Painted Desert Serenade Chords & Tabs
Painted Desert Serenade Chords
Title: Painted Desert Serenade
Artist: Joshua Kadison
Tabbed by: Stuart Lowe
Chords, in order of appearance:
C x 3 2 0 1 0
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
Am7 x 0 2 0 1 0
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
Gsus4 3 x 0 0 1 3
G 3 x 0 0 0 3
Dm7 x x 0 2 1 1
G7sus4 3 x 0 0 1 1
G7 3 x 0 0 0 1
Bb6 x 1 3 3 3 3
A7 x 0 2 0 2 0
Dm7/G 3 x 0 2 1 1
Note the reversal of C and F on the third line of verses 1 & 2.
Lead into verse 2 with Gsus4 G as shown in (), omit on second and third chorus.
Intro:
C / Em / Am7 / F / C / F / C / Gsus4 G
Verse 1:
C Em
He tells her, I want to paint you naked on a big brass bed
Am7 F
with bright orange poppies all around your head.
C F C F
And she says, Crazy old man, I'm not young anymore.
Dm7 G7sus4 G7
That's all right, he whispers, I've never painted before.
Chorus:
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C F C
Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
C F Gsus4 G
Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
C Em Am7 F
You got me talkin' to the moon, you got me walkin' in the rain.
C F C (Gsus4 G)
Do you love me, do you love me Lady Jane?
Verse 2:
C Em
I want to read your tea leaves by candle light.
Am7 F
On a fat velvet sofa, I want to be with you all night.
C F F C
I want to tickle your feet with a peacock plume.
Dm7
And she says, Can you talk a little softer,
G7sus4 G7
there are people in the room.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Bb6
And Jane says, my children brought me here
A7
and promised me they'd call.
Dm7 G7sus4 G7
Well you know kids forget that's just the way of it all.
C Em Am7 F
And he says, Well, that makes us both footloose and fancy free,
Dm7 Dm7/G
so Jane do you want to come see the Painted Desert with me?
(Chorus)
Outro:
F C
Do you love me like I love you?
F C
Do you love me Lady Jane?