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18 October 2014

Jane S Piddy by Sixto Rodriguez - chords and lyrics


I play this with a Capo on 2 to suit my voice - but the original doesn't use a Capo at all. It just depends if you want to sing it high or low. Nice, easy song to play that repeats the same chords over and over...

Jane S Piddy by Sixto Rodriguez


Intro: play the bottom (thin) E-string - 0  -  2  -  7

G                        Bm7        C               D
Now you sit there thinking - feeling insecure
G                             Bm7                    C                 D
The mocking court gesture claims there is no proven cure
G                      Bm7                C                   D
Go back to your chamber - your eyes upon the wall
            G                  Bm7           C                  D
Coz you got no one to listen - you got no one to call
D                             G       Bm7    C     D
And you think I'm curious
G           Bm7               C                  D
Drifting, drowning - in a purple sea of doubt
      G                      Bm7                      C                        D
You wanna hear she loves you - but the words don't fit the mouth
            G           Bm7       C              D
You're a loser - a rebel - a cause, without
D                            G       Bm7    C     D
But don't think me callous
G                  Bm7          C                   D
Dancing Rosemary - disappearing sister Ruth
     G                      Bm7                         C                    D
It's just your yellow appetite that has you choking on the truth
      G                  Bm7
You gave in - you gave out
     C                            D
Outlived your dreams of youth
D                    G          Bm7    C     D
And I can't get jealous
    G                      Bm7                C                  D
So go on, you'll continue with your nose so open wide
G                      Bm7                C                    D
Knocking on the door that says, "Hurry, come inside"
              G                  Bm7
But don't bother to buy insurance 
      C                    D
Coz you've already died
D                        G         Bm7    C     D
And you can't be serious
  G             Bm7             C                 D
I saw my reflection in my father's final tears
      G                      Bm7                    C            D
The wind was slowly melting - San Francisco disappears
G                Bm7
Acid heads, unmade beds
             C                      D
And you Woodward world queers
D                  G         Bm7    C     D
I know you're lonely
D                  G         Bm7    C     D
I know you're lonely
D                  G         Bm7    C     D
I know you're lonely
D                  G         Bm7    C     D
I know you're lonely