Kathleen (Cifras)

Kathleen

Written and Performed by Josh Ritter

Album:  Hello Starling

transcribed by Hunter Dalby    [email protected]



Capo 3rd fret



all chords in relation to capo



Chords

Gmaj [ 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

Gmaj    Cadd9    Gmaj    Cadd9



Gmaj                                     Cadd9                                     Gmaj  

     Cadd9

all the other girls here are stars—you are the Northern Lights

Gmaj                                                  Cadd9                              

           Gmaj         Cadd9

they try to shine in through your curtains—you're too close and too bright

Gmaj                          Em7

they try and they try but everything that they do

         Am                                C                        Gmaj

is the ghost of a trace of a pale imitation of you

                              Cadd9                                      Gmaj      Cadd9

I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen

Gmaj                                       Cadd9                                         

  Gmaj       Cadd9

this party is made with the night air and the chance that a smile

Gmaj                                      Cadd9                                         

        Cadd9

will wind its way from your face to one of the boys in your line

Gmaj                                                Em7

you act like you're hip to their tricks and you're strong

           Am                       C                                            Gmaj

but a virgin Wurlitzer heart never once had a song

                                Cadd9                                Gmaj        Cadd9

I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen

Gmaj                                                           D

and I'll have you back by break of day

                                       Cadd9

I'm going your way anyway

                                                 Gmaj

and if you'd like to come along

                                  D

I'll be yours for a song



Interlude:   Gmaj       Cadd9       Gmaj         Cadd9





Gmaj                                             Cadd9                           Gmaj    

 Cadd9

I know you are waiting and I know that it is not for me

Gmaj                                                          Cadd9                      

                  Gmaj          Cadd9

but I'm here and I'm ready and I've saved you the passenger seat

Gmaj                                        Em7

I won't be your last dance just your last goodnight

Am                                            C                                          

                     Gmaj

every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied

                                 Cadd9                                Gmaj         Cadd 9

I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen



Gmaj    Cadd9     Repeat  4 times



Gmaj                                            Cadd9                                

    Cadd9

so crawl up your trellis and quietly back into your room

Gmaj                                                             Cadd9                   

            Gmaj         Cadd9

and I'll coast down the length of your drive by the light of the moon

Gmaj                                                       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

                  Gmaj          Cadd9                                     Gmaj        Cadd9

'bout the night that I drove you back home Kathleen



Repeat       Gmaj   Cadd9