Constructive Summer chords by The Hold Steady

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Capo 2

Intro:
D MajorD G+G
D MajorD G+G

D MajorD            G+G  D MajorD           G+G
Me and my friends are like the drums on "Lust for Life"
D MajorD            G+G
We pound it out on floor toms
D MajorD
Our psalms are sing-along songs

B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

D MajorD              G+G
And this whole town is like this
D MajorD              G+G
Been that way our whole lives
D MajorD                G+G
Just work at the mill until you die
D MajorD
Work at the mill, and then you die

B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

D MajorD                G+G
We're gonna build something, this summer
D MajorD
We're gonna build something, this summer
B minorBm     A augmentedA       G+G
We'll put it back together- raise up a giant ladder
D MajorD                        G+G  E MajorE
With love, and trust, and friends, and hammers (This summer!)
B minorBm     A augmentedA        G+G
We're gonna lean this ladder up against the water tower
D MajorD                    G+G  E minorEm
Climb up to the top, and drink and talk (This summer!)

D MajorD             G+G  D MajorD           G+G
Me and my friends are like "Double-whiskey-coke-no-ice."
D MajorD             G+G   D MajorD
We drink along in double time; might drink too much, but we feel fine

B minorBm A augmentedA  D MajorD

D MajorD                G+G
We're gonna build something this summer.
D MajorD
Gonna build something this summer.
   B minorBm           A augmentedA    G+G
This summer, grant us all the power to drink on top of water towers,
D MajorD                      G+G  E MajorE
With love, and trust, and shows, all summer (Get hammered!)
B minorBm      A augmentedA   G+G                   D MajorD
Let this be my annual reminder that we can all be something bigger

D MajorD

D MajorD

D MajorD
I went to your schools, I did my detention
But the walls are so gray, I couldn't pay attention
D MajorD
I heard your gospel- it moved me to tears,
But I couldn't find the hate, and I couldn't find the fear
D MajorD
I met your Savior, I knelt at his feet,
And he took my ten bucks, and he went down the street
D MajorD
I tried to believe all the things that you said,
    G+G               E MajorE
But my friends that aren't dying are already dead.

B minorBm   A augmentedA        G+G
Raise a toast to St. Joe Strummer
B minorBm    A augmentedA         G+G
I think he might've been our only decent teacher
B minorBm   A augmentedA       G+G         D MajorD        G+G
Getting older makes it harder to remember we are our only saviors
      E minorEm          D MajorD
We're gonna build something, this summer


THE END!