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Vanilla Baby

Billie Marten

FolkMedium for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
Em○○○○
D××○
Am×○○
Em7○○○○○
B7Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
D7××○
A×○○
G○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
               
 
C             Em        
Today, I feel close to ill 
D              Am 
It seems to be alright 
C                Em 
Steady hands and steady feet 
D              Am 
I push you far behind 
C                Em 
Miles to go, I'm drifting slow 
D                      Am 
This wholesome life of mine 
C              Em 
Mother told us not to go 
   D              Am 
No fingers in the fire 
 
Em  Em7  Em 
Alright 
 
  C                      D         B7          
I am only as good as you want me to be 
  C                 A7         D7            B7 
I don't pick up the phone if I don't want to speak 
    C                    D        B7 
I am only as good as you want me to be 
  A                  D 
I don't know what I'm doing 
            B7       
It's easy to see 
 
C  Em  D  Am 
Mmm 
 
G                             A             C 
Pages after pages I write for me and no one else 
G                 
Standing tall, no brick in the wall 
  A            Am 
I take care of myself 
G            D 
Fickle is as fickle does 
   A        C 
As solitary links

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Chord set

C · Em · D · Am · Em7 · B7 · A7 · D7 · A · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.