Mrs Potters Lullaby Chords by Counting Crows

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G G Cadd9 Dsus4

G Well I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that's when it Cadd9 all hurts

the Dsus4 most

G I dream I never know anyone at the party Cadd9 and I'm always the

Dsus4 host

Em7 If dreams are like movies, then Cadd9 memories are films about

ghosts G

You can Dsus4 never escape, you can Cadd9 only move south down the coast

GHey, Dsus4Mrs Cadd9 Potter, don't Dsus4 cry

Hey, Mrs Potter I don't know why but

Hey, Mrs Potter won't you talk to me

2. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby

Intro

A(pAsus4lay 4 Asus4times) A Asus2 Asus2

this is Riff A. It's played pretty much every other measure in all the

verses. The A's in the verses are usually the riff above, in fact, but a

simple A chord will do the job.

Verse

AWell I woke up in mid-afternoDon cause that's when it Eall hurts the most

then Riff A twice

AI dream I never know anyone at the pDarty and I'm aElways the host

then Riff A twice

C♯mIf dreams are like movies, then meDmories are films about ghosts

then Riff A twice

AYou can never escape, you can Donly move south down the coast

then Riff A twice

all the rest of the verses follow that same pattern.

Well, I am an idiot walking a tightrope of fortune and fame

I am an acrobat swinging trapezes through circles of flame

If you've never stared off in the distance, then your life is a

shame

And though I'll never forget your face,

sometimes I can't remember my name

Chorus

C♯mHey DMrs. APotter doEn't cry

C♯mHey DMrs. APotter I knEow why but

C♯mHey DMrs. APotter won't you talk to me

(then, of course, back to Riff A and the verse chords again.)

Well, there's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing

And the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings

And there is always one last light to turn out and one last bell

to ring

And the last one out of the circus has to lock up everything

Or the elephants will get out and forget to remember what you said

And the ghosts of the tilt-a-whirl will linger inside of your head

And the ferris wheel junkies will spin them forever instead

When I see you a blanket of stars covers me in bed

Hey Mrs. Potter don't go

Hey Mrs. Potter I don't know but

Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk to me

All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sleep

And the lovesick rejections that accompany the company I keep

All the razor perceptions that cut just a little too deep

Hey I can bleed as well as anyone, but I need someone to help me

sleep

So I throw my hand into the air and it swims in the beams

It's just a brief interruption of the swirling dust sparkle jet

stream

Well, I know I don't know you and you're probably not what you

seem

But I'd sure like to find out

So why don't you climb down off that movie screen

Hey Mrs. Potter don't turn

Hey Mrs. Potter I burn for you

Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk to me

When the last king of Hollywood shatters his glass on the floor

and orders another

Well, I wonder what he did that for

That's when I know that I have to get out cause I have been there

before

So I gave up my seat at the bar and I head for the door

We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of

stars

We stand up at the Palace like it's the last of the great

Pioneertown bars

We shout out these songs against the clang of electric guitars

You can see a million miles tonight

But you can't get very far

Hey Mrs. Potter I won't touch and

Hey Mrs. Potter it's not much but

Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk to me