The Last Great Washington State chords by Damien Jurado

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

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

Difficulty: Novice

The Last Great Washington State


Verse 1:
D MajorD                A augmentedA
Never be sorry for the lack of response
E MajorE
Your hand on my arm before we were lost
D MajorD                A augmentedA
The horizon just laughed to see us fall off
E MajorE
Your face in a jar I constantly dropped
D MajorD                A augmentedA
You have him now but I'll have you later
E MajorE
The phone is a gossip
E MajorE
The clock is a murderer
D MajorD
My time is her burden
A augmentedA
Your voice is his slumber
E MajorE
How long have we been here?
E MajorE             D MajorD   A augmentedA   E MajorE
I can't quite remember my name

Verse 2:
D MajorD                A augmentedA
I had you pegged as one who would throw me
E MajorE
Away from your shoreline
E MajorE
Into the galaxy
D MajorD
Where moons are a fool
A augmentedA
Stars climb eternity
E MajorE
Long after voids
E MajorE
And handwritten destiny
D MajorD                A augmentedA
Long after voices return from the telephone
E MajorE
Cut off from color
E MajorE
Leave everyone you know
D MajorD
They'll let you down
A augmentedA
I'll let you talk into the sky
E MajorE                D MajorD   A augmentedA   E MajorE
That he keeps turning off like a light

Verse 3:
D MajorD                A augmentedA
Praises fall short from the hands of the choir
E MajorE
Who all stand in judgment and funerals pyre
D MajorD
Now that your dead
A augmentedA
They wait for the symphonies
E MajorE
Conductors retire to the bed of our sympathy
D MajorD                A augmentedA
Losing our minds on yesterday's tragedy
E MajorE
Are you surprised they're singing in harmony?
D MajorD
Flooding the hallways
A augmentedA
I notice the exit signs pointing the way out
E MajorE               D MajorD   A augmentedA   E MajorE
I knew they were on to us all along


Verse 4:
D MajorD                A augmentedA
Your suitcase fits well in the room you are living in
E MajorE
Quick to leave town
E MajorE
Is it how you imagined it?
D MajorD
Alone with your ghosts, and the
A augmentedA
question mark protagonist
E MajorE
Leaving you in deserts in search of answers
D MajorD                A augmentedA
To all of the questions that lead to more questions
E MajorE
Afraid to stand up or lose your salvation
D MajorD
Stop and rewind
A augmentedA
They all change the station
E MajorE
The story hits home to close for their liking
D MajorD                A augmentedA
"Stick to the script where you lovers are dying"
E MajorE
Bored and annoyed
E MajorE                 D MajorD   A augmentedA   E MajorE
"You're not even trying to turn us on"


Verse 5:
D MajorD
And building was on fire
A augmentedA
When I saw you step out
E MajorE
Afraid of your ghosts, and highly in doubt
A augmentedA
When you knew all along,
D MajorD
Not even your cloud
E MajorE
Would ever withstand the song from your mouth
D MajorD
So they took all your scripts,
A augmentedA
And the rain from your eyes
E MajorE
They're cashing it in for the next passing ride
D MajorD                A augmentedA
To some other city you made up in your mind
E MajorE
They missed when you died
E MajorE
So they're hitting rewind
D MajorD                A augmentedA
What good is living if you can't write your ending?
E MajorE
You're always in doubt of the truths you're defending
D MajorD             A augmentedA
Seeing yourself in others ideas
E MajorE
I'll write you from somewhere,
E MajorE
And call you from later on
D MajorD
I'll need a good time,
A augmentedA
You'll need a daydream
E MajorE
Helplessly helpless
E MajorE
"I am alive, can you hear me?"
D MajorD
Sleeping in motion
A augmentedA           E MajorE
I love you Washington State

Refrain:
D MajorD
Sleeping in motion
A augmentedA           E MajorE
I love you Washington State
D MajorD
Asleep in a motion
A augmentedA           E MajorE
I love you Washington State