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The Historian by Martha

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

Em
N.C. (Bass implies Em Bm D A)
Em Bm D A


Verse:

Em
   Sitting in the kitchen
Bm
   Counting out the medicine
D                A
  Rummaging that box away
N.C.
They're never gonna let us in
Em
   A faded photograph
Bm                          D
   A dancefloor that collapsed
                               A
The shit you bought me on your deathbed
                   G
No I can't recycle that

Chorus:

D              A
No one made it out
    Em                  G
And that's what made it count
        D               A
There's nothing more to do
                     G
I'm the historian of you
D               A
Summer came and went
Em                G
Wages?: paid the rent
D            A
No one had a clue


Bridge 1:

Em
   Never gonna, never gonna let me
N.C. (Bass implies Bm)
   Never gonna, never gonna let me
N.C. (Bass implies D)
  Never gonna, never gonna let me
N.C. (Bass implies A)
Dig up all the dirt I have on you
Em
   Never gonna, never gonna let me
Bm
   Never gonna, never gonna let me
D                                 A A A A
  Never gonna, never gonna let me


Bridge 2:

G
  Never gonna, never gonna let me
D
  Never gonna, never gonna let me
A
  Never gonna, never gonna let me
Em
Dig up all the dirt I have on you
G
  Never gonna, never gonna let me
D
  Never gonna, never gonna let me
A
  Never gonna, never gonna let me
Em
Dig up all the dirt I have on you
G            D         A
  I'm the historian of you
            Em
And there's nothing we can do
G            D         A
  I'm the historian of you
            Em
And there's nothing we can do


Solo/Outro:

G   D   A   Bm
ends on G