Chocolate Girl
Animal CollectiveVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
In cycles
I'll lead you around the excavation
Where grass grows
And remnants of you in placation
Your breath sounds
Inhaling a portrait, it's frozen
In blue gowns
You trace along the house which you have chosen
And holding tightly
When sound is dead we'll sing in time
And lie
When life meets child, your only pride
You lie
When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while
And lie
I'll take you for walks on the ocean
(everything cuts out but guitar, half/time)
She had a pretty dad
But she was growing out of play-school
Still she could kick and scream and play
Until she wanted to
My little chocolate girl
Her brother barely out of high school
Lived in a place where he could scream
Until he wanted to
Oh fuzzy tabby cat
And she could bury him in apples
and curl around a bowl of cotton
'Til she wanted to
----------(Back to verse, regular time)
Still she had to speak loud
'Cause hearing isn't hiding the widows
And eats in
And picks her Sunday flowers in the garden
And cries late
Still drinking with the boys until it's ran out
And prays long
In hopes of something better for the children
And holding tightly
When sound is dead we'll sing in time
And lie
When life meets child, your only pride
Can lie
When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while
And lie
I'll take you for walks on the ocean
(everything cuts out but guitar, half/time)
She met a pretty boy
And they would dance between their elders
And she would cream until the wine she bought had settled in
Our little chocolate girl
She used to love the stars from England
She slept on records and her marble jewelry
From her school
Her colors matched the room
And she would twirl around the curtains
She had a hand to hold her chin up
When her friends left town
The kid across the street
He'll keep around when she was changing
And he would wait and she would tell her friends about the boy
Her mother died at home
She had saliva in her pockets
She gave a go when her last taste had finally gave up the day
Oh little chocolate girl
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Wont you leave your name
---------Final part: (Repeat til end)
So put your lanterns all across the maze
So I won't feast on folly
Better love the rain who brought the stings endear
And who will pop the triggers
Cause I can't see you
I'll open up my brain again
It has a lot of lyrics but the music is pretty simple once you listen to
it a few times. There are some pretty cool synth and piano licks
that Avey plays that aren't too hard to figure out either. I haven't
learned all of them, but I know for the Bb part in the verse, the synth
goes something like:
(bass tab)
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--3--1---3--1--0--|
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And the 'Ill take you for walks on the ocean' part is something like:
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---7--6--4--6------|
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Readable chord sheet for Chocolate Girl by Animal Collective
[A]In cycles [Amaj7]I'll lead you around the excavation [A]Where grass grows [Amaj7]And remnants of you in placation [A]Your breath sounds [Amaj7]Inhaling a portrait, it's frozen [A]In blue gowns [Amaj7]You trace along the house which you have chosen [Amaj7]And holding tightly When sound is dead we'll sing in time [Bb]And lie [A] [A]When life meets child, your only pride [Bb]You lie [A] [A]When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while [Bb]And lie [A] [Amaj7]I'll take you for walks on the ocean (everything cuts out but guitar, half/time) [A]She had a pretty dad [G]But she was growing out of play-school Still she could kick and scream and play [D]Until she wanted to [A]My little chocolate girl [G]Her brother barely out of high school Lived in a place where he could scream [D]Until he wanted to [A]Oh fuzzy tabby cat [G]And she could bury him in apples and curl around a bowl of cotton [D]'Til she wanted to ----------(Back to verse, regular time) [A]Still she had to speak loud [Amaj7]'Cause hearing isn't hiding the widows [A]And eats in [Amaj7]And picks her Sunday flowers in the garden [A]And cries late [Amaj7]Still drinking with the boys until it's ran out [A]And prays long [Amaj7]In hopes of something better for the children [A]And holding tightly When sound is dead we'll sing in time [Bb]And lie [A] [A]When life meets child, your only pride [Bb]Can lie [A] [A]When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while [Bb]And lie [A] [Amaj7]I'll take you for walks on the ocean (everything cuts out but guitar, half/time) [A]She met a pretty boy [G]And they would dance between their elders And she would cream until the wine she bought had settled in [D] [A]Our little chocolate girl [G]She used to love the stars from England She slept on records and her marble jewelry [D]From her school [A]Her colors matched the room [G]And she would twirl around the curtains She had a hand to hold her chin up [D]When her friends left town [A]The kid across the street [G]He'll keep around when she was changing And he would wait and she would tell her friends about the boy [D] [A]Her mother died at home [G]She had saliva in her pockets She gave a go when her last taste had finally gave up the day [D] [Dsus9]Oh little chocolate girl Asus4add9 Wont you leave your name ---------Final part: (Repeat til end) [Bm]So put your lanterns all across the maze So I won't feast on folly [E]Better [F#m]love the rain who brought the stings endear And who will pop the triggers [A]Cause I can't see you [E]I'll o[F#m]pen up my brain again It has a lot of lyrics but the music is pretty simple once you listen to it a few times. There are some pretty cool synth and piano licks that Avey plays that aren't too hard to figure out either. I haven't learned all of them, but I know for the Bb part in the verse, the synth goes something like: (bass tab) ------------------| ------------------| --3--1---3--1--0--| ------------------| And the 'Ill take you for walks on the ocean' part is something like: -------------------| ---7--6--4--6------| -------------------| -------------------|