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: