Grant Lee Phillips
Virginia Creeper
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Vladimir Roman

1. MONA LISA

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Comments:
1. The song has to be played with capo on the 2nd fret.
2. Read the tabs as though capo is the "0-fret".
3. Piano chords:
       Bass   Chord
C/B     B     g  -  b  -  e (actually it's Em/B)
4. Guitar chords:
C/B    G7*    G6*
e(0)   e[x]   e[x]
b[1]   b[0]   b[0]
g[0]   g[0]   g[0]
d[0]   d[3]   d[2]
a[2]   a[2]   a[2]
e[x]   e[3]   e[3]
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Intro:

Figure 1 (also sounds through all Verses and Figure 2 and Ending):

     C             Am7               Em                 G
e[---0-------------0------0------0---0------0------0---(3)-----------]
b[---1-------------1------1------1---0------0------0---(3)-----------]
g[---0-------------0------0--h2--0---0------0------0---(0)-----------]
d[---2--0--h2--0---0--h2--2------0---0--h2--0--h2--0----0------------]
a[---3--3------3---0------0------0---2------2------2----2------------]
e[---3--3------3---------------------0------0------0----3------------]

Figure 2 (Fiddle): x1

     C             Am7               Em                 G         C (this C starts
e[-------------------------------------------------------------------] Verse 1)
b[---1----2/4------1------2/4--------0-------------------------0--1--]
g[------------------------------------------2p0---------0---2--------]

Verse 1:

C            Am7          Em   G
  You're the last of your kind Mona Lisa
C        Am7          Em  G
  With a wink of your eye make it all right
C            Am7          Em   G
  Oh there's more left to life Mona Lisa
C        Am7       Em   G
  Let me take you along for the ride

Chorus:

F       G            C         Am
  Ain't nothin’ that stays the same
F       G         C
  Won't ask it a' you
F           G        C     C/B      Am        G
  Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
F         Ab         G    G7* G6*
  Say you won't ever lose

Verse 2:

C        Am7         Em    G
  I been down I been worse Mona Lisa
C         Am7          Em    G
  Came in last came in first
C        Am7         Em   G
  But it all gathers dirt Mona Lisa
C          Am7          Em G
  'Fore ya bathe in the light

Chorus:

F       G            C         Am
  Ain't nothin’ that stays the same
F       G         C
  Won't ask it a' you
F           G        C     C/B      Am        G
  Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
F         Ab         G    G7* G6*
  Say you won't ever lose

Figure 2 (Fiddle): x1

Verse 3:

C       Am7            Em   G
  Oh ya taught me this much Mona Lisa
C        Am7     Em   G
  I done set it aside
C          Am7          Em   G
  For when you need the same magic touch oh
C          Am7        Em G
  For when you need remindin'

Chorus:

F       G            C         Am
  Ain't nothin’ that stays the same
F       G         C
  Won't ask it a' you
F           G        C     C/B      Am        G
  Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
F         Ab         G    G7* G6*
  Say you won't ever lose
F           G        C     C/B      Am        G
  Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
F         Ab         G    G7* G6*
  Say you won't ever lose

Ending:

Figure 3 (Fiddle): x1

     C             Am7               Em                 G
e[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
b[---1----2/4------1------2/4--------0-------------------------0-----]
g[------------------------------------------2p0---------0---2--------]
d[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
a[-------------------------------------------------------------------]

     C             Am7               Em                 G
e[-----------------3------8/7-------------------------------3--5/7---]
b[---1----2/4------------------------8------5/3---------3------------]
g[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
d[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
a[-------------------------------------------------------------------]

     C             Am7               Em                 G
e[---8----10/12----8------10/12------7-------------------------------]
b[------------------------------------------10/8--------8------------]
g[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
d[---------------------------------------------------------0-h2-0----]
a[-----------------------------------------------------------------3-]

     C             Am7               Em                 G
e[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
b[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
g[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
d[---0-h2-2--0-----0-h2---2--0--------0-h2-----2--------0--0-h2--0---]
a[--------------3----------------3---------------------------------3-]

     C             Am7               Em                 G
e[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
b[-------------------------------------------------------------------]
g[-----------------0---0---------------------------------------------]
d[--------0-h2--------------2--0-----0-h2-----2---------0--0-h2--0---]
a[---3-------------------------------------------------------------3-]

     C             Am7               Em                 G              C
e[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
b[------------------------------------------------------------------------]
g[-----------------0---0--------------------------------------------------]
d[--------0-h2--------------2--0-----0-h2-----2---------0--0-h2--0--------]
a[---3--3-------3--------------------------------------------------3---3--]