Accidental Babies Chords & Tabs
Accidental Babies
by Damien Rice
This song is, of course, originally performed on the piano. This is not so much an
at a note-by-note transcription into guitar tablature, as it is a suggestion on how to make
song work with just you and your guitar. As such, the tab is a bit schematic. Play
with the chords, that sounds really good!
Intro:
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Verse 1:
Well I
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1.Well I held you like a lover, happy hands and your elbow in the
2.And we ignored our others, happy plans with a delicate look
3.Our bodies moved and hardened, hurting parts of your garden
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1.appropriate place
2.upon your face
3.with no room for a pardon in a place where no-one knows what we have done
Pre-Chorus:
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do you
Chorus:
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come,
together ever with
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him... is he dark enough
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enough to see your
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light... do you brush your teeth before you kiss
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do you miss my smell
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is he bold enough to take you on, do you feel like you belong
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and does he drive you wild
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or just mildly free... what about me
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Verse 2:
Well you
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/damien_rice/accidental_babies_tab_ver_4.html ]
1.held me like a lover, sweaty hands and my foot in the
2.we use cushions to cover, happy glands in the mild eschew of
3.minds pressed and guarded, while our flesh disregarded
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1.appropriate place
2.our disgrace
3.the lack of space for the light-hearted in the boom that makes our drum
Pre-Bridge:
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Bridge (con gusto):
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well I know I make you cry
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I know sometimes you wanna die
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but do you really feel alive without me
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if so: be free
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if not: leave him for me, before one of us has
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accidental babies
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do you
Chorus 2:
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come, together ever with
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him... is he dark enough
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enough to see your
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light... do you brush your teeth before you kiss
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do you miss my smell
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is he bold enough to take you on, do you feel like you belong
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and does he drive you wild
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or just mildly free... what about me
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what about
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me
Transcribed by zaphod81
