Colette
Langhorne SlimVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
All I wanted was a good song and a fair friend
You came along just then
You gave me crazy love and you whispered,
"You got a bottle and nobody that your missin'."
I wasn't much of a fighter or a lover
You said, "Don't get excited, but take cover"
We stepped into the light to pictures of each other
Some were in black and white, the others were in color
Colette, I knew the second we met, you'd go to my head
we took a breath and leapt into the atmosphere
and I guess it was something you said, we'll rest when we're dead
now it must seem pretty clear
That I love you. Yes, I do.
(repeat intro and verse 1, lyrics are the same, sing one octave higher)
(repeat x8)
2x as fast as previously played)
Colette, I knew the second we met, you'd go to my head
we took a breath and leapt into the atmosphere
and I guess it was something you said, we'll rest when we're dead
now it must seem pretty clear
That I love you.
** the D5 of the break is used as a passing tone, just release your fingers from
the C/G shape and pick the A and D strings. Part is so fast that it won't be
noticeable and sounds correct in the context.
Note concerning chord shapes:
As with many of Folk musicians, Langhorne Slim uses a slight variation in chord
shapes. The chords will usually feel like they are shaped like C, that is:
To form an F Chord, all you would have to do would be to move your 2 fingers from
the D and A Strings to the G and D strings, and mute (or don't play) the E
strings. So F would be formed like this:
similarly, G would be played like this:
Note that your pinky is on the high G.
Another note is that for this song, Langhorne plays C with the added 5th, so just
keep your pinky like its playing G and your good to go.
The final chord of this song is C/G, the G is the lower G, not the higher one, so
the chord would be:
This is the same shape of C/G used in the break section.
Forming these chords is far easier then explaining how to :], but I hope this
helped some people who are new to folk chord shapes.
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Readable chord sheet for Colette by Langhorne Slim
[F] [Fadd11] [F] [C] [C] [F] [Fadd11] [F] [C] [C] [F] [Fadd11] [F] [C] [C] [G] [F]All I wante[Fadd11]d was a[F] g[C]ood song and a [C]fair friend [F]Yo[Fadd11]u came[F] a[C]long j[C]ust then [F]You gave me[Fadd11] crazy [F]lo[C]ve and you whis[C]pered, [G]"You got a bottle and nobody that your missin'." [F]I wasn't m[Fadd11]uch of [F]a [C]fighter or a lo[C]ver [F]You said, "Don't[Fadd11] get ex[F]ci[C]ted, but take c[C]over" [F]We stepped [Fadd11]into th[F]e [C]light to pictur[C]es of each other [G]Some were in black and white, the others were in color Co[F]lette, I knew the [Fadd11]second [F]we [G]met, you'd [G]go to my [C]head we [C]took a breath and [Am]leapt into the [Am]atmosphere an[F]d I guess it was s[Fadd11]omething [F]you [G]said, we'll [G]rest when we're [C]dead [C]now it [Am]must seem [Am]pretty clear That [F]I [C]love [G]you. [F]Yes, [C]I [G]do. (repeat intro and verse 1, lyrics are the same, sing one octave higher) [C/G](repe[D5]at x8[C]) [F] [C] [G] [G] 2x as fast as previously played) [F] [Fadd11] [F] [G] [G] [C] [C] [Am] [Am] [F] [Fadd11] [F] [G] [G] [C] [C] [Am] [Am] Co[F]lette, I knew the [Fadd11]second [F]we [G]met, you'd [G]go to my [C]head we [C]took a breath and [Am]leapt into the [Am]atmosphere an[F]d I guess it was s[Fadd11]omething [F]you [G]said, we'll [G]rest when we're [C]dead [C]now it [Am]must seem [Am]pretty clear That [F]I [C]love [G]you. [F] [C] [C] [G] ** the D5 of the break is used as a passing tone, just release your fingers from the C/G shape and pick the A and D strings. Part is so fast that it won't be noticeable and sounds correct in the context. Note concerning chord shapes: As with many of Folk musicians, Langhorne Slim uses a slight variation in chord shapes. The chords will usually feel like they are shaped like C, that is: To form an F Chord, all you would have to do would be to move your 2 fingers from the D and A Strings to the G and D strings, and mute (or don't play) the E strings. So F would be formed like this: similarly, G would be played like this: Note that your pinky is on the high G. Another note is that for this song, Langhorne plays C with the added 5th, so just keep your pinky like its playing G and your good to go. The final chord of this song is C/G, the G is the lower G, not the higher one, so the chord would be: This is the same shape of C/G used in the break section. Forming these chords is far easier then explaining how to :], but I hope this helped some people who are new to folk chord shapes.