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