Masterpiece Chords by Big Thief

[Intro]
 
F  C  G  Fmaj7/C

C  G  Fmaj7/C
 
 
[Verse]

Fmaj7/C  C      G                  
Years,    days, makes no

            F
 difference to me, babe

C             G              Fmaj7/C
You look exactly the same to me

Fmaj7/C  C     G                 
Ain’t no time, crossing 

          F
your legs inside the diner

C                   G               
Raising your coffee to

                Fmaj7/C
 Your lips, the steam
 
 
[Chorus]
F                 C                        
You saw the masterpiece,

                      F
 She looks a lot like you

F                    
Wrapping her left arm 

C
Around your right

Cmaj9/B           Am    
Ready to walk you through

 C/G            Am  C/G
       The night
 
 
[Verse]

Fmaj7/C          C           
You whisper to a restless ear,

  G              F
 “can you get me out of here?

C                      G            
This place smells like piss  

          Fmaj7/C
and beer, can you get me out?”

Fmaj7/C         C G     
You were asking me how to
          F
 Get you free

C               G         Fmaj7/C
I only know the recipe to roam
 
 
[Chorus]

Fmaj7/C           C                        
You saw the masterpiece,

                      F
 she looks a lot like you

F                     
Wrapping her left arm

 C
 around your right

Cmaj9/B           Am     
Ready to walk you through

C/G            Am C/G
   The night
 
 
[Verse]

Fmaj7/C C     G             F
Old     stars filling up my throat

C                              
You gave em to me when 

G 
I was born,  

 Fmaj7/C
 now they’re coming out

Fmaj7/C             C           
Laying there on the hospital bed, 

G               
eyes were narrow,

 F
 Blue and red

C                            
You took a draw of breath 

    G     Fmaj7/C
And said to me
 
 
[Chorus]

Fmaj7/C           C                      
You saw the masterpiece, 

                     F
she looks a lot like me

F                  
Wrapping my left arm 

 C
Around your right

Cmaj9/B           Am    
Ready to walk you through
 C/G             Am C/G
    The night
 
 
 
 
[Verse]

Fmaj7/C C            G                
Old     friends, old mothers
, 
         F
dogs and brothers

C                    G                
There’s only so much letting

            Fmaj7/C
 go you can ask someone to do

Fmaj7/C       C          
So I keep you by my side,

 G                   F
 I will not give you to the tide

C                        
I'll even walk you in my 

G       Fmaj7/C
stride, Marie
 
 
[Chorus]

Fmaj7/C                C                         
'Cause I saw the masterpiece, 

                     F
she looks a lot like you

F                      
Wrapping your left arm 

C
Around my right

Cmaj9/B          Am    
Ready to walk me through

 C/G           Am C/G Am C/G
     The night

ℹ️ About This Song

On the 4th of February 2016, the track was released. The track was written by Adrianne Lenker.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: E
• Capo: 4th fret
• Chords: F, C, G, Fmaj7/C, Am, C/G
• BPM: 72
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Masterpiece
• Artist: Big Thief
• Written by Adrianne Lenker
• Produced by James Krivchenia & Andrew Sarlo
• Album: Masterpiece
• Released Date: 04 February 2016