A Little Uncanny chords by Conor Oberst

Chords with lyrics

I can't quote figure out the higher pitched notes in the intro and interludes,
let me know if you have any suggestions!

Intro:

G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:

G+G
You started drinking the Kool-Aid
C majorC
We were taking the bait
D MajorD
We were talking big talk
G+G
Never playing it safe
G+G
Looking good as Jane Fonda
C majorC
On a Vietnam tank
D MajorD
Can't get something for nothing
G+G
Have to energize your base

Pre Chorus:

C majorC
But she was young enough
C majorC
She was blonde enough
C majorC            G+G
She was about a perfect ten
C majorC
Had millions of admirers
C majorC          D MajorD
but not a single friend

Chorus:

G+G                C majorC
And it's a, it's a little uncanny what she managed to do
      D MajorD      C majorC       G+G
Become a symbol for a pain she never knew

G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:

G+G
You know old Ronnie Reagan
C majorC
He was a shoe salesman's son
D MajorD
He got himself in the movies
G+G
He impressed everyone
G+G
He thought trial by fire
C majorC
Was America's fate
D MajorD
He made a joke of the poor people
G+G
And that made him a saint

Pre Chorus:

C majorC
But he was tan enough, he was rich enough
C majorC             G+G
He was handsome like John Wayne
C majorC
And there was no one at the country club
           D MajorD
Who didn't feel the same

Chorus:

     G+G
But it's a, it's a little uncanny
C majorC
What he managed to do
D MajorD            C majorC              G+G
Got me to read those Russian authors through and through

G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:

G+G
I miss Christopher Hitchens
C majorC
I miss Oliver Sacks
D MajorD
I miss poor Robin Williams
G+G
I miss Sylvia Plath
G+G
Every morning's a desert
C majorC
Every night is a flood
D MajorD
They say a party can kill you
     G+G
Well sometimes I wish it would

Pre Chorus:

C majorC
But I'll get strong enough, I'll be man enough
C majorC         G+G
To keep myself in check
C majorC
'Cause all my friends that flew to town
C majorC           D MajorD
Said that's what they expect

Chorus:

G+G
But it's a, it's a little uncanny
C majorC
What they managed to do
D MajorD           C majorC          G+G
Made me admit to things I knew were never true

G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G X2