Stand By Your Manatee chords by Future Of The Left

Chords with lyrics

Future of the Left - Stand By Your Manatee
 Travels With Myself And Another - 2009
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOsV6ARXHno (studio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0uh-bEDZuk  (live)

  G+G   A#A#  FF   F#F#  C#C#  D MajorD   A augmentedA   AbAb
e|--3-----6-----1-----2-----9-----10----5-----4-----|
BB|--3-----6-----1-----2-----9-----10----5-----4-----|
G+G|--4-----7-----2-----3-----10----11----6-----5-----|
D MajorD|--5-----8-----3-----4-----11----12----7-----6-----|
A augmentedA|--5-----8-----3-----4-----11----12----7-----6-----|
E MajorE|--3-----6-----1-----2-----9-----10----5-----4-----|

Verse Riff

e|--3---3---x---x---6---6---x---x---3---3---x---1-------2---------|
BB|--3---3---x---x---6---6---x---x---3---3---x---1-------2---------|
G+G|--4---4---x---x---7---7---x---x---4---4---x---2-------3---------|
D MajorD|--5---5---x---x---8---8---x---x---5---5---x---3-------4---------|
A augmentedA|--5---5---x---x---8---8---x---x---5---5---x---3-------4---------|
E MajorE|--3---3---x---x---6---6---x---x---3---3---x---1-------2---------|
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  5  +  6  +  7  +  8  +
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Verse 1:

G+G   A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#

G+G   A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#

   G+G    A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
This one time,
   G+G          A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
I was running through the fields
    G+G       A#A#    G+G   FF  F#F#
When I came across a dead guy
    G+G       A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
With a letter in his hand,
   G+G    A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
So I scanned it,
        G+G       A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
And though the grammar was okay,
      G+G       A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
There was such a lack of purpose
       G+G
That it was difficult to care, but anyway

Chorus:

A#A#          C#C#    G+G    D MajorD   G+G
Hidden in the mess of letters lies the awful truth,
      A#A#           A augmentedA    G+G
Yeah, that Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.
   A#A#            C#C#    G+G    D MajorD   G+G
Yeah, nothing in this world can take her common shame away,
      A#A#            A augmentedA
Yeah, 'cause Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.

Verse 2:

G+G   A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#

G+G   A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#

   G+G   A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
The next day (about ten o'clock)
    G+G       A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
It was playing on my mind (well, I say it was)
   G+G       A#A#   G+G   FF  F#F#
So I edited it for context (good job)
        G+G
Till there was nothing fit to print, but anyway

Chorus 2:

A#A#          C#C#    G+G    D MajorD   G+G
Hidden in the mess of letters lies the awful truth,
      A#A#           A augmentedA    G+G
Yeah, that Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.
     A#A#            C#C#    G+G    D MajorD   G+G
Woah, but nothing in this world can take her common shame away,
      A#A#            A augmentedA
Yeah, 'cause Emma's mum and dad use plastic forks.

Bridge:

G+G

G+G

G+G                    G+G
Maybe it's an old cliché, but sometimes things are better left expected.
G+G                    G+G
You let your manatee down and then you drown: that's just the way with nature.
G+G                    G+G
I've been here once or twice before with better hair, and let me tell you,
G+G                   G+G                 G+G
Only the good die young, except for when they don't, it's not exactly fair.

Outro:

A#A#              A#A#    A augmentedA  AbAb   G+G
 Yeah yeah yeah yeah, it'll never be a kingdom's share.
A#A#              A#A#    A augmentedA  AbAb   G+G
 Yeah yeah yeah yeah, it'll never be a kingdom's share.
A#A#              A#A#    A augmentedA  AbAb   G+G
 Yeah yeah yeah yeah, it'll never be a kingdom's share.
A#A#              A#A#    A augmentedA  AbAb   G+G