As Tragic chords by John Craigie

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
| C | % | G | % | Am | % | C | G |
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🎸 Verse 1:
   C     G  F     Am
Your lips taste like American Spirit
  F     C     F   G  C
My hands look like it's been a long tour
       G     F     Am
Last night’s failure is 400 miles away
   F         C    G         C
But tonight could be alright, if only you'd let me stay

🎸 Chorus:
     Am  F     C
Baby it don't take that long
     Dm     Am       G
And two rights don’t always make a wrong
       F     C     F       C
But darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
  G           C
As tragic as it is in my songs

Break:
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🎸 Verse 2:
   C       G            F       Am
This romance is embarrassing it puts your integrity on the line
    F     C    F  G     C
Kind of like a suicide note without the suicide
         G     F         Am
Ranging from the depths of what you choose to see
  F       C    G         C
Who you choose to love and what you choose to be

🎸 Chorus:
     Am  F     C
Baby it don't take that long
     Dm     Am       G
And two rights don’t always make a wrong
       F     C     F       C
But darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
  G           C
As tragic as it is in my songs

🎸 Bridge:
D7             F          C         G
Just like the sassafras that always seems to pass a little bit too soon
D7            F        C             G
It always comes down to who you love and what you're put on earth to do

🎸 Verse 3:
  C         G     F        Am
The mighty kings of England, the mighty kings of Spain
    F     C       F   G     C
They've all kept there titles but they don't do a thing
          G        F         Am
Now leaving North Dakota you know I kissed the other side
    F         C      G        C
I have traveled all this way just to look you in the eye

🎸 Chorus:
     Am  F     C
Baby it don't take that long
     Dm     Am       G
And two rights don’t always make a wrong
       F     C     F       C
But darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
  G           Am
As tragic as it is in my songs

🎸 Outro:
   F             C     F       C
Oh wo ho ... Darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
  G           C
As tragic as it is in my songs

Coda:
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