Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
C majorC A minorAm
In the middle of a mission I met Esther in the kitchen
G+G A minorAm
Drinking something blue it looked like Windex
C majorC
She could shake but couldn't really sing, Sharpened like a feral thing
G+G A minorAm
Helped me with my part when I lost interest
E MajorE FF
She said her name was Esther I said baby that sounds biblical
C majorC G+G
Ain't she the one that came up after Vashti?
C majorC
Yeah and then some other stuff
A minorAm
At some point there I fell in love
G+G A minorAm
Then she heard a song she liked and lost me
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm
The party ended suddenly, suddenly it's over
FF
That left me an Esther all alone and getting older
C majorC A minorAm
All alone and getting older smoking in the street
FF
Now everything is Esther and it's been that way all week
C majorC A minorAm G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Verse 2:
C majorC A minorAm
The times that we were powerless were times that I remember best
G+G A minorAm
When it first came on it felt just like a blanket
C majorC
Once we had a little bit we pretty much just wasted it
G+G A minorAm
Traded in our tickets for drinks and little trinkets
E MajorE FF
The scene back in the city was the opposite of freedom
C majorC G+G
We were always so damn broke it was this whole dependent fallacy
C majorC A minorAm
They started shooting so the songs of the future
G+G A minorAm
Esther always wants it how it used to be
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm
Songs all ran together and the kids ran outta liquor
FF
That's when me and Esther started staring at each other
C majorC A minorAm
Started staring at each other feeling pretty sweet
FF
Now everything is Esther it's been that way all week
C majorC A minorAm
The parties fall to pieces the endings are so heavy
FF
Feels like no one's watching when we're this deep in the valley
C majorC A minorAm
When we're this deep in the valley you can see so many stars
FF
When Esther told her story we were sitting in the car
Bridge:
A minorAm FF
She said her folks were never close
C majorC
They had me 'cause they had to
G+G
No one named me Esther
FF
That came up a little later
C majorC
It was after some detective
G+G
Came around here with some questions
E minorEm
I went out to Colorado
FF
Was mostly in the motels
C majorC
Started living pretty reckless
G+G
Started calling myself Esther
E minorEm E MajorE
I just felt like someone different
Instrumental:
C majorC A minorAm FF x2
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm
Felt like someone different and I never could forgive
FF
All the movies in our heads about the lives we wanna live
C majorC A minorAm
The lives we wanna live are all free of pain and fear
FF
Now Esther's getting cigarettes and me I'm buying beer
C majorC A minorAm
Felt like someone different felt like someone else
FF
She almost died in Denver, she did it to herself
C majorC A minorAm
She did it herself, there's only her to blame
FF
Of course I call her Esther I don't know her other name
C majorC A minorAm
She's never going home her folks were never close
FF
We mostly watch the TV crack the windows when we smoke
C majorC A minorAm
Her aura is amazing her room is kind of bleak
FF
I met Esther at a party got together for a week
C majorC A minorAm FF