SACRAMENTO AVENUE
  By Rose Polenzani
  Appears on "Rose Polenzani" (Daemon Records 2001)


NOTES:
The basic riff of this song is F to B. If you know the melody, it will be 
easier for you to just sing it and change the chord when you know it's 
coming, but I've tried to reproduce the chord changes here as they 
correspond with the lyrics. This song is originally capo'd on the 5th 
fret, which changes the chord formations to the following: VERSE: C, F, C, 
F, C, F, Dmin, G. BRIDGE: G, F, G, F, G, F, G, F.


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VERSE ONE:
F                 B    
I'm whistling away

              F     . . . B
On Sacramento Avenue.

F               B     
Holed up in the attic, 

                      F
the people here don't know me,

                       B
but they don't seem to mind, 

                  Gmin
a homeless little girl

                 C 
Who never did no harm 

               F       B            
'til she's let inside. . .   yeah yeah

F        B
. . .       yeah yeah

VERSE TWO:

F                B    
Every day should be full of space.

F                B    
Every day should see my lover's face

F                 B    
smiling back at me,

        F    B    
smiling.

F              B    
She lives far away, she is not my lover,

F                 B    
but I can just pretend,

                    Gmin
life's been good to me,

                      C
and I'm happy with my life,

                  F        B
I'm happy with my life. . . yeah yeah

F       B
. . .   yeah yeah


BRIDGE:
C                    B
It was a troublesome drive, the last thing she said to me:

C                B
she was locked inside some right-wing family.

C                        B
You say it's a matter of time, well that may be the case.

C                  B
but time is just a part of time and space.

F        B
. . .     yeah yeah

F        B
. . .     yeah yeah


VERSE THREE:
F             B
The longer my arms, the tighter my grip.

F          B
The more I hold, the more I let slip.

F                     B
And I never wrote you back, my silence lets you know:

F                  B
the less I know of you, the less I let go.

Gmin                  C
And I'm happy with my life. . . that's right.

(repeat the F/B "yeah yeah" thing until you're done) 

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© 2001 Rose Polenzani/Parhelion Music ASCAP