Lake Street Dive

Bad Self Portraits

Lake Street Dive


Tom: G#m

B      799877
G#m    466444
F#     244322
D#m    x68876
C#m    x46654
D#     x68886

When you see the * play this riff:

E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--6b7b6-4-4s6v--|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|


[Intro]
E B E B G#m F# &
Then this little riff on the D string (denoted by &). (Also at the end of every 4
bars except when playing *). Note: This varies throughout the song, feel free to
improvise.

E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--6h7p6---------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|


[Verse 1]
  E           B
I bought this camera
        E              B
to take pictures of my love
G#m                   F#
    Now that he's gone
                E*
I don't have anybody to take pictures of
 E         B
Along some highway
   E              B
is pretty good subjects
G#m               F#            E*
    I'm gonna make myself make use of this thing


[Chorus]
     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking landscapes
     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking still lifes
     C#             E        D#m           C#m
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking bad self portraits
     F#
of a lonely woman


[Instrumental]
E B E B G#m F# E*


[Verse 2]
      E       B
I've spent my life
   E         B
so lost on lovin'
G#m                         F#               E&
    I could have been a painter or a president
          E           B
But after twenty-five years
            E             B
I should be good at something
G#m              F#                 E      
   Gone are the days of me being so reticent


[Chorus]
     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm taking night classes
     C#
(ooh-ooh) I'm making sculptures
      C#               E         D#m        C#m
(ooh-ooh) I'm painting bad self portraits
      F#
of a lonely woman


[Solo]
E B E B G#m F# E &
E B E B G#m F# E*


[Bridge]
N.C.
I bought this camera
N.C.
to take pictures of my love
N.C.
Now that he's gone
N.C.
I don't know what to do with this thing
B        D#             G#        F#
I don't care about the time or money
E                D#m
I just never thought that I'd be
C#                   B
through with this love


[Chorus]
    C#
(ooh-ooh) Stuck taking landscapes
    C#
(ooh-ooh) Stuck taking still lifes
    C#
(ooh-ooh) Stuck making sculptures
     C#                      E        D#m        C#m
(ooh-ooh) I'm out here taking bad self portraits
      F#
of a lonely woman
E         B                 C#m       F#
Bad self portraits     of a lonely girl
E        D#m       C#m       F#
Sad self portraits     of a lonely woman


[Outro]
E B E B G#m F# x2
B