Talking Heads, And She Was (1985)
Key: :[F#] (w: David Byrne)
INTRO: [F#] [B] [F#] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[F#] And she was
[B] lying in the
[F#] grass
[F#] And she could
[B] hear the highway
[F#] breathing
[F#] And she could
[B] see a nearby
[F#] factory
[F#] She's making
[B] sure she is not
[F#] dreaming
PRE-CHORUS 1:
[C] See the
[G] lights of the
[D] neighbor's
[G] house
[C] Now she's
[D] starting to
[G] rise
[C] Take a
[G] minute to
[D] concen-
[G]-trate
And
[C] she opens
[A] up her
[D] eyes
CHORUS:
[F#] The world was
[B] moving
She was
[E] right there
[B] with it
And she
[F#] was
[B] [E] [B]
[F#] The world was
[B] moving
She was
[E] floating
[B] above it
And she
[F#] was
[B] [E] [B]
BREAK:
And she
[F#] was
[B] [F#] //
[F#] [B] [F#]
VERSE 2:
[F#] And she was
[B] drifting thorugh the
[F#] backyard
[F#] And she was
[B] taking off her
[F#] dress
[F#] And she was
[B] moving very
[F#] slowly
[F#] Rising
[B] up above the
[F#] earth
PRE-CHORUS 2:
[C] Moving
[G] into the
[D] uni-
[G]-verse
[C] Drifting
[D] this way and
[G] that
[C] Now
[G] touching the
[D] ground at
[G] all
[C] Up a-
[A]-bove the
[D] yard
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
She was
[C#m] glad about it, no doubt about it
[A] She isn't sure about where she's gone
[C#m] No time to think about what to tell them
[A] No time to think about what she's done
And she
[F#] was
[B] [F#] //
[F#] [B] [F#]
VERSE 3:
[F#] And she was
[B] looking at her-
[F#]-self
[F#] And things were
[B] looking like a
[F#] movie
[F#] She had a
[B] pleasant ele-
[F#]-vation
[F#] She's moving
[B] out in all
[F#] directions
PRE-CHORUS 3:
[C] Oh,
[G] oh,
[D] oh
[G]
[C] Oh,
[D] oh,
[G] oh
[C] Oh,
[G] oh,
[D] oh
[G]
[C] Oh,
[A] oh,
[D] oh
REPEAT CHORUS:
CHORUS 2:
[F#] Joining the
[B] world
of
[E] missing
[B] persons
And she
[F#] was
[B] [E] [B]
[F#] Missing
[B] enough
to
[E] feel
[B] alright
And she
[F#] was
[B] [E] [B]
OUTRO:
And she
[F#] was
[B] [E] [B]
And she
[F#] was
[B] [E] [B]
And she
[F#] was
[B] [E] [B]
And she
[F# open] was