How Come?

(Lane/Westlake)

    

      
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French Version
      

    

     
 

    

      
German Version
      

    

    

      
 Sheet music
      

    

    

      
 Holland version
      

    

Lyrics:

 

How come when I cut the ace of hearts
You always draw the ace of spades?
How's it when your best friend
Brings you lillies on your birthday?

 

How come, how come
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen
How come, how come
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

 

How come when the local clergy calls
He tells me that you shouldn't wear black?
What kind of bread are you gonna bake
With that hemlock in your spice rack?

 

How come, how come
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen
How come, how come
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

 

The spider's run, the cobweb's gone
Did you eat it when the moon was new?
I drowned your cat, what do you say about that?
I've even broken up your broom

 

How come, how come
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen
How come, how come
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

CHORDS:

D
How come when I cut the ace of hearts 
      G                               D
You always draw the ace of spades? 
D
How's it when your best friend 
               G                  D
Brings you lillies on your birthday? 
       A          G
How come, how come 
D
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
      A           G
How come, how come 
          D
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

D
How come when the local clergy calls 
     G                                 D
You tell me that you shouldn't wear black? 
D
What kind of bread are you gonna bake 
             G                   D
With that hemlock in your spice rack? 
     A          G
How come, how come 
   D
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
     A          G
How come, how come 
           D
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

Instrumental  Break: G   G   D    D    G      A      D      (repeat once)

D
The spider's run, the cobweb's gone 
          G                        D
Did you eat it when the moon was new? 
D
I drowned your cat, what do you say about that? 
      G                     D
I've even broken up your broom 

           A     G
How come, how come 
 
D
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 

A           G
How come, how come 
D
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me 
 



Hint:   When trying to work out the intro lick, do an open D chord by barring
the bottom three strings  with your index finger at the second fret  and
fretting the B string at the third fret with your middle finger; this will
leave your  ring  finger free to fret the G string at the fourth fret ; the
lick is based around the notes of the D chord (D,F#, and A) and this
additional note (B) if you maintain the D chord shape the lick should come
together.


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