Idlewild
Gretchen PetersVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
e|----------0---|---3--------|
B|--------------|------------|
G|----2---------|------------|
D|--------------|------------|
A|----0---------|------------|
E|--------------|------------|
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| (Twice)
They're in the front seat, he's got the radio low,
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch down,
He is talking, she's not listening,
She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young!
| / / / / | / / / / |
I'm in the back seat, they think I'm sleeping,
But I am listening for the cracks between their voices, in the dark,
We are a family, we are a shipwreck,
And we are picking up my Grandma, who is getting... very old!
And they think she's dying, but I think she's laughing,
I think she's riding 'Halley's Comet', from Fort Lauderdale to here,
But when I see her, I'll keep her secret,
We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves!
| / / / / | / / / / |
They built this airport, but in a few years...
...They'll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today,
And he will leave her, and she will suffer,
And they will never really know each other... at---- all!
They think we're driving, but I know we're drifting,
They think we're off on some ad - venture, where the hero saves the day,
We think we're special, we think we're golden,
We think we're walking on the moon, but we are dancing in the dark!
OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / |
We shoot our rockets, we shoot our presidents,
We shoot the commies, and the n*****s, and the Viet Cong,
Everything changes, everything stays the same,
Fmaj7
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down!
||: OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / :|| (Repeat)
(Suggestion for coda)
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||
^ ^ ^
Chords in brackets could be missed out,
I don't think Gretchen plays them,
but there's the suggestion of them
by the bass part on the record.
= x02210
= 302210
= 103210
= xx0231
= 133211
= 320003
= 320013
= x20003
= x32210
= 320000
Amsus2 = x02200
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Readable chord sheet for Idlewild by Gretchen Peters
e|----------0---|---3--------|
B|--------------|------------|
G|----2---------|------------|
D|--------------|------------|
A|----0---------|------------|
E|--------------|------------|
||: [Am]/ / [Am/G]/ / | [Fmaj7] / / / / | [Am]/ / [Am]/ [G]/ | [Fmaj7] / / / / :|| (Twice)
They're in the f[Am]ront seat, [Am/G] he's got the [Fmaj7]radio low,
And the m[Am]oon hangs over Id[Am/G]lewild as the [Fmaj7]planes touch down,
He is ta[Am]lking, [Am/G] she's not li[Fmaj7]stening,
She is t[Am]hinking of her f[Am/G]ather, who[Fmaj7] died when she was young!
| [Am] / / [Am/G] / / |[Fmaj7] / / / / |
I'm in the b[Am]ack seat, [Am/G] they think I'm s[Fmaj7]leeping,
But I am lis[Am]tening for the [Am/G]cracks between their v[Fmaj7]oices, in the dark,
We are a fa[Am]mily, [Am/G] we are a sh[Fmaj7]ipwreck,
And we are p[Am]icking up my G[Am/G]randma, who is g[Fmaj7]etting... very [Am]old! [Am] [G] [Fmaj7]
And they think she's d[Dm]ying, but I th[F]ink she's la[Am]ughing,
I [Am/G]think she's r[Dm]iding 'Halley's C[F]omet', from Fort Lau[G]derdale to here,
But [G/B]when I [Dm]see her, I'll k[F]eep her se[Am]cret, [Am/G]
[Dm]We all have our se[F]crets that we k[G]eep inside ourselves! [Gsus4] [G]
| [Am] / / [Am/G] / / |[Fmaj7] / / / / |
They built this ai[Am]rport, [Am/G] but in a[Fmaj7] few years...
...They'll n[Am]ame it after K[Am/G]ennedy, the[Fmaj7] one who died today,
And he will le[Am]ave her, [Am/G] and she will [Fmaj7]suffer,
And they will n[Am]ever really [Am/G]know each other..[Fmaj7]. at--[Am]-- a[Am]ll![G] [Fmaj7]
They think we're dr[Dm]iving, but I k[F]now we're dr[Am]ifting,
They [Am/G]think we're [Dm]off on some ad - ven[F]ture, where the h[G]ero saves the day,
We [G/B]think we're sp[Dm]ecial, we t[F]hink we're go[Am]lden,
We [Am/G]think we're wa[Dm]lking on the m[F]oon, but we are da[G]ncing in the dark! [Gsus4] [G]
[Am]OO---,[Am/G] ooo----![Fmaj7] | [Am] / / [Am]/ [G]/ | [Fmaj7] / / / / |
We shoot our ro[Am]ckets, [Am/G] we shoot our pr[Fmaj7]esidents,
We shoot the co[Am]mmies, and the n[Am/G]*****s, and the [Fmaj7]Viet Cong,
Everything ch[Am]anges, [Am/G] everything [Fmaj7]stays the same,
[Am] [Am/G] [Fmaj7] [Am] [Am] [G] [Fmaj7]
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down!
||: [Am]OO---,[Am/G] ooo----![Fmaj7] | [Am] / / [Am]/ [G]/ | [Fmaj7] / / / / :|| (Repeat)
(Suggestion for coda)
| [Am] / / [Am/G]/ / | [Fmaj7] / / / / | [G6]/ / [Amsus2] / / ||
^ ^ ^
Chords in brackets could be missed out,
I don't think Gretchen plays them,
but there's the suggestion of them
by the bass part on the record.
[Am] = x02210
[Am/G] = 302210
[Fmaj7] = 103210
[Dm] = xx0231
[F] = 133211
[G] = 320003
[Gsus4] = 320013
[G/B] = x20003
[Am/C] = x32210
[G6] = 320000
Amsus2 = x02200