Regina Spektor - Back Of A Truck

depends on your range , but to me it sounds better with a capo over the first fret .
you can play the same chords either way . strum twice at parts if you have to .
regina is my favorite favorite artist , enjoy!

verses will all play the same

D Am
she lifted the monument in her monumental arms
C G
she was the mother superior with her carry – on luggage charms
D Am
she was this androgynous powder nosed girl next door
C G
she had eaten her dog and she was back for more

G C
back for more
C Am G
back for mo – ore
C G
oh , she was back for more
C Am D
some more? yes please , some more

D Am
her gym teacher thought himself a sweat sock demi god
C G
her geraniums thought themselves an alien pod
D Am
her front porch gave way beneath the classified weight
C G
and when the ambulance came they said it’s much too late

G C
oh , it’s much too late
C Am G
oh , it’s much too , much too late
C G
oh , it’s much too late
C Am D
how late? very late , too late

D Am
now the people of new guinea and the people of la
C G
have been pen pals for years cause they both hate ballet
D Am
only the pandas and bears have made a clean getaway
C G
but the news bulletin claims it’s gonna be ok
D Am
now miss lucy had a sweatshop where the immigrants worked
C G
problem was they all turned to pumpkins at the twelve o’clock stroke
D Am
promptly confiscated by police precinct number x
C G
that was when the alien geraniums demanded the facts

G C
no violence of course
C Am G
no violence , no violence , of course
C G
hey , no violence , of course
C Am D
off course? why yes , of course

D Am
here the story gets hazy and the hair gets too long
C G
the tv gets quiet as we hear a real bad song
D Am
the mothers get whiskey and the girlfriends get tongue
C G
and there’s a back of a truck selling smoke free lungs
D Am
and there’s a back of a truck selling alien pods
C G
and there’s a back of a truck selling game show hosts
D Am
and there’s a back of a truck selling the souls of the dead
C G
and there’s a back of a truck selling crumb free bread
D Am
and there’s a back of a truck selling the back of a car
C G
and there’s a back of a car selling roadway maps
D Am
and there are roadway maps selling the back of a head
D C
hey , how much for that back of a head , man?
G D
hey wait a minute , that’s my back of a head
Am
hey you can’t sell that man
C
that’s my back of a head
C
hey sell it back to me man
G
sell it back to me
D Am
hey it’s , it’s my m – m – m – m – m – m – mine

D Am
she lifted the monument in her monumental arms
C G
she was the mother superior with her carry – on luggage charms
D Am
she was this androgynous powder nosed girl next door
C G
she had eaten her dog and she was back for more