To Know Your Mission chords by Jens Lekman

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
  D MajorD         A augmentedA         B minorBm
A augmentedA Mormon missionary walks through Vasa Allén
      G+G        F# minorF#m    E minorEm
Through a clear-as-crystal Gothenburg morning
 A augmentedA                   D MajorD   G+G   G/F#
Removing his suit jacket, loosening his tie
 E minorEm     F# minorF#m      G+G              D MajorD  A augmentedA
Wiping the sweat from his neck and the sleep from his eyes
   D MajorD     A augmentedA        B minorBm    A augmentedA
It's 1997, the last morning of August
    G+G     F# minorF#m         E minorEm
At the corner of 7-Eleven he hears the broadcast
 A augmentedA              D MajorD        G+G  G/F#
Another saint is lost, Lady Di's returned to stardust
  E minorEm       F# minorF#m  G+G   A augmentedA         D MajorD
He listens to the tragic news, followed by the Top 10 tunes

Interlude:
D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm

Verse 1:
   D MajorD         A augmentedA      B minorBm
Will Smith, Puff Daddy, Gala, Chumbawamba
    G+G         F# minorF#m          E minorEm
On the other side of the street he passes Café Java
    F# minorF#m      G+G
Where no one listens to that crap
   F# minorF#m         G+G
Both coffee and hair dyed raven black
    E minorEm   F# minorF#m  G+G        D MajorD  A augmentedA
All so sure of everything except one question

Chorus:
      D MajorD    B minorBm
What's our mission?
       G+G  A augmentedA
What are we here for?
      F# minorF#m  B minorBm
Who are we serving?
      G+G   A augmentedA
What can we do?
      D MajorD    B minorBm
What's our mission?
       G+G  A augmentedA
What are we here for?
      F# minorF#m  B minorBm
Who are we serving?
      G+G   A augmentedA
What can we do?

Verse 2:
  C majorC          G+G            D MajorD
He bumps into a teenage boy leaning 'gainst the fence
        C majorC            G+G        A augmentedA
Who takes his headphones off and introduces himself as Jens
 F# minorF#m         G+G             F# minorF#m     G+G
Riffling through the Book of Mormon, says it's way too early in the morning
      E minorEm   F# minorF#m  G+G          D MajorD         A augmentedA
Instead of talking about religion can we just talk about how it feels

Chorus:
       D MajorD    B minorBm
To know your mission
           G+G  A augmentedA
To know what you're here for
          F# minorF#m B minorBm
To know who you're serving
        G+G   A augmentedA
To know what to do?
       D MajorD    B minorBm
To know your mission
           G+G  A augmentedA
To know what you're here for
          F# minorF#m B minorBm
To know who you're serving
        G+G   A augmentedA
To know what to do?

Bridge:
      E minorEm
To have a dream
        E minorEm
A augmentedA GPS in your heart
      B minorBm
A augmentedA path to follow
       G+G
Through the dark
             D MajorD
Well, Jens says, I write songs sometimes
          A augmentedA
But they're kinda bad
          E minorEm
So if that doesn't work out
                      A augmentedA
I want to be a social worker just like my dad
                  D MajorD
I just want to listen to people's stories
           A augmentedA
Hear what they have to say
                  E minorEm
My friends say, "Just be a shrink then"
                        A augmentedA
But I don't know. I don't think I'll have the grades.
          D MajorD
But in a world of mouths
         A augmentedA
I want to be an ear
       E minorEm
If there's a purpose to all this
   A augmentedA           D MajorD  B minorBm
Then that's why God put me here

Post - bridge:
         G+G  A augmentedA
I know what I'm here for
        F# minorF#m   B minorBm
I know who I'm serving
       G+G   A augmentedA
I'm serving you

Outro:
D MajorD B minorBm
G+G A augmentedA
F# minorF#m B minorBm
       G+G  A augmentedA