Postcard
Words and music by Roddy Frame
Chords Used:
Cmaj7...........3 3 5 4 5 3
G...............3 5 5 4 3 3
Gmaj7...........X 5 4 4 5 X or X X 5 4 3 2
Em..............7 7 9 9 8 7
Em*.............0 2 2 0 0 0
Bm..............7 9 9 7 7 7
B...............7 9 9 8 7 7
B*..............2 2 4 4 4 2
C...............X 3 2 0 1 0
Bm7.............X 2 4 2 3 X
Bdim............X 2 3 4 3 X
Am..............X 0 2 2 1 0
D...............X X 0 2 3 2 (or D6... X X 0 2 0 2)
NOTE FOR PLAYERS:
You can also use other shapes for the chords, i.e. the open Em or Bm
You could also use the Gmaj7 alternating the G at the
end of the line in the verse or chorus if you find it OK...
INTRO
(Cmaj7 - G)
VERSE 1
----Em------------------Bm------
In California there's a bridge
---------------Cmaj7------G (or Gmaj7...)
That spans the Golden Gate
-------------------Em----------------
Somewhere there's a photograph of it
Bm---------------Cmaj7-------G
Strung behind my smiling face
------------Em--Bm------------Cmaj7-----G
Man, its so high,--Man, its so wide
------------Em--------B------
From San Francisco to Sausalito
-------------------Cmaj7---
Where they started Rumours
CHORUS
Cmaj7----------G----
Ooh, sparkling water
Cmaj7-----------G----
Ooh, Blue skies above
Cmaj7----------B*----
Ooh, send me a postcard
-----Em*-------C------------------G--
From hazy California, signed with love
VERSE 2
-------Em----------------Bm-----------Cmaj7---G
On her shoulder sits the devil in the detail
---------Em-------------Bm------------Cmaj7---G
Over the other ther's a vast and wild ocean
----------------Em--Bm----------------Cmaj7---G
So should we do A?-----Or should we do B?
-----Em---------------B----------
Fog descending at the crossroads
---------Cmaj7-------
But your heart knows
CHORUS
Cmaj7----------G----
Ooh, sparkling water
Cmaj7-----------G----
Ooh, Blue skies above
Cmaj7----------B*----
Ooh, send me a postcard
-----Em*-------C------------------G--
From hazy California, signed with love
BRIDGE
Bm7--------------------------Bdim
What you gonna do about your life?
---------------------------Am----
Who we gotta sue to get it right?
------------------------------Cm--D
Anyway you choose, its just a ri--de
INSTRUM (guitar solo)
(Cmaj7---Gmaj7)
REPEAT CHORUS