Elephant — Jason Isbell
Chords and lyrics for Elephant by Jason Isbell (key of Em).
Verse 1
[Em7] [G6] [A7sus4] [Cadd9] [Dsus2] [Dsus2/F#]
(Please don't tell my college music professors if I got any of those chord
name wrong.)
It sounds like he is doing some hammer-ons with the A string on the Em7 and
the
low E string on the G6. Listen to the record for the timing. Let me know
if I got anything wrong.
Intro
[Em7] [G6] [A7sus4]
Verse 1
She said [Em7]Andy you're [G6]better than [A7sus4]your past,
[Em7]winked at me and [G6]drained her [A7sus4]glass,
[Em7]cross-legged on the [G6]barstool, like [A7sus4]nobody sits [Em7][G6]anymore.[A7sus4]
She said [Em7]Andy you're [G6]taking me [A7sus4]home,
but I [Em7]knew she [G6]planned to sleep [A7sus4]alone.
I'd [Em7]carry her to [G6]bed and [A7sus4]sweep up the hair from the [Em7][G6]floor[A7sus4]
Chorus
If I had [Cadd9]fucked her before [Dsus2]she got sick
I'd [G6]never [Dsus2/F#]hear the [Em7]end of it
[Cadd9]she don't have the [Dsus2]spirit for that [Em7]now
We just [Cadd9]drink our drinks and [Dsus2]laugh out loud,
[G6]bitch [Dsus2/F#]about the [Em7]weekend crowd,
and [Cadd9]try to ignore the [Dsus2]elephant [Em7][G6]somehow[A7sus4]
[Em7][G6]somehow[A7sus4]
[Em7] [G6] [A7sus4]
Verse
She said [Em7]Andy you [G6]crack me [A7sus4]up,
[Em7]Seagram's in a [G6]coffee [A7sus4]cup,
[Em7]sharecropper eyes [G6]and her hair [A7sus4]almost all [Em7]gone.[A7sus4][G6]
When she was [Em7]drunk she [G6]made cancer [A7sus4]jokes,
she [Em7]made up her own [G6]doctor's [A7sus4]notes,
[Em7]surrounded by her[G6] family,[A7sus4] I saw that she was dying [Em7][G6]alone.[A7sus4]
Chorus
I'd [Cadd9]sing her classic [Dsus2]country songs
and [G6]she'd get [Dsus2/F#]high and [Em7]sing along.
[Cadd9]She don't have much [Dsus2]voice to sing with [Em7]now
[Cadd9]We'd burn these joints in [Dsus2]effigy,
[G6]cry [Dsus2/F#]about what we [Em7]used to be,
[Cadd9]and try to ignore the [Dsus2]elephant [Em7][G6]somehow.[A7sus4]
[Em7][G6]Somehow[A7sus4]
Chorus
I [Cadd9]buried her a [Dsus2]thousand times,
[G6]given up my [Dsus2/F#]place in [Em7]line,
[Cadd9]but I don't give a [Dsus2]damn about that [Em7]now
There's [Cadd9]one thing that's real [Dsus2]clear to me,
[G6]no one [Dsus2/F#]dies with [Em7]dignity.
[Cadd9]We just try to ignore the [Dsus2]elephant [Em7]somehow.
[Cadd9]We just try to ignore the [Dsus2]elephant [Em7]somehow.
[Cadd9]We just try to ignore the [Dsus2]elephant [Em7][G6]somehow.[A7sus4]
Somehow.
[Em7][G6]Somehow.[A7sus4]
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