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Mar 22, 2022

Stolen Car by Beth Orton

I added a coda to the song instead of a fade out. Hard to do when you're on stage.

Tab: in word document format Video: Beth Orton - Stolen Car

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Stolen Car
By:   Beth Orton

[intro:]  8 x |Bm |
              {band kicks in}
              |Bm |D  |A  |E  |
              |Bm |D  |A  |E  |

[verse:1]
Bm                                    D
  You walked into my house last night   I couldn't help but notice
A                                    E
  A light that was long gone still burning strong
Bm                        D
  You were sitting, your fingers like fuses
      A            E
Your eyes were cinnamon
 
[verse: 2] 
Bm               D
  You said you stand for every known abuse
          A                 E
That was ever threatened to anyone but you
Bm                        D
  And why should I know better by now
          A             E
When I'm old enough not to
 
[chorus:] 
Bm             D                            A
  While every line speaks the language of love
                          E
It never held the meaning I was thinking of
Bm              D                    A
   And I can't decide over right or wrong
                                E
I guess sometimes you need the place where you belong


[verse: 3] 
 Bm                                  D
Some may sing the wrong words to the   wrong melody
 A                                 E
It's little things like this that matter to me
 Bm                                     D
Others feel that you should stand for every known abuse to hand
     A                                    E
And all the things that they could never see
 
[verse: 4] 
Bm              D
  You said you stood for every known abuse
          A                E
That was ever promised to anyone like you
Bm                         D
  Don't you wish you knew better by now
             A              E
When you're old enough not to
 
[chorus:] 
Bm            D                           A
  When every line speaks the language of love
                           E
And never held the meaning I was thinking of
Bm              D                    A
  And I can't decide over right or wrong
                             E
You left the feeling that I just do not belong
 
 
[:]  8 x |E  |

[bridge:]
B5 
One drink too many and a joke gone too far
B5
I see a face drive like a stolen car
B5
Gets harder to hide when you're hitching a ride
B5
Harder to hide what you really saw
 
 [verse: 5]
Bm              D
  Oh yeah, you stand for every known abuse
     A                    E
That I've ever seen my way through
Bm                        D
  Don't you wish I knew better by now
        A                  E
Well I think I'm starting to
 
[chorus:] 
Bm            D                           A
  When every line speaks the language of love
                           E
And never held the meaning I was thinking of
Bm                   D                     A
  And I've lost the line between right or wrong
                         E
I just want to find the place where I belong
 
[chorus:]
Bm            D                           A
  When every line speaks the language of love
                           E
And never held the meaning I was thinking of
Bm                   D                     A
  And I've lost the line between right or wrong
                         E
I just want to find the place where I belong
 

[coda:]  4  x |Bm  |D  |A  |E  |    | 
              |Bm  {finish}


chords:

A       002220  or 577655
Bm      224432  or 688666
B5      x244xx  or 799xxx
D       000232  or 557775
E       022100  or 779997