People Of Substance chords by Craig Finn

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: B

Intro:

 B | F# | E | F# :


Verse 1:
     B                   F#
    Dana, I don’t get depressed anymore
            E                       F#
    Except possibly December at the Delaware shore
         B                          F#
    Or maybe missing numbers on the motel doors
E                            F#
    The toy section at this drugstore

Verse 2:
    B                          F#
    Otherwise, I’m pretty much cured
          E                         F#
    Been getting out of bed before noon now
           B                       F#
    Gonna find a new place pretty soon, now
E                            F#
    The whole thing’s moving uptown


Chorus:
    G#m                          E
I’m sorry about the way that I scared you
    G#m                      E
I’m sorry that I wasn’t in touch since
         B                    F#                 E
I spent way too much time on people without any substance
    G#m                      E
I decided I’m gonna push forward.
       G#m                  E
I’m committed to making a change
         B                F#                    E
But you got to remember I never go out in the rain
               F#
And it’s been raining all day


Verse 3:
        B                          F#
And my jacket got nicked from the coat check
     E                            F#
The curtains can’t keep out the grey
        B                          F#
The umbrellas that you get at the drugstore
                  E       F#
Always blow the wrong way


Verse 4:
     B                      F#
But Dana, I don’t drink nearly as much.
E                         F#
One or two nights of the week at the most
    B                       F#
I know I used to be such a monster
          E                       F#
And this city’s still lousy with ghosts


Chorus:
    G#m                            E
I’m sorry about that fight in the taxi
              G#m                      E
You know that probably just wasn’t my night
          B                  F#                            E
If you’d just agree to come see me, I could try to make it alright
    G#m                      E
I decided I’m gonna back off now
            G#m                         E
I heard you turned that old boy into a husband
            B                        F#                       E
Now you’re out in the county hanging out with some people of substance


Instrumental:
 G#m | E  | G#m | E :
 B   | F# | E   | E :


Verse 5:
     B                        F#
    Dana, I’m done with the breakdowns
             E                            F#
    But the winter’s pretty weird at the shore
         B                           F#
    You never really told me what it was you cut me off for
E                        F#
    And I’m still not so sure


Chorus:
       G#m                            E
So I decided that I’d call and just check in
         G#m                        E
If I was good enough for you back then
       B                     F#                     E
You should’t be ashamed to bring me around to your new friends
          B                 F#                       E
I’ve been asking around for some sort of system to trust in
       B                   F#                        E
Maybe you could put me in touch with some people of substance
         B                    F#                 E
I spent way too much time on people without any substance


Outro:
 B :