Chords
Christenings

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 E                                       C 
        I met you in a record store
 E                                               C 
        You had slept in the clothes you wore
 Bm                                                     C9 
        But I knew I'd seen you somewhere before
 E                                                 C 
        What happened to your guitar?
 E                                                       C 
        And what happened to the prettiest star?
 Bm                                                                         C9 
        Can you still play the songs that got you so far?

 C                                           Em 
        Hey you, with your shadow in the gutter
 Bb                                     F 
        How low have you got to go before you're through
 C                                 Em 
        High times, a butler in the morning
 Bb                                               F                                   Fm               G 
        All your memories are coming out of your shoes
 C                           Em 
        Black dog, sitting in the park
 Bb                                         F 
        Odd looks from the mothers of the devil's own
 C                               Em 
        Shoplifting, getting your essentials
 Bb                                 F                                                       Fm 
        Gate crashing, christenings and funerals...
                                   G               Am   C#m   G# 
        ...And weddings too.
 E                                                                         C 
        I used to see you all the time on MTV
 E                                                         C 
        Read your life story in a magazine
 Bm                                                                                     C9 
        I guess you thought thats the way it'll always be.
 E                     C 
          But I believe in you
 E                                                       C 
          Cause I think that you'd want me to
 Bm                                                                       C9 
          Though I never really liked your songs, it's true

 C                                           Em 
        Hey you, with your shadow in the gutter
 Bb                                     F 
        How low have you got to go before you're through
 C                                 Em 
        High times, a butler in the morning
 Bb                                               F                                   Fm               G 
        All your memories are coming out of your shoes
 C                           Em 
        Black dog, sitting in the park
 Bb                                         F 
        Odd looks from the mothers of the devil's own
 C                               Em 
        Shoplifting, getting your essentials
 Bb                                 F                                                       Fm 
        Gate crashing, christenings and funerals...
                                   G 
        ...And weddings too.

 C                                           Em 
        Hey you, with your shadow in the gutter
 Bb                                     F 
        How low have you got to go before you're through
 C                                 Em 
        High times, a butler in the morning
 Bb                                               F                                   Fm               G 
        All your memories are coming out of your shoes
 C                           Em 
        Black dog, sitting in the park
 Bb                                         F 
        Odd looks from the mothers of the devil's own
 C                               Em 
        Shoplifting, getting your essentials
 Bb                                 F                                                       Fm 
        Gate crashing, christenings and funerals...
                                   G 
        ...And weddings too.