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