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Like A Staring Contest by The Future Kings Of Nowhere

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*=strum once
Capo 4

     D*
I've been going through the records, we're not getting any better.
     A*
Maybe I'm just getting bitter, I don't really care whatever.
    Bm*                               G*
I'm so tired of open warfare, when the point of this was to be best of friends.
      D*
We've been going round in circles like a plane without an engine
   A*
As we spiral down the slipstream of our quickly sinking friendship.
    Bm*                             G*
It's a trainwreck of an ending. It's the same as if we'd never even met.
      Chord diagramD MajorD
And now I'm going through the motions like a drunken ballerina
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
who is too tired to dance but keeps on getting up to see if
  Chord diagramB minorBm                             Chord diagramG+G
anybody stuck around to see a show that has been over now for days.
   Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramG+G
And I know that they're gone but I keep checking anyway.
      Chord diagramD MajorD
We've been standing here for hours on the edges of a canyon.
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
I've got my side you've got yours and we're both about to fall in.
   Chord diagramB minorBm                             Chord diagramG+G
The pole we hold between us is the only thing that's keeping us aloft.
     Chord diagramD MajorD
And we're standing in the hallway, both resolved to finally do this.
  Chord diagramA augmentedA
We each have our guns drawn but neither of us wants to shoot first.
     Chord diagramB minorBm                            Chord diagramG+G
We could stay like this forever. We could stay like this and never leave.
       Chord diagramD MajorD
But there are standards I expect our breaking up to measure up to.
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
When you fall in love as hard and recklessly as you and I do,
     Chord diagramB minorBm                               Chord diagramG+G
It seems that the final act should have the same intensity as the first scene.
      Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
If I don't lose a couple teeth then it just won't feel real to me.


   Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA
So we fall onto the floor, not really sure if this
      Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Is breaking bones or making out, maybe a bit of both.
      Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramG+G
But I won't look away first. And you won't look away first.
    D*
"It's a simple proposition," said the rabbit to the badger,
   A*
"I am sure if we're committed, we could dig our way to China.
     Bm*                                G*
Wouldn't it be great to see The Wall and all those people standing on their heads?"

    D*                D*
So they each picked up a shovel, throwing dirt over their shoulders
     A*              A*
And with every shovelful, their little hole got a bit deeper
      Bm*           Bm*           Chord diagramG+G
'Till they had to climb down in it, just to reach the bottom layer.
     Chord diagramD MajorD
They went on like this all night, scooping up and tossing out dirt.
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the morning they realized they weren't getting any further.
  Chord diagramB minorBm                                  Chord diagramG+G
The hole had grown so deep that the dirt they threw kept falling back on them.
     Chord diagramD MajorD
Said the badger to rabbit, "I am sure if we continue
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
We will pull through this on top. Perseverance is a virtue."
    Chord diagramB minorBm                               Chord diagramG+G
So they scooped it and they tossed while the dirt piled up around their legs.
     Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD
And in a matter of hours they buried themselves in it.


   Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA
So we fall onto the floor, not really sure if this
      Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Is breaking bones or making out, maybe a bit of both.
      Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramG+G
But I won't look away first. And you won't look away first.


     D*
I've been going through the records, we're not getting any better.
   A*
Maybe I've just gotten bitter, I don't really care whatever.
    Bm*                               Chord diagramG+G
I'm so tired of open warfare, when the point of this was to be best of friends.
      D*
We've been going round in circles like a plane without an engine
   A*
As we spiral down the slipstream of our quickly sinking friendship.
    Bm*                             Chord diagramG+G
It's a trainwreck of an ending. It's the same as if we'd never even met.
      Chord diagramD MajorD
But now I'm going through the motions like a dedicated doctor
   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Whose patient has been broken with no chance that he'll recover.
    Chord diagramB minorBm                           Chord diagramG+G
I keep shocking at the body, just trying to make the heartbeat stay.
   Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD
And I know that it's gone but I keep trying anyway.


    Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Yeah we fall onto the floor, not really sure if this
      Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Is breaking bones or making out, maybe a bit of both.
      Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramG+G
But I won't look away first. And you won't look away first.
      Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramG+G         (end on Chord diagramD MajorD)

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