Chords with lyrics
"Moshi Moshi" (acoustic)
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows Single
This is a fairly simple song originally from Brand New's split with
Safety in Numbers, reconstructed into an acoustic form that Jesse Lacey
played and recorded at a friend's birthday party. It was released in 2004
on The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows single, along with an acoustic
cover of Built to Spill's "Car" (also recorded the same day, if I recall
correctly).
The song sounds best played with power chords for each chord listed
below, since Jesse tends to slide between them (such as 
A augmentedA to 
AbAb). It sounds
best if you play it all near the fifth fret, which is where most of the
song takes place. Note that the descending chord transitions should stay
that way: play the Ab, F#m, and 
E minorEm lower than the A augmentedA (and therefore
rooted on the 
E MajorE string) during those parts. Just listen to the song,
and it's really easy (and logical) to figure out.
The verses follow the same structure each time, but Jesse fits many lyrics
into a single chord, so it just looks like the second verse is longer --
it's not, it's the same duration as the first. The chorus is played
twice, and each time it is identical, so I only included it once. The
song concludes with what is basically a bridge.
[Verse]
D MajorD
I think I'm crazy, baby, let you off the hook too easy
D MajorD
If you were a telephone you'd still be off the hook
D MajorD
This is my last leg been awake for days in a minute I'll die of starvation
D MajorD
I'll come back a ghost, back and haunt you, and float around your room
D MajorD
What do I do when you get close?
E MajorE
If I kiss your neck would you slit my throat?
[Chorus]
E minorEm
Are you thinking of me when you're putting on your makeup, darling?
A augmentedA
And dying your hair like you do?
E minorEm
Well, you're wasting your time if you're trying to impress me, I waste
A augmentedA
All my time just thinking of you
[Verse]
A augmentedA
And I'm not imagining how you give me the shivers
D MajorD
standing up to your waste in your river
A augmentedA
You're the sweetest boat-builder
D MajorD
I think I've ever seen
A augmentedA
Dream in Japanese, dream in Japanese
D MajorD
some language I don't even know how to speak
A augmentedA
You're so pretty and I am still choked up
D MajorD
it's probably just the same
D MajorD
The more I hang around you
E MajorE
the more hangups I get
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
A augmentedA
I know that you're an angel, but you could never stay true
F# minorF#m
Hey, angel, I think your halo has a screw lose 'cause you
F# minorF#m
dropped me like a brick off the rooftop of your high school could I watch
F# minorF#m
the next time you're applying your eyeliner? I waste
A augmentedA
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