Persona Non Grata chords by Bright Eyes

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

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

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

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


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

Instrumental:
Bm G D F# x2

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

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

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

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


Chorus:
    G
Now you
             D
You wanna be true
   A        Bm
To me, once again
    G
And you
              D
Want me to be true
   Am        G
To you, once again

         G
Oh yeah, you
             D
You wanna be true
   A         Bm
To me, once again
    G
And you
              D
Want me to be true
   Am        G
To you, once again

Instrumental:
G
Bm G D F#
Bm G D F#m