[Intro]
(imitating melody)
Eb Eb(b5) Eb Eb(5) Eb Eb(5) Eb
Cdim7 F
Cm
F
Ab G7
[Verse]
(slower)
Cm F7
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
Madame Selma keeps on smiling,
Ab D7 G
selling postcards in the square.
C
In all the photographs the
Eb A
Sun keeps shining,
Ab G
and you could bet she's
Cm F7
there
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
One life coated in glossy colors,
Ab D7 G
the other coated in dust and blood.
C
You wouldn't think that she had
Eb A
ever seen the difference,
Ab G
but she did.
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh it's
C Dm
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
Oh what a war for a
F
woman in love to have to
Am G7
smile alone!
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
Oh what a war for a
F
woman in love to have to
Ab G
lie a-
[Verse]
Cm F7
lone
Cm F7
In
Cm Ab Cm
Selma's cards there's no folks fighting,
Ab D7 G
no tattered cloth on splayed out bones.
C
Only the autumn
Eb A
painted forests there,
Ab G
Only the quaint old
Cm F7
homes
Cm F7
But
Cm Ab Cm
war stepped on our poor old doorsteps,
Ab D7 G
its bloody boots on our welcome mat
C
And Madame Selma started
Eb A
singing a love song
Ab G
about her man,
[Pre-Chorus]
N.C
Oh it's
C Dm
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone. And
C C7
If he's gone for the
F
rest of my days, will my
Am G7
love drag on?
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man below, And it's
C C7
been so long since the
F
right kind of man tried to
Am E Am (get quicker)
take me home!
[Bridge]
Am (trumpet solo)
Am C
Am
Am C E
Am
Am Fm
Am C E
Am (faster)
And
Am C
One day all the soldiers came.
Am
(inaudible)
F
beautiful young boys they came
C E
marching. The
Am C
wheat-fields waved their healthy hands, the
F
children ran their healthy hands,
F
reaching for their father's hands, (inaudible)
C E7
and
Am C G
Through the streets the music sings and (faster!)
C
all the tears the music streamed and
E E7
all the years like nothing ever
Am
happened. lala
Am C
lalalala etc. (FAST!)
C
F
C
Am C
C
F
C
Am C
C
F
E7 E7
Am Dm E (normal speed)
E7
Am
C C7
F F
Am G7
[Chorus]
Well it's
C Ddim7
been so long since my
E Am
man been gone, And it's
C C7
been so long since the
F
right kind of man tried to
Ab G
take me
[Verse]
Cm F7
home
Cm F7
Cm Ab Cm
Madame Selma keeps on smiling,
Ab D7 G
selling postcards in the square.
C
In all the photographs the
Eb A
Sun keeps shining,
Ab G
and you could bet she's
[Outro] (slow)
Cm7 Eb(b5)
there
Eb/G Eb(b5)/G (strum once)
Eb/G Eb(b5)/G
Eb(b5)/Eb
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