Obsolete Absolute chords by Lagwagon

Chords with lyrics

Key: F#, C#C#


Chords used:
EbmEbm - x68876
BB -  x24442
C#C# -  x46664
F#F# -  244322
G#G# -  466544
BbmBbm - x13321
F minorFm -  133111
FF -  133211
C#M7 - x46564
F# minorF#m - 244222

Intro:

Bass: Ebm--B-C#- x4

Distortion:
Ebm---B-C#- x2
B-F#-C#-Ebm- x3
B-F#-Bbm-Fm-
Ebm--B-C#- x2
Ebm---B-C#- x2
B-F#-C#-Ebm- x3
B-F#-Bbm-Fm-
Ebm--Ebm--
F#--Bbm--Ebm--G#m--


Man Speaks:
F#F#
 It is inevitable
        BbmBbm
he becomes obsolete
because the things
that define him
 EbmEbm
become obsolete
These things are
F minorFm
part of who he
    FF
is and now they
   F#F#
are irrelevant
      C#C#
typewriters cursive
      G#G#
handwriting dictionaries
BbmBbm     G#G# F#F#
  encyclopedias landlines
C#C#      G#G#
operators payphones
  BbmBbm    G#G#
mail  conversation
F#F#   C#C#
 touch sympathy
G#G#   BbmBbm    F#F# BbmBbm EbmEbm G# minorG#m F#F# BbmBbm EbmEbm FF Bbm--
empathy love privacy

Verse 1:
BbmBbm
  pleased to meet
      G#G#
you in the grey
swinging slowly
    F#F#
in the hang
all together
    FF
on the beat
new machines
      BbmBbm
are coming primed
seasons change
    G#G#
and combine
starving bees
     F#F#
on dying vines
revelations in
  FF
your mind dark
  F(hold)
and then on fire


Chorus 1:
BbmBbm   BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
obsolete ab--solutely
G#G#    G#G# C#C# EbmEbm
absolute ob-so-lete
F#F# BbmBbm
I'm hanging by my
     BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
testimony I  expire
G#G#
all I've known
G#G# C#C# EbmEbm F minorFm F#F# F#(Bass solo)
ob-so-lete absolute


Verse 2:
BbmBbm
run running
   G#G#
far behind
faster faster
     F#F#
borrowed time
heretics has
    FF
lost its mind
we are undefined


Chorus 2:
BbmBbm   BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
obsolete ab--solutely
G#G#    G#G# C#C# EbmEbm
absolute ob-so-lete
F#F#  BbmBbm
yeah Hanging on
upon nostalgia
BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
an--tiqua-ted
G#G#
all we've known
G#G# C#C# EbmEbm F minorFm F#F#
ob-so-lete absolute


Bridge:
C#C#
 swinging men on
 C#M7 EbmEbm
a tree  weighted
     F# minorF#m
bags of debris
C#C#
 their survival
  C#M7
contingent on

their empathy
EbmEbm
  they aren't
BbmBbm     F#F# BbmBbm EbmEbm G# minorG#m
anything but prey


Man Speaks:
  F#F#
tradition convention
  BBm
lineage morality
  EbmEbm
compassion eye
    FF
contact history family


Verse 3:
F(hold)
 we aren't anything
  BbmBbm
but prey all the
       G#G#
tools taken away
all the words we
    F#F#
used to say
salutations
   FF
courtesies
mama papa gracias


Guitar Solo: Bbm--G#--F#--F--

Mama Papa save me


Chorus 3:
BbmBbm   BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
obsolete ab--solutely
G#G#    G#G# C#C# EbmEbm
absolute ob-so-lete
F#F#  BbmBbm
yeah Hanging on
our testimonies
BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
we expire
G#G#
all we really
know we're not
anything but prey
BbmBbm   BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
obsolete
G#G#    G#G# C#C# EbmEbm F#F#
absolute ab-so-lutely
BbmBbm   BbmBbm FF F#F# C#C#
obsolete
G#G#    G#G# C#C# EbmEbm F minorFm
absolute ab-so-lutely


Outro: