A Song To Pass The Time chords by Bright Eyes

Chords with lyrics

E MajorE  - 022100
F# minorF#m - XX4222
G# minorG#m - xx6444
A augmentedA  - X02220
BB  - X24432

Start with fingerpicking E MajorE

     E MajorE            F# minorF#m
There is a middle-aged woman, she's dragging her feet
      G# minorG#m           F# minorF#m
She carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat
     E MajorE           F# minorF#m
While the Mexican children kick rocks into the street
    G# minorG#m             F# minorF#m
And they laugh in a language I don't understand
     A augmentedA           E MajorE
But I love them... why do I love them?

   E MajorE             F# minorF#m
So the neighborhood's dimming, I smoke on the porch
     G# minorG#m              F# minorF#m
Watch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars
      E MajorE          F# minorF#m
And on their faces just anger or disappointment
    G# minorG#m                 F# minorF#m
I start wishing there was something I could offer them
 A augmentedA                 E MajorE
A augmentedA consolation... what could I offer them?

      E MajorE              F# minorF#m
And they are sad in their suburbs, robots water the lawn
  G# minorG#m                F# minorF#m
And everything they touch gets dusted spotless
      E MajorE                  F# minorF#m
And so they start to believe they've not touched anything at all
    G# minorG#m            F# minorF#m
And the cars in the driveway only multiply

    E MajorE                   F# minorF#m
They are lost in their houses, I've heard them sing in the shower
   G# minorG#m               F# minorF#m
Making speeches to their sister on the telephone
        E MajorE                 F# minorF#m
Saying you come home, you come here, don't stay so far away from me
  G# minorG#m               F# minorF#m
This weather has me wanting love more tangible
        A augmentedA          E MajorE
Something I can hold... it's getting cold

   F# minorF#m     E MajorE     B minorBm      A augmentedA
I say hold up our fists to a flame in the sky
 F# minorF#m      E MajorE         B minorBm      A augmentedA
To block out the light that's reaching for our eyes
              E MajorE    A augmentedA       E MajorE
'Cause it... 'cause it would blind us, yeah it will blind us

     E MajorE            F# minorF#m
Well I've locked my actions in the grooves of routine
    G# minorG#m          F# minorF#m
So I may never be free of this apathy
   E MajorE            F# minorF#m
But I wait for a letter that's coming to me
      G# minorG#m             F# minorF#m
She sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope

         E MajorE
So there still is hope, yes, I can be healed
        F# minorF#m
There is someone looking for what I've concealed
      G# minorG#m
In my secret drawer, in my pockets deep
         F# minorF#m
You will find the reasons that I can't sleep
            A augmentedA               E MajorE
And you will still want me... but will you still want me?
A augmentedA          E MajorE
Will you still want me?

      F# minorF#m     E MajorE       B minorBm      A augmentedA
Well, I say come for the week, you can sleep in my bed
  F# minorF#m       E MajorE      B minorBm        A augmentedA
And pass through my life like a dream through my head
           E MajorE  A augmentedA       E MajorE
It will... it will be easy, I'll make it easy

     E MajorE            F# minorF#m
But all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time
 G# minorG#m          F# minorF#m
A augmentedA melody to keep me from worrying
  E MajorE               F# minorF#m
Some simple progression to keep my fingers busy
  G# minorG#m             F# minorF#m
And words that are sure to come back to me
          A augmentedA             E MajorE
And they'll be laughing... and they'll be laughing
A augmentedA     E MajorE
My mediocrity
A augmentedA     E MajorE
My mediocrity

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