You're So Vain

Okay, I admit it: I love to sing this song. It's got a great tune, with some impressive low notes that aren't actually that hard to hit. Plus, you can stick it to anyone in the room who needs to be taken down a few notches. I play it a lot faster than Carly Simon's original, with a kind of home-grown rockabilly kind of feel to it. These are the chords I play.

3rd Capo

Well, you walked into the party

| Em | Em |

Like you were walking onto a yacht

| C | Em |

Your hat strategically dipped below one eye

| Em | Em |

Your scarf it was apricot

| C | Em |

You had one eye in the mirror as

| C - D | G - Em |

You watched yourself gavotte

| C | G |

And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner,

| D - C |

They'd be your partner, and

| C |

[chorus]

You're so vain

| G | G |

You prob'ly think this song is about you

| Em | G |

You're so vain

| Em |

I bet you think this song is about you, don't you?

| C | D |

Don't you? (Don't you?)

| D |

Well, you had me several years ago

When I was still quite naive

When you said that we made such a pretty pair

And that you would never leave,

Well you gave away the things you loved

And one of them was me

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee

Clouds in my coffee, and

[chorus]

[instrumental--first 6 lines of verse]

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee

Clouds in my coffee, and

[chorus]

Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga

And your horse naturally won

Then you flew your new jet up to Nova Scotia

To see the total eclipse of the sun

Well, you're where you should be all the time

And when you're not you're with

Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend

Wife of a close friend, and

[chorus]

| G | G | Em | G | Em--