Harper Lee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Virginia Woolf
She [B]leaves me cold
I [Em]recognize the genius
But I'm [B]twice as bold

[Verse 2]
I [C]have more to say
[G]Than Hemingway
[D]Lord [A]knows, compared to Faulker
I say it in a better way
[Asus4][A]

[Verse 3]
[G]
Graham Greene
[B]He loves me
He [Em]loves my poetic
Sensib[B]ility

[Verse 4]
[C]Katherine Anne Porter
Might be the [D]best [G]one now
But [A]in about a year
I'm gonna show [Bsus4]her how
[Em]Yes I [C]will
[B][Em]

[Verse 5]
[B]
[G]Said to Reeves the other day
[B]Proust really is the man
Who [Em]comforts me in a way
No [B]other writer can

[Verse 6]
The time[C]less quality of the work
The [G]length! Is very long
[Asus4]Believe me Marcel Pr[A]oust goes on

[Verse 7]
And on and on and on. 7 volumes
[G]Oh, Harper. Harper
[B]Lee. Lee. Lee
She [Em]only wrote that one book
[C]I've wri[B]tten more than three

[Verse 8]
[C]Darling Tennessee Williams
[D]It's any[G]body's guess
Why [A]"Streetcar" made millions
And "Wedding" so much
less
[Bsus4][Em]

[Verse 9]
[C]
I will forever [Em]be pondering that o[C]ne[Em]

[Verse 10]
[B]Oh, [Ebaug]Harper. H[C]arper
[B]Lee. Lee. Lee
[Em]Why do they always c[G]ompare her to me

[Interlude 1]
To me
[C]

[Verse 11]
[G]Won't even talk about
Eu[B]dora Welty
As for [Em]F. Scott, my Sad Cafe
Is [B]greater than his Gatsby
[C]I'm just telling you
What someone [G]told me they read
[A]I never look at my reviews
They might give me the big head
Now [G]Truman Capote was
[B]hypnotized
Mesmerized. Cause he real[Em]ized
That I knew that he knew
That [B]he had plagiarized

[Verse 12]
[C]My cadences!
Ima[D]gine his [G]surprise,
You'll [A]see it in his eyes

[Verse 13]
When I win that Nobel Prize
[B]
[C]Thank [G]you. Thank [C]you so very
much
[B][Em][C][Em][B]

[Verse 14]
[C]
Harper. Harper
[B]Lee. Lee. Lee
[Em]Why do they always c[G]ompare her to me
To me
[C]

[Verse 15]
She [G]always seems to be receiving
[B]More than she deserves
Honey, [Em]she's poaching on
My [B]literary preserves

[Verse 16]
Yes [C]from Harper Lee
We have [D]seen and [G]we've [D]heard [G]and
I'd [A]like to kill more than just
That mockingbird
[B]

[Verse 17]
[C]You know, [B]sometimes I really [C]would[G]
So you [B]just wait un[C]til [Em]next year

[Outro 1]
[B][Em]