Obsolete Absolute chords by Lagwagon

Key: F#, C#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Ebm -  x68876
B -    x24442
C# -   x46664
F# -   244322
G# -   466544
Bbm -  x13321
Fm -   133111
F -    133211
C#M7 - x46564
F#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#
  It is inevitable
               Bbm
he becomes obsolete
because the things
that define him
  Ebm
become obsolete
These things are
Fm
part of who he
       F
is and now they
      F#
are irrelevant
           C#
typewriters  cursive
           G#
handwriting  dictionaries
Bbm         G#  F#
   encyclopedias  landlines
C#           G#
operators payphones
    Bbm        G#
mail   conversation
F#      C#
  touch sympathy
G#      Bbm       F# Bbm Ebm G#m F# Bbm Ebm F Bbm--
empathy love privacy


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


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


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


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


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

their empathy
Ebm
   they aren't
Bbm          F#  Bbm Ebm G#m
anything but prey


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


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


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

Mama Papa save me


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


Outro: