Please note that this is the core of the song.
This is not the exact intro for the song but it works in this key.
E|0-0-0-0|
B|0-0-0-0|
G|4-2-1-2|
D|6-4-2-4|
A|6-4-2-4|
E|0-0-0-0|
x2
[E]Peter and Lou would [E]skate
[E]On winter's frozen [Ebm]lake[Ab7]
[A]Circling around all their [Abm]friends
[A]Laughing wherever they [F#m7]went.[B]
They're [E]catching the mornin' [E]plane
And [E]sendin' the rest by [Ebm]train, [Ab7]
[A]Hangin' their skates on the [Abm]wall
[A]Takin' their turn and that's [Abm]all
With [F#m]brushes & [Am6]canvas & [E]macrome [F#]handcrafts & [A]Bessie Smith [B7]singin' the
[E7]blues...
[A]A chorus for Peter & [Abm]Lou.
[B7] [B7]
Now [E]loneliness has a [E]way
Of [E]hangin' around all [Ebm]day[Ab7]
I'm [A]standing alone on the [Abm]ice
I'm [A]wonderin' if [C#m]maybe [F#m7]they've been r[B]ight
[E]So I'll catch the mornin' [E]plane
[E]Send all the rest by [Ebm]train[Ab7]
[C#m]Leavin' the [A]ice there to [Abm]thaw
I'm [A]takin' my turn and that's [Abm]all.
And i[F#m]f I should m[Am6]iss them, [E]I'll go back & [F#]listen to [A]Bessie Smith
[B7]singin' the [E7]blues
[A]In a chorus for Peter &[Abm] Lou
Oh, i[F#m]f I should m[Am6]iss them, [E]I'll go back & [F#]listen to [A]Bessie Smith
[B7]singin' the [E7]blues
[A]In a chorus for Peter &[Abm] Lou
This is not the exact intro for the song but it works in this key.
E|0-0-0-0|
B|0-0-0-0|
G|4-2-1-2|
D|6-4-2-4|
A|6-4-2-4|
E|0-0-0-0|
x2
[E]Peter and Lou would [E]skate
[E]On winter's frozen [Ebm]lake[Ab7]
[A]Circling around all their [Abm]friends
[A]Laughing wherever they [F#m7]went.[B]
They're [E]catching the mornin' [E]plane
And [E]sendin' the rest by [Ebm]train, [Ab7]
[A]Hangin' their skates on the [Abm]wall
[A]Takin' their turn and that's [Abm]all
With [F#m]brushes & [Am6]canvas & [E]macrome [F#]handcrafts & [A]Bessie Smith [B7]singin' the
[E7]blues...
[A]A chorus for Peter & [Abm]Lou.
[B7] [B7]
Now [E]loneliness has a [E]way
Of [E]hangin' around all [Ebm]day[Ab7]
I'm [A]standing alone on the [Abm]ice
I'm [A]wonderin' if [C#m]maybe [F#m7]they've been r[B]ight
[E]So I'll catch the mornin' [E]plane
[E]Send all the rest by [Ebm]train[Ab7]
[C#m]Leavin' the [A]ice there to [Abm]thaw
I'm [A]takin' my turn and that's [Abm]all.
And i[F#m]f I should m[Am6]iss them, [E]I'll go back & [F#]listen to [A]Bessie Smith
[B7]singin' the [E7]blues
[A]In a chorus for Peter &[Abm] Lou
Oh, i[F#m]f I should m[Am6]iss them, [E]I'll go back & [F#]listen to [A]Bessie Smith
[B7]singin' the [E7]blues
[A]In a chorus for Peter &[Abm] Lou
