Etta James
Etta James

Etta James chords by Brian Fallon

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Asus4

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Asus4

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Did 
    you 

    spend 
    most 
    of your 
    life 
    waitin' 

    On 
    a 
    fairytale 
    read 
    between 
    pages? 

    Did you 
    huddle 
    up 
    close 

    to your 
    boombox radio 

    Is 
    somebody 
    waiting 
    on 
    the same 
    song? 

    Verse 2
    And 
    we sold 
    our 
    souls 
    on 
    the 
    fantasies 
    we 
    found 
    in 

    records 
    and 
    black 
    and 
    white 
    movies 

    And 
    I 
    used 
    to beg 
    June 
    to 
    burn 
    me 
    alive, 

    if 
    that 
    would 
    get 
    me 
    anywhere 
    but 
    here 

    Now 
    Etta 
    James, 
    Verse 3
    hit 
    that 
    symphony 

    'Cause 
    she 
    drips 
    through 

    my 
    blood 
    like 
    a 
    rem
    edy 

    And 
    for most 
    of my 
    sad 
    life 
    I 
    figured 
    I 

    was 
    gonna 
    die 
    alone 

    'Cause 
    I 
    just 
    burned 
    in the 

    curve 
    of 
    my 
    scars 

    Twenty 
    long 
    years 
    away 

    from 
    your 
    heart 

    Til finally, 
    finally, 
    my 
    love 
    is in 
    my 
    arms 

    My 
    love 
    is 
    in 
    my 
    arms 

    Verse 4

    And 
    it 
    was impossible 
    to hold 
    on 
    to 
    anything 

    In 
    my 
    chest 
    was a 
    lonesome, 

    growing 
    cyc
    lone 

    I 
    kept 
    pictures 
    tucked 
    up 
    into 
    the 
    rear 
    view 

    above 
    to the sirens 
    all 
    lost 
    in 
    the ocean 

    And 
    all 
    we 
    wanted 
    was 

    absolutely 
    everything 

    Like 
    foolish, 
    hungry 
    young 
    lions 

    I 
    was 
    lost 
    and 
    alone, 

    a million 
    light 
    years 
    from 
    home 

    It was 
    nobody's 
    fault 
    but mine 

    Verse 5

    Now 
    Etta 
    James, 
    hit 
    that 
    symphony 

    'Cause 
    she 
    drips 
    through 

    my 
    blood 
    like 
    a 
    rem
    edy 

    And 
    for most 
    of 
    my 
    sad 
    life 
    I figured 
    I 

    was 
    gonna 
    die 
    alone 

    'Cause 
    I 
    just 
    burned 
    in the 

    curve 
    of 
    my 
    scars 

    Twenty 
    long 
    years 
    away 
    from 
    your 
    heart 

    But 
    fi
    nally, 
    finally, 
    my 
    love 
    is 
    in 
    my 
    arms 

    Verse 6
    And 
    was 
    there 
    a 

    hole 
    in 
    your 
    life? 

    Did you 
    kill 
    to keep 
    warm 
    but somehow 

    nev
    er 
    quite 
    satisfied? 

    Do you 
    feel 
    like 
    it's always 

    time 
    to 
    go? 

    And it's 
    always 
    wrong, 
    and it's 
    always 
    off, 

    and it's 
    hard 
    to know, 
    which 
    heart 
    to hold 

    Now 
    do you 
    lie 
    to 
    someone, 

    is 
    someone 
    else, 
    on 
    your mind? 

    Do 
    you 
    lie 
    to 
    someone 

    with 
    me 
    on 
    your 
    mind? 

    Verse 7
    Now 
    Etta 
    James, 
    hit 
    that 
    symphony 

    'Cause 
    she 
    drips 
    through 

    my 
    blood 
    like 
    a 
    rem
    edy 

    And 
    for most 
    of 
    my 
    sad 
    life 
    I 
    figured 
    I 

    was 
    gonna 
    die 
    alone 

    'Cause 
    I 
    just 
    burned 
    in the 

    curve 
    of 
    my 
    scars 

    Twenty 
    long 
    years 
    away 
    from 
    your 
    heart 

    Til 
    fi
    nally, 
    fi
    nally, 

    my 
    love 
    is in 
    my 
    arms 

    My 
    love 
    is 
    in 
    my 
    arms 

    Verse 8
    Etta James, 
    Etta 
    James 

    Etta 
    James, 
    it's been 
    a 

    long time coming 

    Etta 
    James, 
    Etta James 

    Etta 
    James, 

    it's 
    been 
    a 
    long 
    time coming 

    (At last, 
    at 
    last) 

    Etta 
    James, 
    it's 
    been a 

    long 
    time 
    coming 

    (At last, 
    at 
    last) 

    Etta James, 
    it's 
    been 
    a long time 
    coming 

    I 
    could've 
    said 
    my 

    love 
    was 
    coming 
    'long 

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