Where You Been - Carrie Newcomer Chords
Chords: F, C, G, Am, Em
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[Verse]
F C G C
He was driving into Chicago in a borrowed El Camino
F C G C F
On a hazeless day in springtime, I think it was the Cinco De Mayo
C G Am
Maybe it was Saint Paddy's or the Gay Pride parade
Em F C G C
But I've never seen nobody light up the street that way
[Chorus]
F
Brother, where you been?
C Am
Hold on if you can
G N.C. C
Just do your best, then say, “Amen”
[Verse]
F C G C
Called in sick for the weekend, drinking Saint Paulies in Wisconsin
F C G C F
I went fishing with my buddies most of Sunday afternoon
C G Am
There beneath the halo of an Old Milwaukee sign
Em F C G C
He said, "There's big ones in the shallows, I see them all the time"
[Chorus]
F
Brother, where you been?
C Am
Hold on if you can
G C
Just do your best, then say, “Amen”
[Verse]
F C G C
Stopped in the Seven-Eleven, I was buying Aquafina
F C G C
He was wearing knock-off sneakers, I was nursing a hangover
F C G Am
He said, “You're worth a whole lot more, baby, than you ever dared to dream
of”
Em F C G C
Like he knew the secret, sketchy places I'd been looking for love
[Chorus]
F
Sister, where you been?
C Am
Hold on if you can
G C
Just do your best, then say, “Amen”
[Verse]
F C G C
A tall, skinny guy in dreadlocks said they're giving' out free bagels and lox
F
C G C
I took the kids and all my plastic bags and walked the seven blocks
F C G Am
There were joggers and commuters, skateboard kids and Goths
Em F C G C
There were drunks and dogs and meter maids in that downtown vacant lot
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