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Contact Me!: elesonjorg3r@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Song: Elevator Operator Artist: Courtney Barnett Album: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015) Buy on ITunes!: http://po.st/sometimesisit Milk! Records: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa0UT2RPVRBWsY2t9txNPKg Website: http://milk.milkrecords.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milkrecordsmelbourne Twitter: https://twitter.com/milk_records
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo on 4th fret *This is not a simplified version or something like that, Courtney plays the song like this!* Chords: E : 0221xx A5 : x022xx E/F# : 2021xx E7/G : 3201xx E Oliver Paul, twenty years old A5 Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald E Wakes up at quarter past nine A5 Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line E Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware A5 E A5 E A5 He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere E Feeling sick at the sight of his computer A5 He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters E Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man A E Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he screams "I'm not going to work today A5 Going to count the minutes that the trains run late E A5 E E/F# E7/G A5 Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans" E Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building A5 He trips on a pothole that's not been filled in E He waits for an elevator, one to nine A5 A lady walks in and waits by his side E Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin A5 Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton E Vickers perfume on her breath A5 A tortoise shell necklace between her breasts E She looks him up and down with a botox frown A5 He's well used to that look by now E E/F# E7/G A5 The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in E E/F# E7/G A5 Their fingers touch on the rooftop button E A5 Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof E A5 You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth E A5 E A5 I'd give anything to have skin like you E He said "I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling A5 I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly E I come up here for perception and clarity A5 I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity E E/F# E7/G A5 All the people look like ants from up here E E/F# E7/G A5 And the wind's the only traffic you can hear" E E/F# E7/G A5 He said "All I ever wanted to be E E/F# E7/G A5 Was an elevator operator, can you help me please?" E A5 Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof E A5 You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth E A5 E A5 I'd give anything to have skin like you E A5 Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof E A5 You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth E A5 E A5 I'd give anything to have skin like you E E/F# E7/G A E E/F# E7/G A E E/F# E7/G A E E/F# E7/G A
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Chords: E, A5, E/F#, E7/G, A