Biography:
The Philadelphia native, who earned acclaim with his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, recently recorded his debut solo record in the music-steeped metropolis of New Orleans at the famed Piety St. recording studio.
For Mo Beauty, Ounsworth was backed by George Porter, Jr. on bass, Stanton Moore on drums, Robert Walter on keys, and Matt Sutton on baritone and pedal-steel guitars, with additional help from some members of the diversely talented New Orleans community such as Mark Mullins
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Alec Ounsworth – Modern Girl (With Scissors)
The lyrics are what I think he sings, Alec can be pretty hard to understand. The chords
are correct but their exact placement on the lyrics may be off.
Bm G F# G F# Intro x2 (Leave
the high E string open for the G and F#)
Bm
Oh the light left the Room Oh where did it go?
D F#
She said that she left in the end
G F#
He was something to sell
G F# Bm
But the seas gotten dry somehow
There’s no such thing as grim
D
Whether I am
F# G
You don’t Have to trust me I know It’s hard
F#
As I said at my circus tent
G
One week later
D A7 E
Do you want to retire
G Gadd4
This is an honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
Bm
At least that’s what she believes
Intro X 1
Bm
Oh the Ambulance left in a heap next to a bar
D
Like an ordinary citizen
F# G F#
Dead up in the trunk of a car
G F#
Well She don’t know them
Bm
She just gets tired that’s just she’s runaway
D
Down In the bottom’s the top
F# G
As I traded my radio for
F#
Something smaller
G D A7
Something I can fit inside
E
My hole (sized heart)
G Gadd4
(This is an) honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
D
At least that’s what she believes
A7
And when the city gets rough
D
She gets into a balloon
A7
Leaving all of your stuff
Bm
Leaving only with
Gadd4 Bm
All this useless beauty
Gadd4
All this Useless Beauty
Intro x 4
Bm
Oh the light left the Room Oh where did it go?
D F#
She’s said that she left in the end
G F#
He’s something himself
G F# Bm
But the seas gotten dry somehow
There’s no such thing as grim
D
Whether I am
F# G
You don’t Have to trust me I know It’s hard
F#
As I said at my circus tent
G
One week later
D A7 E
To want to retire
G Gadd4
This is an honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
Bm
At least that’s what she believes
Solo (Play Verse Chords)
Gadd4 Bm
All this useless beauty
Gadd4
All this Useless Beauty
The lyrics are what I think he sings, Alec can be pretty hard to understand. The chords
are correct but their exact placement on the lyrics may be off.
Bm G F# G F# Intro x2 (Leave
the high E string open for the G and F#)
Bm
Oh the light left the Room Oh where did it go?
D F#
She said that she left in the end
G F#
He was something to sell
G F# Bm
But the seas gotten dry somehow
There’s no such thing as grim
D
Whether I am
F# G
You don’t Have to trust me I know It’s hard
F#
As I said at my circus tent
G
One week later
D A7 E
Do you want to retire
G Gadd4
This is an honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
Bm
At least that’s what she believes
Intro X 1
Bm
Oh the Ambulance left in a heap next to a bar
D
Like an ordinary citizen
F# G F#
Dead up in the trunk of a car
G F#
Well She don’t know them
Bm
She just gets tired that’s just she’s runaway
D
Down In the bottom’s the top
F# G
As I traded my radio for
F#
Something smaller
G D A7
Something I can fit inside
E
My hole (sized heart)
G Gadd4
(This is an) honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
D
At least that’s what she believes
A7
And when the city gets rough
D
She gets into a balloon
A7
Leaving all of your stuff
Bm
Leaving only with
Gadd4 Bm
All this useless beauty
Gadd4
All this Useless Beauty
Intro x 4
Bm
Oh the light left the Room Oh where did it go?
D F#
She’s said that she left in the end
G F#
He’s something himself
G F# Bm
But the seas gotten dry somehow
There’s no such thing as grim
D
Whether I am
F# G
You don’t Have to trust me I know It’s hard
F#
As I said at my circus tent
G
One week later
D A7 E
To want to retire
G Gadd4
This is an honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
Bm
At least that’s what she believes
Solo (Play Verse Chords)
Gadd4 Bm
All this useless beauty
Gadd4
All this Useless Beauty
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