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The Hat
Ingrid Michaelson
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Capo Fret 1 (chords relative to capo)
Em9 Dsus2 D G Bm/G Em [2x]
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
I knitted you a hat all blue and gold
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
To keep your ears warm from the Binghamton cold.
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
It was my first one and it was too small.
C G D G Em9 D G Bm/G
It didn't fit you at all, but you wore it just the same.
Em9 D G Bm/G
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
I remember the first time we danced.
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
I remember tunneling through the snow like ants.
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
What I don't recall is why I said,
C G D G Em9
"I simply can't sleep in this tiny bed with you anymore.".
C G D G
I----- should tell
C G D G
You--- that you were
C G D G Em9 D G Bm/G Em
My--- first love.
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
So it's Christmas time, it's been three years.
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
And someone else is knitting things for your ears.
Em9 D G Bm/G Em
I have come to learn I'll only see you
C G D G C9
interrupting my dreams at night, and that's alright.
G C9 G
And that's alright. And that's alright. And that's alright.
C G D G
I----- should tell
C G D G
You--- that you were
C G D G C9
My--- first love.
G C9 G
And it's alright. And it's alright. And it's alright.
C9 G
(And it's alright.) We were seventeen again together.
Am Em9
(And it's alright.) We were seventeen again together.
Am G D
(And it's alright.) We were seventeen again together.
C G D G
I----- should tell
C G D G
You--- that you were
C G D G C9
My--- first love.
C G D G
I----- should tell
C G D G
You--- that you were
C G D G C9
My--- first love.
C9 Bm/G G Em
We were seventeen again.
C9 Bm/G G Em
We were seventeen again.
C9 Bm/G G Em
We were seventeen again.
Em9 Dsus2 D G Bm/G Em