Kathleen Cifras

Kathleen
Written and Performed by Josh Ritter
Album: Hello Starling
transcribed by Hunter Dalby    rdalby1@lsu.edu
 
Capo 3rd fret
 
all chords in relation to capo
 
Chords
G     [ 3 2 0 0 3 3 ]
Cadd9 [ x 3 2 0 3 3 ]
Em7   [ 0 2 2 0 3 3 ]
Am    [ x 0 2 2 1 0 ]
C     [ x 3 2 0 1 0 ]
 
 
[Intro]
G    Cadd9    G    Cadd9
 
G                            Cadd9                       G      Cadd9
all the other girls here are stars—you are the Northern Lights
    G                               Cadd9                            G     Cadd9
they try to shine in through your curtains—you're too close and too bright
G                             Em7
they try and they try but everything that they do
         Am                    C              G
is the ghost of a trace of a pale imitation of you
            Cadd9                                G    Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
G                                       Cadd9                     G    Cadd9
this party is made with the night air and the chance that a smile
G                                         Cadd9                  G    Cadd9
will wind its way from your face to one of the boys in your line
G                                                   Em7
you act like you're hip to their tricks and you're strong
           Am                       C              G
but a virgin Wurlitzer heart never once had a song
            Cadd9                                G    Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
G                                       D
and I'll have you back by break of day
                   Cadd9
I'm going your way anyway
                            G
and if you'd like to come along
                         D
I'll be yours for a song
 
[Interlude]
G    Cadd9    G    Cadd9
 
G                                            Cadd9       G    Cadd9
I know you are waiting and I know that it is not for me
G                                    Cadd9                       G    Cadd9
but I'm here and I'm ready and I've saved you the passenger seat
G                                         Em7
I won't be your last dance just your last goodnight
Am                                            C                 G
every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied
            Cadd9                                G    Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
 
G    Cadd9    Repeat 4 times
 
G                                            Cadd9        G    Cadd9
so crawl up your trellis and quietly back into your room
G                                                             Cadd9     G    Cadd9
and I'll coast down the length of your drive by the light of the moon
G                                                Em7
and the next time I see you a new kind of hello
                 Am                                 C
both our hearts have a secret only both of us know
                  G             Cadd9                G     Cadd9
'bout the night that I drove you back home Kathleen
 
G    Cadd9
Repeat
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