Gardenia Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][C][G][D][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[D]Gardenia
Where [C]are [G]you?[C][G][C][G][D]
Black goddess in a [G]shabby [D]raincoat
Where [G]are [C]you [G]ton[C]ight?
[D]Cheap purple baby-doll dress
dress
[G]A gardeni[C]a i[G]n your hair[C]
[D]Much taller and stronger than me
[C]A forbidden d[G]ream,
[C]a d[G]ream, a dre[D]am

[Verse 2]
All I wanna [D]do is tell [C]Gardenia
What to do tonight
[D]

[Verse 3]
All I wanna do is tell [C]Gardenia
What to do tonight
[G]Gardenia

[Verse 4]
[D]
Where [C]are [G]you, [C]to night?
[G]The[D] streets were your home
Now [G]where do [C]you [G]roam?[C]
[G]Your hourglass ass[D][G][D]
And your [G]power[C]ful [G]back[C][G][C]
Your [D]slant devil eyes
And the [G]ditch [C]on your spine
Deep [G]ass, deep [F]ass
[G]

[Verse 5]
[D]All I wanna do is tell Gar[C]denia
What to do tonight
[G]

[Verse 6]
[D]
All I wanna do is tell [C]Gardenia
What to do [Em]tonight[Bb]

[Verse 7]
We lay in the darkness
[D]Then she turned [C]the lights on
[F]I s[Bb]aw a dangerous habit
[D]When she turned [C]the lights on
There's [F]always a [Bb]catch
In the darkness when you
[D]When you turn the [E]lights on
There's always a [Bb]catch
Oh well, oh well, oh well, [D]oh well

[Verse 8]
All I wanna do is tell [C]Gardenia
What to do tonight
[G]

[Verse 9]
[D]
All I wanna do is tell Gardenia
[C]What to do tonight
[Bb]

[Verse 10]
[D]Alone in the [G]cheapo motel[D]
[G]By [C]the highway to [G]hell
Amer[D]ica's greatest living poet
Was ogling you [G]all [C]night[G]
[C]You should be wearing
the finest [Am]gown
But here [D]you are now
Gas, food, lodging, [G]poverty, [C]misery
[G]And gar[C]denia
[G]You cou[D]ld be burned at the stake
For [C]all your mistakes,
mis[G]takes, [C]mistakes[D]

[Verse 11]
All I wanna [D]do is tell [C]Gardenia
What to do tonight
[G]

[Verse 12]
[D]
All I wanna do is tell [C]Gardenia
What to do tonight
[Bb]