Lenders In The Temple chords by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

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

Capo on 4th fret.

Chords used throughout the song:

  Bmadd11 F#7F#7 G6G6 G6/F# D MajorD G6/D G6/B F#7/C# G+G A augmentedA E minorEm G/F#
e|--0--------0----0---0------2--0-----0-----0-------3--0--0---3----|
BB|--3--------2----3---3------3--0-----0-----2-------3--2--0---3----|
G+G|--4--------3----4---0------2--0-----0-----3-------0--2--0---0----|
D MajorD|--4--------4----5---4------0--0-----0-----4-------0--2--2---0----|
A augmentedA|--2---------------------------------2-----4-------2--0--2--------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------3--0--0---2----|

Some flourishes that are added throughout:

  #1                  #2
e|--------3---------------3----------||--------0---------------0----------||
BB|--------3---3---3-------3---3---3--||--------2---2---2-------2---2---2--||
G+G|--------0---0-0-0-------0---0-0-3--||--------2---2-2-2-------2---2-2-2--||
D MajorD|--------------0---------------0----||--2-----------2---2h4---------4----||
A augmentedA|--2---------------0h2--------------||--0--------------------------------||
E MajorE|--3--------------------------------||-----------------------------------||

  #3
e|--------0--------------------------||
BB|--------0---0---0-----0-0-----0----||
G+G|--------0---0-0-0-----0-0-----0----||
D MajorD|--------------2---2-------4--------||
A augmentedA|--2--------------------------------||
E MajorE|--0--------------------------------||

Note that the first two choruses are different to the last chorus. The vocal melody also changes between
these two variations.

Don't treat the strumming in the intro/outro as rigidly as I've transcribed it - the main thing is that you
just get the pattern right.

Intro:
  Bmadd11      F#7F#7        G6G6   G6/F#   D MajorD
e|--------0---------|-------0---------|-----------------|-------2---------|
BB|------------3---3-|-----------1---1-|-----3-3-----3-3-|-----3-2---3-3-3-|
G+G|--4---------4-4-4-|-3-----------3---|-4---4-4-0---0-0-|-----2-------2---|
D MajorD|--4-----------4---|-4---------------|-5-------4-------|-0---------------|
A augmentedA|--2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  G6G6   G6/F#   G6/D  G6/B   F#7/C#
e|------------------|-------0-------0-|-------0---------|-------0---------|
BB|------3-3-----3-3-|-----0-0-----0-0-|-----2-----2---2-|-----2-----2---2-|
G+G|--4---4-4-0---0-0-|-----0-------0---|-3---3-----3-3-3-|-3---3-------3---|
D MajorD|--5-------4-------|-0---------------|-4-----------4---|-4-----------4---|
A augmentedA|------------------|---------2-------|-4---------------|-4---------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse 1:
 Bmadd11     F#7F#7
A augmentedA short delay, the parrot blues
G6G6      D MajorD
Little voices mimic you
   F#7/C#          G6G6  G6/F#
It's not so hard to make that sound
  Bmadd11       F#7F#7
So watch your back, the Ides of March
G6G6         D MajorD
Cut your hair like Joan of Arc
  F#7/C#              G6G6 G6/F#
Disguise your will, they'll find you out
G6G6   G6/D G6/B F#7/C#
  And when they do
     G+G (#1) A augmentedA
Look out


Chorus A augmentedA 1:
       G+G         A augmentedA
There's money-lenders inside the temple
      G+G            D MajorD
That circus tiger's gonna break your heart
       A augmentedA        E minorEm
Something so wild turned into paper
    G+G            A augmentedA (#2)
If I loved you, well that's my fault


Interlude 1: (same as intro)
Bmadd11 F#7F#7 G6G6 G6/F# D MajorD
G6G6 G6/F# G6/D G6/B F#7/C#


Verse 2:
 Bmadd11      F#7F#7
A augmentedA bitch in heat, the alpha male
G6G6         D MajorD
Not something she'd ever tell
F#7/C#           G6G6  G6/F#
Except when she got deathly high
  Bmadd11     F#7F#7
And out it came like summer rain
  G6G6         D MajorD
It washed the cars and everything
   F#7/C#         G6G6  G6/F#
Felt clean for just a little while
G6G6  G6/D G6/B F#7/C#
  A augmentedA te- le-  thon
        G+G (#1)  A augmentedA
We drunk dialed


Chorus A augmentedA 2:
        G+G             A augmentedA
Those starving children they ain't got no mother
        G+G          D MajorD
There's pink flamingos living in the mall
      A augmentedA          E minorEm
I'd give a fortune to your infomercial
    G+G            A augmentedA
If somebody would just take my call
    E minorEm (#3)  A augmentedA
Take my call
    E minorEm (#3)  A augmentedA
Take my call


Bridge:
  D MajorD
Hello
                G+G
Patterns in my mind now moving slow
               D MajorD
Sorrow all across the surface rolls
                A augmentedA
Smoothing out the edges of the stone
                   E minorEm
The lights are out. Where'd everybody go?
G+G   G/F#
Alone


Interlude 2: (same as intro)
Bmadd11 F#7F#7 G6G6 G6/F# D MajorD
G6G6 G6/F# G6/D G6/B F#7/C#


Verse 4:
 Bmadd11      F#7F#7
Erase yourself and you'll be free
  G6G6       D MajorD
Mandala destroyed by the sea
F#7/C#        G6G6  G6/F#
All we are is colored sand
  Bmadd11     F#7F#7
So pay to ride the ferris wheel
G6G6       D MajorD
Smile, all that you can feel
  F#7/C#         G6G6  G6/F#
Is gratitude for what has been
G6G6     G6/D G6/B F#7/C#
   Cause it  did not
    G+G (#1)  A augmentedA
Happen


Chorus B:
       G+G         A augmentedA
There's money-lenders inside the temple
      G+G           A augmentedA
That circus tiger's gonna break my heart
       F#7F#7       G+G
Something so wild turned into paper
    E minorEm            A augmentedA
If you love me, then that's your fault
       G+G         A augmentedA
There's money-lenders inside the temple
       G+G         A augmentedA
This crystal city's gonna fall apart
        F#7F#7       G+G
When all their power turns into vapor
   E minorEm            A augmentedA
If I miss you, well that's my fault
     E minorEm (#3)  A augmentedA
That's my fault
     E minorEm (#3)  A augmentedA
That's my fault

Outro:
  D MajorD
e|--------2---------|-------2---------|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2------|
BB|------------3-3-3-|-----------3-3-3-|-------3---3---3-|-3---3-3---3------|
G+G|--2---------2-2-2-|-2---------2-2-2-|-2h4---4---4---4-|-4---4-4---4-2p0--|
D MajorD|--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  A augmentedA
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
BB|--------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2------|
G+G|--2-----2---2-2-2-|-2-----2---2-2-2-|-------2---2---2-|-2---2-2---2------|
D MajorD|--2-----------2---|-2-----------2---|-2h4---4---4---4-|-4---4-4---4-2p0--|
A augmentedA|--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  E minorEm                 G+G         G/F#
e|--------0---0---0-|-------0---0-----|-------3---3---3-|-------3---3---3--|
BB|--------0---0-0-0-|-------0---0-----|-------3---3-3-3-|-------3---3-3-3--|
G+G|--------0---0-0-0-|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-0-0-|-------0---0-0-0--|
D MajorD|--2-----------2---|-2---------------|-------------0---|-------------0----|
A augmentedA|--2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|------------------|
E MajorE|--0---------------|-0-----------0h2-|-3---------------|-2----------------|

  D MajorD
e|--2---------------||
BB|--3---------------||
G+G|--2---------------||
D MajorD|--0---------------||
A augmentedA|------------------||
E MajorE|------------------||

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