Pick A Place And Read chords by Ezra Bell

Intro:
D G (x2)


Verse 1:

       D                                    G                      D      G
Well I said, "Take it or leave it," and she left it on the bedroom floor

          D                               G                           D     G
There was quiet in the corners, there was trouble in a bag behind the door

            D                                G                         D    G
And all the lies too oft repeated, they were seated in repose upon the porch

           D                               G                       D      G
And in the midst of all this clamor is the struggle to remember us before

Chorus:

                D                     G
Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet

       D                              G
Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be

D                   G
Sit down beside me, pick a place and read

           D                    G
And I will hear you, and I will hear you


Post-Chorus:

Bm                            D                               G
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with loneliness we learned

                     D                              Bm
Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk

                              D
And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear

         G                                        D    G
And does insist that these things always end like this

     D  G
Like this

D
Whoaaaa

D  G       D   G
This, like this


Verse 3:

        D                      G
Well we knew there would be trials

                        D        G
We knew there would be falls

           D                  G
And it was gonna take a while yet

                D          G
To start to see results


Chorus:

                D                     G
Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet

       D                              G
Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be

D                   G
Sit down beside me, pick a place and read

           D                    G
And I will hear you, and I will hear you


Post-Chorus:

Bm                            D                               G
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with longing as we learned

                     D                              Bm
Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk

                              D
And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear

         G                                        D    G
And does insist that these things always end like this

     D  G
Like this

D
Whoaaaa

   G       D   G
This, like this


Outro:
Bm  D  G  D  A  (x6)