WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Counting Crows - August And Everything After Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
C
They're waking up Maria because everybody else has got someplace to go
C
She makes a little motion with her head, rolls over, says she's gonna sleep for a couple minutes more
F C
I said I'm sorry to Maria for the cold-hearted thing that I have done
Am Dm C
I've said I'm sorry by now, at least once, to just about everyone
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G/B F/A
She says, I have forgotten what I'm supposed to do today
G F
It slips my mind what I'm supposed to say
Am
We're getting older and older and older and older
G F
And always a little further out of the way
[Chorus 1]
C C G/B
You look into her eyes and it's more than your heart will allow
G F C
In August and everything after, you get a little less than you expected somehow
[Verse 2]
C
Well I stumbled into Washington Square, just as the sun began to rise
C
And I walked across the lawn to the cathedral and I lay down, in the shadow of St. Mary's in the sky
F C
I'm just one of these late-model children waiting for the king
Am Dm C
There ain't no sign of Elvis in San Francisco, it's just me, and I'm playin' this rock and roll thing
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G/B F/A
And she wants to be just like me
G F
And I want every damn thing that I can see
Am
You know one day, you're daddy's little angel
G F
The next day you're everything he wanted you to be
[Chorus 2]
C C G/B
They dress you up in white satin and they give you your very own pair of wings
G F C G/B F/A
In August and everything after, I'm after everything
G F C F G
[Verse 3]
C
Well I got my reservations and I got my seven million dollar home
C
I got, I got the number of some girl in North Dakota
Who's always wide awake so I never have to spend the night alone
F C
I got this nasty little habit of peeking down the shirts of all the little girls as they pass me by
Am Dm
And I know you wonder, when it all catches up to me
C
And they finally bring me down, do you think I'm gonna cry?
[Pre-Chorus 3]
G/B F/A
Well listen, I already got my disease
G F
So get your f**king filthy hands off of me
Am
I hope you weren't expecting me to be crucified
G F
The best that they can do is just to hang me from the nearest tree
[Chorus 3]
C C G/B
Yeah it's midnight in San Francisco and I am waiting here for Jesus on my knees
G F Dm C G F
In August and everything after, I need somebody else to bleed for me, yeah
G F C F C
In August and everything after, I need somebody else to bleed for me
G F C
[Verse 4]
C
Well I came down from San Francisco because I had confidence in a military mind
C
But now everyone I know is turning showgirl and dancin' with their shirt off in some Las Vegas hotel line
F C
So I'm goin' to New York City 'cause it got a little sleazy here for me
Am Dm
And when I find myself alone, you know I'm never goin’ home
C
You make the changes, the changes that you need
[Pre-Chorus 4]
G/B F/A
But I no longer know how to pray
G F
I live in dogtown and it's a Dalmatian parade
Am
I changed my spots over and over
G F
But they never seem to fa-ee-a-ee-ade away
[Chorus 4]
C C G/B
I am the last remaining Indian lookin' for the place where the buffalo roam
G F Dm C G Am
In August and everything after, man them buffalo ain't never comin' home, no
G F Dm C G Am
In August and everything after, man them buffalo ain't, they ain't never comin' home, no
G F C
In August and everything after, man them buffalo ain't never comin' home
[Outro]
G F C G Am
La-la-la-la la-la-laaaaa, ah-la-la-laa-la
G F C F C/E G F
La-la-la-la la-laaaaa, la-laaaaa-la-la
C G F
Dm C F G