Nica Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

[Verse 1]
[G]Calm down Nica
[C]You don't have to wait
outside of the Stan[G]hope
For the doctor
[C]Charlie Parker woke up in
your apart[Am]ment
[Adim]On the sofa
And he'll [D]be fine,
once he's walked it off
And he'll [Gm]meet you
[Gdim]In the front row of the
[C]Five Spot around midnight
So [G]load up the Bentley
And [C]bring the hollowed out bible
with [G]the whiskey
52nd Street
No [C]phone calls from the cops
or from your [Am]fam ily
[Adim]Can reach you
They all [D]know you,
you're famous in your [Gm]fur coat
[Gdim]With Thelonius
[C]The high priest and the baroness

[Verse 2]
[Fm]
The cats, all called you a but[C]terfly
But that's not quite [Fm]right
Pannonica is a moth
Known to come [C]alive in the dark of night
She might [Cm]flutter by your [C]table[Cm]
She [C]might [D]whisper something
secret in your [Gm]ear
"You only need to [F]hear one
piece of ad[C]vice[Gm]
Each of us [F]only gets one life"
[C]

[Verse 3]
[D]
So calm [G]down Nica
[C]You don't have to drive on
down to [G]Baltimore
Anymore
The [C]Cabaret Card's waiting
in the [Am]morning mail
[Adim]Your mercy missions for[D]
musicians didn't fail
[Gm]The un[Gdim]years, they are over
You're [C]forever black, brown, beige
The bebop bar[F]oness

[Interlude 1]
[A][Dm][Cm][Bb][D][Gm][C][F]
[A]
[Dm][Cm][Bb][D][Gm][F][C]
[Gm][F][Bb][F][C][Fm]

[Verse 4]
[Fm]The cats, they called you a but[C]terfly
But that's not quite [Fm]right
Pannonica is a moth
Known to come [C]alive in the dark of night
She might [Cm]flutter by your table
She might [D]whisper something
secret in your [G]ear
"You only need to [F]hear one
piece of ad[C]vice[G]
Each of us [F]only gets one [C]life"[G]
Nica spent hers fly[F]ing
She was freer [C]than the French
She [G]always said
"Just listen to the mu[F]sic, man
And throw your [C]heart over
the [Am]fence[G][C]
And the rest will fol[G]low"

[Outro 1]
[G][C][Eb][D][G]