The Recluse Acoustic chords by Cursive

Chords with lyrics

Anything in parenthesis is optional or implied by the lyric,
absolutely feel free to play what feels good.

chords:                       and as a possible
                          substitute for Dmin7no5
    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  Dmin Dmin7no5 Gmin  Fmaj       (D7no5)
e|-------3------(1)-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------------------3------------|
G+G|-------3-------2-------5-------3-------2-------------------5------------|
D MajorD|-------5-------3-------3-------5-------3-------------------4------------|
A augmentedA|-------6-------0-------5-------5-------3-------------------5------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass notes on the E MajorE string are optional if you wish to add them,
I didn't because the song simply feels too sedate for that nonsense.

For the simple people.....
Capo: 3rd fret

    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  Dmin Dmin7no5 Gmin  Fmaj       (D7no5)
e|---------------2-----------------------2--------------------------------|
BB|-------0-------3-------0-------0-------3-------------------0------------|
G+G|-------0-------4-------2-------0-------2-------------------2------------|
D MajorD|-------2-------4-------0-------2-------0-------------------1------------|
A augmentedA|-------3-------2-------2-------2---------------------------2------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dmin x8

 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 (Dmin)
I wake alone

   (Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)      (Dmin)
in a woman's room I hardly know.

 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dmin
I wake alone

   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7        Dmin
and pretend that I am finally home.

   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7   Dmin
The room is littered

      Ebmaj7Ebmaj7   Dmin
with her books and notebooks

  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dmin
I imagine what they say, like,

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7       Dmin
"Shoo fly don't bother me."

 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7        Dmin        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I can hardly get myself out of the bed

   Dmin   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    Dmin       Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
for fear of never lying in this bed again.

  Dmin
Oh Christ, I'm

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
not

Dmin7no5
that

Gmin Fmaj
desperate.

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Oh no,

Dmin7no5
oh God.

Gmin
I am.

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dmin x8


(Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)   (Dmin)        (Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)
How'd I end up here to begin with?

  (Dmin)
I don't know.

(Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)   (Dmin)        (Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)
Why do I start what I can't finish?

  (Dmin)     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Oh please don't barrage me

      Dmin
with the questions

  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      Dmin
to all those ugly answers.

  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      Dmin
My ego's like my stomach,

      Ebmaj7Ebmaj7       Dmin
it keeps shitting what I feed it.

   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7           Dmin   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7   Dmin
But maybe I don't want to finish anything anymore.

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7          Dmin          Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Maybe I can wait in bed 'til she comes home

   Dmin
and whispers,

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7     Gmin Fmaj
"You're in my web now,

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7     Gmin
I've come to wrap you up tight
      Fmaj
'til it's time to bite down."


D#Maj7D#maj7 Dmin x8

 (Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)(Dmin)
I wake alone
   (Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)      (Dmin)
in a woman's room I hardly know.
 (Ebmaj7Ebmaj7)(Dmin)
I wake alone
   (EMaj7Emaj7)       (Dmin)
and pretend that I am finally home.

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dmin x8

Continue with "home"
end on the note G+G
(E MajorE string 3rd fret, 0 on e string for the capo)

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