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Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie

Joanna Newsom
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D-DU-UDU
 That means no  where I come from. I am cold, out waiting for the day to come.
 I chew my lips,  oh and I scratch my nose, feels so good  to be a rose.
Oh  don't, don't you lift me up like I'm that shy, no no no no no,
 just give it up  –
 There are bats  all dissolving  in a row
 into the wishy-washy  dark  that cannot let  go.
I  cannot let go, so I thank the lord, and I thank his sword!
 'tho it be mincing up the morning,  slightly bored.
 O, morning  without warning  like a hole,  and  I watch you  go.
 There are some mornings  when the sky looks  like a road.
 There are some dragons  who were built to  have and hold.
 And some machines  are dropped from great  heights lovingly.
 and  some bellies  ache with many bumblebees. (and  they sting so terribly).
I  do as I please. Now I'm on my knees.
 Your skin is something that I stir  into my tea.
And  I am watching you and you are starry,  starry, starry
and  I'm tumbling down, and I check  a frown.
 It's  why I love this town. Well, just look around:
 just see me serenaded  hourly! celebrated sourly!
 dedicated  dourly; waltzing  with the open sea  –
clam,  crab, cockle,  cowrie : will you  just  look at me?
 x3 (3rd time)
 Oh
 

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Readable chord sheet for Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie by Joanna Newsom

That means [C]no where I come from. I am cold, out waiting for the day to c[G]ome.
I chew my lips[C], 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 bat[F]s all disso[G]lving in a ro[C]w
into the [F]wishy-washy dar[G]k that cannot le[Am]t go.
[C]I cannot let go, so I thank the lord, and I thank his sword!
'tho it be mincing up the morni[G]ng, slightly bo[Am]red.
O, morni[C]ng without warni[F]ng like a hole, [C] and[G] I watch you[F] go.

There are some morni[C]ngs when the sky loo[G]ks like a roa[F]d.
There are some dragon[C]s who were built to[G] have and hol[F]d.
And some machine[C]s are dropped from gr[G]eat heights loving[F]ly.
a[C]nd some bellies[F] ache with many [C]bumblebees.  [G](and they sting so ter[F]ribly).

[C]I do as I please.  Now I'm on my knees.
Your skin is something that I st[G]ir into my t[Am]ea.
[F]And I am watching you and you are st[Am]arry, starry, starry
[C]and I'm tumbling down, and I [G]check a fr[F]own.
I[C]t's why I love this town. Well, just look around:
just see me sere[Am]naded hourly!  celebrated sourly!
d[F]edicated dourly; w[G]altzing with the open s[C]ea –
[G]clam, crab, cock[F]le, cowrie : will [G]you ju[Am]st look at me?
[C]       [F]       [C]       [G]       [F]  x3     (3rd time)   [G]  [C]
Oh
                                                   [Bmm]

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