T-shirt Tux chords by The Hold Steady

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC

Verse:
       FF               DmDm         C majorC
There’s that girl from your work and she’s here with some guy
      FF        DmDm      C majorC
He’s got a t-shirt tux and piano key tie
  FF        D MajorD            A minorAm
The rest of us were rolling our eyes at the handshake
        C majorC
He did with the doorman
  FF           DmDm              C majorC
But that’s how he gets the stuff that makes him feel so important
    FF           DmDm          C majorC
And we all need something to get through the night
      FF            DmDm        C majorC
'Cause the kitchen gets hot and the fingers get fried
 FF       D MajorD
A augmentedA Pontius Pilate played to the crowd
     C majorC               A minorAm
And they all thought they knew what he wanted
  FF             D MajorD
And everyone’s sorry when they see that it’s dawn
 C majorC              A minorAm
I assume that’s the reason we do this
  FF            D MajorD
And me and the guy with the piano key tie
  A minorAm            C majorC
Are probably gonna play right through this


Bridge:
FF      C majorC     G+G       C majorC
Tiny little triumphs, massive bloody failures
FF           C majorC      G+G        C majorC
I hear that there were sailors who dread coming to shore
FF      C majorC     G+G   C majorC
I Guess it’s true, it’s true I guess
  FF         C majorC       G+G         C majorC
But tonight I fear my sensors aren’t receiving at their best


Verse:
  FF             DmDm           C majorC
And everyone talks about they hate that they’re here
FF           DmDm        C majorC
Baring their teeth and sharpening spears
  FF             D MajorD
The stuff that they put in the punch bowl tonight
     A minorAm          C majorC
Makes it too hard to pay much attention
     FF            DmDm         C majorC
But your war of attrition turned out to be a major attraction
 FF          DmDm          C majorC
A augmentedA boy and a girl were draining their beers
    FF              DmDm        C majorC
He said “Stalin was a weatherman to start his career
  FF           D MajorD        A minorAm           C majorC
And Johnny Cash was in the service when the news came through the wire
     FF            D MajorD
And it’s weird how you feel when bad people die”
     C majorC       A minorAm
She said “Yeah I guess, whatever
     FF          DmDm            C majorC
All your fun little facts are never going to keep us together”

Bridge:
   FF   C majorC       G+G     C majorC
We'll all be doomed once we leave this room
   FF          C majorC
We’re spinning through the turnstiles
     G+G        C majorC
And we’re sleeping in our shoes
      FF   C majorC
While we’re sad in stones
      G+G        C majorC
While we’re all hooked up at home
      FF           C majorC
But when we leave the house we’re homesick
    G+G       C majorC
Got the disconnection blues
      FF      C majorC        G+G          C majorC
There were multiple dispensers and some friends we couldn’t use

Final Verse:
C majorC
                     FF      C majorC
There’s a candle on the table, there’s a photo on the fridge
     FF         C majorC         G+G        C majorC
There’s a bunch of things we said we were gonna do and never did

And sometimes it’s all slippery sidewalks
       FF          C majorC
And trying to find a place to park
FF      C majorC      G+G       C majorC
Turning on a burner that never catches spark
                   FF         C majorC
They said everything’s perception but that’s not really right
FF        C majorC       G+G      C majorC
Let’s all try to tell a little truth tonight
FF        C majorC       G+G      C majorC
Let’s all try to tell a little truth tonight