
      F             CAnd though I am no use to them
  GI do my part by simply smiling


[repeat intro or F   C   G   G x2]


      F              CThe ghetto boys are catcalling me
GAs I pull my keys from my pocket
F             C             GI wonder if this method of courtship

Has ever been effective
    F            C Has any girl in history said
 GSure, you seem so nice, let's get it on?
  F              C                GStill, I always shock them when I answer

Hi, my name's Amanda,

    F                              Cand I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand
    G                            Fand even if I went with you I'm not the girl you think I am
    Fand I'm not gonna match you
            Ccause I'll lose my voice completely yeah
GI'm just gonna watch you
           FCause I'm not the one that's crazy


[repeat intro or F   C   G   G x2]


F              CI have wasted years of my life
GAgonizing up at the fires
     F              C                   GIt started when I thought that to be strong you must be flame retardant
     F                 C                GAnd now to dress the wounds cause into question

How authentic they are
         F                  C       GThere is always someone criticizing me

She just likes paying hospital
 F    C      GLying in my bed
     F       C       GI remember what you said

There's no such thing as accidents

                    AmBut you've got the headstone all ready
     CAll carved up and pretty
      GYour sick satisfaction
       FThose his and hers matching
     AmThe daisies all push up'n
  CPairs to the horizons
      GYour hands full of ketchup
      FIt's nice that you're trying
     AmThe headstone's all ready
     CAll carved up and pretty
      GYour sick satisfaction
       FThose his and hers matching
     AmThe daises all push up'n
  CPairs to the horizons
      GYour eyes full of ketchup
      FIt's nice that you're trying

     F                             Cand I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand
    G                            Fand even if I went with you I'm not the girl you think I am
     Fand I'm not gonna match you
            Ccause I'll lose my voice completely yeah
GI'm just gonna watch you
           FCause I'm not the one that's crazy

Yeah...
     FI'm not the one that's crazy

Yeah...

F             CAs I wake up to a cough
      GThe blaze consumed the block
                 F             CBut poetically stopped at my apartment
         GAnd my housemates are all sleeping soundly
     F      CAnd nobody deserves to die
     GBut you were awful adamant
     F            CThat if I didn't love you
          GThen you have just one alternative

    FAnd I may be romantic
    CAnd I may risk my life for it
    GBut I ain't gonna die for you
      FYou know I ain't no Juliet
    F                                  CAnd I'm not gonna watch you while you burn yourself out baby
   GNo I'm not gonna stop you
           F                                  C   G   FCause I'm not the one that's crazy, yeah
                                              C   G   FI'm not the one that's crazy, yeah
                                             (C)I'm not the one that's crazy...