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

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

Guitar chords with lyrics

Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Capo on 4th fret.

Chords used throughout the song:

    Bmadd11  F#7  G6  G6/F#  D  G6/D  G6/B  F#7/C#  G  A  Em  G/F#
e|--0--------0----0---0------2--0-----0-----0-------3--0--0---3----|
B|--3--------2----3---3------3--0-----0-----2-------3--2--0---3----|
G|--4--------3----4---0------2--0-----0-----3-------0--2--0---0----|
D|--4--------4----5---4------0--0-----0-----4-------0--2--2---0----|
A|--2---------------------------------2-----4-------2--0--2--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------3--0--0---2----|

Some flourishes that are added throughout:

    #1                                   #2
e|--------3---------------3----------||--------0---------------0----------||
B|--------3---3---3-------3---3---3--||--------2---2---2-------2---2---2--||
G|--------0---0-0-0-------0---0-0-3--||--------2---2-2-2-------2---2-2-2--||
D|--------------0---------------0----||--2-----------2---2h4---------4----||
A|--2---------------0h2--------------||--0--------------------------------||
E|--3--------------------------------||-----------------------------------||

    #3
e|--------0--------------------------||
B|--------0---0---0-----0-0-----0----||
G|--------0---0-0-0-----0-0-----0----||
D|--------------2---2-------4--------||
A|--2--------------------------------||
E|--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#7               G6      G6/F#     D
e|--------0---------|-------0---------|-----------------|-------2---------|
B|------------3---3-|-----------1---1-|-----3-3-----3-3-|-----3-2---3-3-3-|
G|--4---------4-4-4-|-3-----------3---|-4---4-4-0---0-0-|-----2-------2---|
D|--4-----------4---|-4---------------|-5-------4-------|-0---------------|
A|--2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

    G6      G6/F#     G6/D    G6/B      F#7/C#
e|------------------|-------0-------0-|-------0---------|-------0---------|
B|------3-3-----3-3-|-----0-0-----0-0-|-----2-----2---2-|-----2-----2---2-|
G|--4---4-4-0---0-0-|-----0-------0---|-3---3-----3-3-3-|-3---3-------3---|
D|--5-------4-------|-0---------------|-4-----------4---|-4-----------4---|
A|------------------|---------2-------|-4---------------|-4---------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

Outro:
    D
e|--------2---------|-------2---------|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2------|
B|------------3-3-3-|-----------3-3-3-|-------3---3---3-|-3---3-3---3------|
G|--2---------2-2-2-|-2---------2-2-2-|-2h4---4---4---4-|-4---4-4---4-2p0--|
D|--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

    A
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|--------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2------|
G|--2-----2---2-2-2-|-2-----2---2-2-2-|-------2---2---2-|-2---2-2---2------|
D|--2-----------2---|-2-----------2---|-2h4---4---4---4-|-4---4-4---4-2p0--|
A|--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|------------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

    Em                                  G                 G/F#
e|--------0---0---0-|-------0---0-----|-------3---3---3-|-------3---3---3--|
B|--------0---0-0-0-|-------0---0-----|-------3---3-3-3-|-------3---3-3-3--|
G|--------0---0-0-0-|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-0-0-|-------0---0-0-0--|
D|--2-----------2---|-2---------------|-------------0---|-------------0----|
A|--2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|------------------|
E|--0---------------|-0-----------0h2-|-3---------------|-2----------------|

    D
e|--2---------------||
B|--3---------------||
G|--2---------------||
D|--0---------------||
A|------------------||
E|------------------||

Published: March 14, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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