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The Coat Is Always On Chords

Music by: Cat Power
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[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]

[Verse 1]
Mother don't [Am]sit
[Dm][Am]
[Dm]Mother don't [Am]stand
[Dm]Mother don't send me
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Smok[Dm]ing grass go
into the movie
[Am]The ambulance [Dm]is after you too
Promise we're gonna go
to New York City
Sorry about the fight [Am]in
front of you
[Dm]Angry women [Am]said 'motherfucker' on
TV
Sister come and lay your head [Dm]on me,
I can see you [Am]haven't [Dm]had any sleep
[Am]in a l[Dm]ong time.
[Am][Asus4][Am]

[Verse 3]
That [Dm]baby's gon[Am]na be s[Dm]o
[Am]easy on [Dm]me[Am][Dm][Am]
Never [Dm]see his [Am]smile[Dm][Am]
Never see [Dm]his [Am]face[Dm]

[Verse 4]
[Am][Dm]
Smoking grass go into the movie
The ambulance [Am]is a[Dm]fter you too
Promise we're gonna go
to New York City
Sorry about the fight in front of you
Angry women said
'motherfucker' on TV
[Am]Father [Dm]said he was [Am]gonna give
[Dm]me something[Am]
[Dm]He gave me hate[Am][Dm]

[Verse 5]
Mother don't sit [Am]Mother
don't stand
[Dm]Mother don't send me

[Verse 6]
The coat is al[Am]ways on
[Dm]Because it's [Am]always cold
We always ? when she [Dm]wants
to hear it
A lot of times [Am]we would [Dm]just
starve
They recognize [Am]the color of the smear
Maybe [Dm]I'll listen and you
can read [Am]my mind
[Dm]I'm sorry [Am]please [Dm]don't[Am] be
[Dm]mad [Am]Brother [Dm]can 't even speak
[Am]He's [Dm]got a[Am] ton[Dm]gue and two
legs to walk on and he can leave
[Am]Brother [Dm]is old and g[Am]rey[Dm]
[Am]Brother is old and grey
Brother is old and grey
And he's [Asus4]only[Dm]
[Am]He's only [Dm]seventeen
We recognize the color
of the smear
Maybe we will all listen when
we are all under
Maybe we will all listen
when we are all under

[Verse 7]
Father said he was [Am]gonna give
[Dm]me something
He gave me [Am]hate[Dm]

[Verse 8]
Mother don't [Dm]sit[Am]
[Dm]Mother don't stand
Mother please don't send [Am]me
Angry women [Asus4]said motherfucker on tv
Maybe [Am]I'll

[Verse 9]
listen and you can
[Dm]read my [Am]mind
[Dm]I'm sorry please don't be mad

[Verse 10]
[Am]Two
What [Dm]happened to [Am]home[Dm][Am]
What [Dm]happened to home
[Am]sweet[Dm][Am]
What happened to home sweet
[Dm]Home

[Outro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][D][Dm][Am][Dm][A][Am][Dm]
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