Persona Non Grata chords by Bright Eyes

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
    B minorBm
Getting dressed for a date
    G+G
Put on blue aftershave
    D MajorD
Wore a kilt like a Celt
    F#F#
Hid the way?that?I felt

    B minorBm
Combat boots,?fallen leaves
     G+G
West Village, Halloween
   D MajorD
To a Bollywood?song
    F#F#
Taking shots 'till we're gone

   B minorBm
Unwelcome in the autumn
  G+G
Persona non grata
    D MajorD
I'm?the?last?of the best
    F#F#
I'm?your thoughts in?the swamp

     B minorBm
There's a playground of children
    G+G
In the shadows of buildings
     D MajorD
There's a line out the church
      F#F#
Where your homelessnes works

     B minorBm
Where the stained glass of crimson
   G+G
Meets Ezekiel's visions
   F#F#
Saw a valley of bones
     A augmentedA
Where no man shall be saved


Chorus:
    D MajorD
And now you
      D MajorD
You come to me
      G+G
Asking that
    D MajorD
And now you
      D MajorD
You come to me
            G+G
And you're asking that
  A augmentedA
Oh how can we reconcile?

Instrumental:
B minorBm G+G D MajorD F#F# x2

Verse 2:
     B minorBm
Left your innocence there
   G+G
In Tiananmen Square
     D MajorD
You were filled with despair
   F#F#
Underfed and depressed

    B minorBm
Vacant lot where a prison stood
G+G
God knows you never would
D MajorD
Lie to yourself
    F#F#
But you do every time

    B minorBm
Made a life of deception
   G+G
And passive aggression
   D MajorD
Gonna scream when I sing
      F#F#
I'm gonna die in the rain

    B minorBm
Turn me on, you're a knockout
   G+G
Climb up on to my cloud
    F#F#
Do your worst to me now
     A augmentedA
Before I change my mind

Chorus:
  G+G
Now you
       D MajorD
You wanna be true
  A augmentedA    B minorBm
To me, once again
  G+G
And you
       D MajorD
Want me to be true
  A minorAm    G+G
To you, once again

     G+G
Oh yeah, you
       D MajorD
You wanna be true
  A augmentedA     B minorBm
To me, once again
  G+G
And you
       D MajorD
Want me to be true
  A minorAm    G+G
To you, once again

Instrumental:
G+G
B minorBm G+G D MajorD F#F#
B minorBm G+G D MajorD F# minorF#m