Gardenia
Stephen Malkmus And The JicksVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I kinda like the way you dot your "J"s
With giant circles of naïveté
The kind of circles include everything
Don't mean to damn you with the faintest praise
It's just a symptom of the blithe age
Walter Lippmann, he would be amazed.
So you've got some curb appeal
But can you cook a three course meal?
Or are you just a present waiting to be opened up and parceled out again? Hey!
Interlude B riff:
e|-4-2-0-4-2-0-etc.----|
B|---------------------|
You are a gardenia, pressed
in the campaign journal in the
rucksack of an Afrikaner
candidate for mild reform.
It's like we're at a Ponzi scam-inar
There's no escaping without a door prize
They're operating at significant loss.
And now the way that you watch your weight,
Richard Avedon, Richard Avedon would,
Richard Avedon would surely approve.
So much for your curb appeal.
So much for the three course meals.
'Cause I am not a present waiting to be opened up and parceled out again. Hey!
< riff>
The torture of the Van Wyk
Expressway at 5 p.m. on
Friday gives you some idea of
how rejection makes me feel.
Well you are a gardenia,
You are a gardenia.
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Readable chord sheet for Gardenia by Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks
[E5] [Emaj7]I kinda like the way you [Ebm]dot your "[A]J"s With [C#m]giant [Abm]circles[C#m] of na[Abm]ïveté The [C#m]kind of [Abm]circles [E]include [A]every[B]thing [Emaj7]Don't mean to damn you with the [Ebm]faintest [A]praise It's [C#m]just a [Abm]symptom[C#m] of the [Abm]blithe age [C#m]Walter [Abm]Lippmann, [E]he would [A]be a[B]mazed. [Abm]So you've got some curb [F#m]appeal [Abm]But can you cook a three course [F#m]meal? [Abm]Or are you just a present [F#m]waiting to be opened up and [B]parceled out again? Hey! Interlude B riff: e|-4-2-0-4-2-0-etc.----| B|---------------------| [A]You [Abm]are a [F#m]garden[E]ia, pressed [A]in the [Abm]campaign [F#m]journal [B]in the [A]rucksack [Abm]of an [F#m]Afri[E]kaner [A]candi[Abm]date for [F#m]mild re[B]form. [Emaj7]It's like we're at a Ponzi [Ebm]scam-in[A]ar There's [C#m]no escap[Abm]ing [C#m] without a [Abm]door prize [C#m]They're oper[Abm]ating [E]at sign[A]ificant [B]loss. [Emaj7]And now the way that you [Ebm]watch your [A]weight, [C#m]Richard [Abm]Avedon, [C#m] Richard [Abm]Avedon wo[C#m]uld, Richard [Abm]Avedon [E]would sure[A]ly ap[B]prove. [Abm]So much for your curb ap[F#m]peal. [Abm]So much for the three course [F#m]meals. [Abm]'Cause I am not a present [F#m]waiting to be opened up and [B]parceled out again. Hey! <[B] riff> [A]The [Abm]torture [F#m]of the V[E]an Wyk [A]Expres[Abm]sway at [F#m]5 p.[B]m. on [A]Friday [Abm]gives you [F#m]some id[E]ea of [A]how re[Abm]jection [F#m]makes me [B]feel. [A]Well you [Abm]are a [F#m]gardeni[E]a, [A] [Abm] [F#m] [B] [A]You [Abm]are a [F#m]garden[E]ia. [A] [Abm] [F#m] [B] [E]