Carly Simon - Older Sister Ukulele

Older Sister from Hotcakes - 1974

(f) = Fret

Intro : F#9(8thf) F9(7thf) E9(6thf) Eb(5thf) D6 (4thf) C#9(3thf)


F#
She rides in the front seat
G(3thf)
She's my older sister
                         F#
She knows her power over me
Gmaj9(5thf)               Em7         Dmaj7
She goes to bed an hour later than I do
                           G7
When she turns the lights out
      Dmaj7               G7
What does she think about?
F                              C
And what does she do in the daylight
       A            A7
That makes her so great?

D             F#            D
Oh but to be, oh but to be, oh but to be
F#
I'd like to be
D               C# (4thf)
My older sister

F#
She flies through the back door
She's my older sister
G(3thf)                               F#
She throws French phrases 'round the room
Gmaj9(5thf)               Em7         Dmaj7
She has ice skates and legs that fit right in
      Dmaj7             G7       Dmaj7             
She's wicked to all the beaming dreamers
         G7
Who'll later boast of an evening
C        A     A7                      
By her fiery side


D             F#             D
Oh but to be, I'd like to be, please let me be, oh let me be
F#
I'd like to be
D               C# (4thf)
My older sister


D#7                 G#7
And in her black gymnastic tights
She runs into some elastic nights
 C#7 
Sophisticated sister sings for the
Soldiers of the soccer team
         F7          
Their silver I.D.'s and sororities
They tinker with love in their Model T's
    C#7 
Oh lord, won't you let me be her
             F#
For just one day
              Dmaj7     Gmaj7
She turns everybody's heads
         Dmaj7                  Gmaj7
While I wear her last year's threads
F                    C             A       A7
With patches and stitches and a turned up hem

D             F#            D
Oh but to be, oh but to be, oh but to be
F#
Just once to be
D               F#
My older sister

Outro: F#9(8thf) F9(7thf) E9(6thf) Eb(5thf) D6 (4thf) C#9(3thf)