Kathleen
Kathleen
Written and Performed by Josh Ritter
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
GCGCadd9
GGadd9
Cadd9
all the other girls here are stars??you are the Northern Lights
GCadd9
G Cadd9
they try to shine in through your curtains??you're too close and too bright
G Em7
they try and they try but everything that they do
Am C G
is the ghost of a trace of a pale imitation of you
Cadd9 Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
GCadd9
G Cadd9
this party is made with the night air and the chance that a smile
GCadd9
Cadd9
will wind its way from your face to one of the boys in your line
G Em7
you act like you're hip to their tricks and you're strong
Am C G
but a virgin Wurlitzer heart never once had a song
Cadd9 Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
G D
and I'll have you back by break of day
Cadd9
I'm going your way anyway
G
and if you'd like to come along
D
I'll be yours for a song
Interlude: G Cadd9 G Cadd9
GGadd9
Cadd9
I know you are waiting and I know that it is not for me
GCadd9
G Cadd9
but I'm here and I'm ready and I've saved you the passenger seat
G Em7
I won't be your last dance just your last goodnight
AC
G
every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied
Cadd9 9add
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
Gmaj Cadd9 Repeat 4 times
GCadd9
Cadd9
so crawl up your trellis and quietly back into your room
GCadd9
G Cadd9
and I'll coast down the length of your drive by the light of the moon
G 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
G Cadd9 Cadd9
'bout the night that I drove you back home Kathleen
Repeat G Cadd9