A Little Bit of Everything — Dawes
Chords and lyrics for A Little Bit of Everything by Dawes (key of C).
Intro
[C] [F] [C]
[G6sus4] [G7] [C]
[Am] [G6sus4] [F]
[C] [F] [C]
Verse 1
[C]With his back against the San Francisco [F]traffic [C]
[G6sus4]On the bridges side that faces towards the [G7]jail [C]
[Am]Setting out to join a [G6sus4]demographic, [F]
[C]He hoists his first leg up over the [F]rail [C]
Verse 2
[C]A phone call's made, police cars show up [F]quickly [C]
[G6sus4]The sergeant slams his passenger [G7]door [C]
[Am]He says, Hey son why don't you talk through this with [G6sus4]me [F]
[C]Just tell me what you're doing it [F]for [C]
Chorus
[Am]Oh, it's a little bit of [C]everything
[Am]It's the mountains, it's the [Em]fog
[F]It's the news at six o'[C]clock
[G6sus4]It's the death of my first [G7]dog [C]
[C]It's the angels up above [F]me
[C]It's the song that they don't [C/B]sing [Am]
[G6sus4]It's a little bit of [G7]everything [C]
Verse 3
[C]There's an older man who stands in a buffet [F]line [C]
[G6sus4]He is smiling and he's holding out his [G7]plate [C]
[Am]And the further he looks back into his [G6sus4]timeline [F]
[C]That hard road always led him to [F]today [C]
Verse 4
[C]Making up for when his bright future had left [F]him [C]
[G6sus4]Making up for the fact that his only son is [G7]gone [C]
[Am]And letting everything out once, his server asks [G6sus4]him [F]
[C]Have you figured out yet, what it is you [F]want [C]
Chorus
[Am]I want a little bit of [C]everything
[Am]The biscuits and the [Em]beans
[F]Whatever helps me to forget [C]about
[G6sus4]The things that brought me to my [G7]knees [C]
[C]So pile on those mashed [F]potatoes
[C]And an extra chicken [C/B]wing [Am]
[G6sus4]I'm having a little bit of [G7]everything [C]
Solo
[C] [F] [C]
[G6sus4] [G7] [C]
[Am] [G6sus4] [F]
[C] [F] [C]
Verse 5
[C]Somewhere a pretty girl is writing [F]invitations [C]
[G6sus4]To a wedding she has scheduled for the [G7]fall [C]
[Am]Her man says, Baby, can I make an [G6sus4]observation [F]
[C]You don't seem to be having any fun at [F]all [C]
Verse 6
[C]She said, You just worry about your groomsmen and your [F]shirt-size [C]
[G6sus4]And rest assured that this is making me feel [G7]good [C]
[Am]I think that love is so much easier than you [G6sus4]realize [F]
[C]If you can give yourself to someone, then you [F]should [C]
Chorus
[Am]Cause it's a little bit of [C]everything
[Am]The way you joke, the way you [Em]ache
[F]It is getting up before [C]you
[G6sus4]So I could watch you as you [G7]wake [C]
[C]So on the day in late [F]September
[C]It's not some stupid little [C/B]ring [Am]
[G6sus4]I'm getting a little bit of [G7]everything [C]
Chorus
[Am]Oh, it's a little bit of [C]everything
[Am]It's the matador and the [Em]bull
[F]It's the suggested daily [C]dosage
[G6sus4]It's the red moon when it's [G7]full [C]
[C]All these psychics and these [F]doctors
[C]They're all right and they're all [C/B]wrong [Am]
[C]It's like trying to make out every [F]word
[C]When they should simply hum [Am]along
[C]It's not some message written in the [F]dark
[C]Or some truth that no one [C/B]sees [Am]
[G6sus4]It's a little bit of [G7]everything [C]