Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie — Joanna Newsom
Chords and lyrics for Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie by Joanna Newsom (key of C).
Verse 1
That means [C]no where I come from. I am cold, out waiting for the day to
[G]come.
I chew my [C]lips, oh and I scratch my nose, feels so good[F] to be a rose.
[C]Oh don't, don't you lift me up like I'm that shy, no no no no no,
just give it [G]up –
There are [F]bats all [G]dissolving in a [C]row
into the [F]wishy-washy [G]dark that cannot [Am]let go.
[C]I cannot let go, so I thank the lord, and I thank his sword!
'tho it be mincing up the [G]morning, slightly [Am]bored.
O, [C]morning without [F]warning like a hole, [C] and[G] I watch you[F] go.
There are some [C]mornings when the sky [G]looks like a [F]road.
There are some [C]dragons who were built to[G] have and [F]hold.
And some [C]machines are dropped from [G]great heights [F]lovingly.
[C]and some bellies[F] ache with many [C]bumblebees. [G](and they sting so [F]terribly).
[C]I do as I please. Now I'm on my knees.
Your skin is something that I [G]stir into my [Am]tea.
[F]And I am watching you and you are [Am]starry, starry, starry
[C]and I'm tumbling down, and I [G]check a [F]frown.
[C]It's why I love this town. Well, just look around:
just see me [Am]serenaded hourly! celebrated sourly!
[F]dedicated dourly; [G]waltzing with the open [C]sea –
[G]clam, crab, [F]cockle, cowrie : will [G]you [Am]just look at me?
[C]Oh… [F] [C] [G] [F] [G]Hmm[C]
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