Chord Req: MY FACE - John Hartford

Subject: Chord Req: MY FACE - John Hartford
From: PHJim
Date: 14 Feb 24 - 12:55 PM

I'd love to get the correct chords for John Hartford's "My Face".

My Face - John Hartford

My face, I don't mind it, I'm standing behind it, it hangs down in front by my hair
It studies the cards, all the aces and spades, but it don't have to call which they are
I've taught it to smile and to wrinkle its nose and to froth at the mouth when it's mad
I've taught it to yawn and to laugh and to snarl and to hang out its lip when it's sad

My face, I don't mind it, I live here behind it, quite tightly it's wedged twixt my ears
It acts like a wall over which lies the world so they can't read my hopes and my fears
In front of my chin pass the sights and the smells and the sounds and the songs of the horns
Of the traffic and blaring and honking and screeching of time since the day I was born

My face, if you find it, I'm back here behind it's only a mask for the soul
It don't have no lines you can follow as such, for it's only a part, not the whole
While you could be talking or snarling or coughing or holding your head while you weep
In back of this face i could watch or be singing or sometimes I might be asleep

My Face - John Hartford from the "Housing Project" LP

Subject: RE: Chord Req: MY FACE - John Hartford
From: PHJim
Date: 14 Feb 24 - 04:35 PM

Well I think I'll just do it with some basic chords, but I think John uses some fancier ones.

[G7] My face, I don't mind it, I'm standing behind it, it [C] hangs down in [G7] front by my [C] hair
It [G7] studies the cards, all the aces and spades, but it [C] don't have to [G7] call which they [C] are
I've taught it to smile and to wrinkle its nose and to [F] froth at the mouth when it's [G7] mad
I've taught it to yawn and to laugh and to snarl and to [C] hang out its [G7] lip when it's [C] sad