Before The Eyes Of Storytelling Girls Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][Am]
[F][Am][F][Am][G]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
I could tell you stories [Dm]like the
government tells [Am]lies
Oh, but no one listens any [F]more
In the [Am]rooms the women come and go
[Dm]Talking on the mobile [Am]phones
And the television [G]talks about the war
[Am]

[Verse 2]
When I was a baby there was
[Dm]laughter in [Am]my house
And my daddy smoked
domestic ci[F]garettes
[Am]Thursday nights on the radio
live in concert
Live from [C]Cairo, [G]mother of [F]Egypt
[G]Mama, mama
[F]Be with [G]me
With the mu[F]sic in your [Am]breast
In your [F]glittering even[Am]ing dress
And the [F]white flag in your [Am]fist trembling
[G][Am]

[Interlude 1]
[F][Am]
[F][Am][F][Am][G]
[Am]

[Verse 3]
I could tell you stories like [Dm]the
past was dead an[Am]d gone
But I know nothing changes in [F]this world
[Am]Every day the muezzin calls
[Dm]Sun comes up a[Am]nd Baghdad falls
Before the eye[G]s of storytelling g[F]irls
[Am]She was just a poor [Dm]man's daug[Am]hter
Going down in[G]to the sultan's
[F]bed[Dm][Am]
He was desert, [Dm]she w[G]as a wat[Am]er
[C]And he remembered [G]every word she said
[F]She said and I say
[Am]Grandma, [G]grandma
[F]Be with [G]me
In your [F]tragic wedding [Am]gown
With your [F]long hair [Am]hanging
down
[F]And the stories tumbling [Am]out

[Interlude 2]
Tumbling
[G][Am][F][Am][G]
[Am]

[Verse 4]
I could tell you stories like [Dm]the
government tells [Am]lies
Oh, but no one listens any [F]more
In the [Am]rooms the women come and go
[Dm]Talking on the mobile [Am]phones
And the [C]television [G]talks about the [Am]war
About the war
And the [C]television [G]talks about the war