Older Sister
Carly SimonVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
She rides in the front seat
She's my older sister
She knows her power over me
She goes to bed an hour later than I do
When she turns the lights out
What does she think about?
And what does she do in the daylight
That makes her so great?
Oh but to be, oh but to be, oh but to be
I'd like to be
My older sister
She flies through the back door
She's my older sister
She throws French phrases 'round the room
She has ice skates and legs that fit right in
She's wicked to all the beaming dreamers
Who'll later boast of an evening
By her fiery side
Oh but to be, I'd like to be, please let me be, oh let me be
I'd like to be
My older sister
And in her black gymnastic tights
She runs into some elastic nights
Sophisticated sister sings for the
Soldiers of the soccer team
Their silver I.D.'s and sororities
They tinker with love in their Model T's
Oh lord, won't you let me be her
For just one day
She turns everybody's heads
While I wear her last year's threads
With patches and stitches and a turned up hem
Oh but to be, oh but to be, oh but to be
Just once to be
My older sister
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Readable chord sheet for Older Sister by Carly Simon
[F#9] [F9] [E9] [Eb] [D6] [C#9] [F#]She rides in the front seat [G]She's my older sister She knows her power over [F#]me [Gmaj9]She goes to bed an hour la[Em7]ter than I d[Dmaj7]o When she turns the lights o[G7]ut What d[Dmaj7]oes she think about?[G7] [F]And what does she do in the day[C]light That ma[A]kes her so gr[A7]eat? [D]Oh but to be, [F#]oh but to be, [D]oh but to be [F#]I'd like to be [D]My older sister [C#] [F#]She flies through the back door She's my older sister [G]She throws French phrases 'round the r[F#]oom [Gmaj9]She has ice skates and leg[Em7]s that fit r[Dmaj7]ight in She's [Dmaj7]wicked to all the [G7]beaming d[Dmaj7]reamers Who'll la[G7]ter boast of an evening [C]By her fi[A]ery si[A7]de [D]Oh but to be, [F#]I'd like to be,[D] please let me be, oh let me be [F#]I'd like to be [D]My older sister [C#] [Eb7]And in her black gym[Ab7]nastic tights She runs into some elastic nights S[C#7]ophisticated sister sings for the Soldiers of the soccer team Their sil[F7]ver I.D.'s and sororities They tinker with love in their Model T's Oh l[C#7]ord, won't you let me be her For just one [F#]day She turns ever[Dmaj7]ybody's he[Gmaj7]ads While I w[Dmaj7]ear her last year's thr[Gmaj7]eads [F]With patches and stit[C]ches and a tur[A]ned up h[A7]em [D]Oh but to be, [F#]oh but to be, [D]oh but to be [F#]Just once to be [D]My older sister [F#] [F#9] [F9] [E9] [Eb] [D6] [C#9]