Afterthought chords by Conor Oberst

Chords with lyrics

2016 Oberst BB side form the record store day 7" release of Tachycardia
D MajorD harmonica if you want to play along

Verse:
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I woke up this mornin' still wearin' that tie
C majorC              G+G     C majorC
The one with the hammer and sickle design
C majorC              FF      C majorC
Threw up all the pills my doctor prescribed
C majorC         G+G      C majorC
And went out to fetch me some air

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The streets were so crowded with billboards and signs
C majorC                  G+G    C majorC
Food trucks double parked in their parallel lines
C majorC                FF     C majorC
I thought about breakfast but settled on wine
C majorC          G+G   FF
Always choose hunger over despair
C majorC           G+G      C majorC  C7C7
And what's possible over what's there

Chorus:
FF             C majorC
But it isn't as though we get what we want
G7G7           C majorC
No matter how hard or long we have fought
    FF       C majorC
Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought
C majorC          G+G     FF
When I'm with her I keep it in mind
      DmDm       FF      C majorC
Then she leaves and I've run out of time

Harmonica:
C majorC FF C majorC G7G7

Verse:
C majorC           FF       C majorC
I sat down today in a high barber's chair
C majorC              G+G      C majorC
To hear the town gossip and clean up my hair
C majorC              FF      C majorC
He said she was seen on the bus station stairs
C majorC           G+G      C majorC  C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
With her suitcase threatenin' to walk

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Not sure how true it was but I'll hazard a guess
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It's probably not more and it's probably not less
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If that college kid bookie was accepting bets
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The brackets would mostly be chalk
C majorC           G+G       C majorC   C7C7
Yeah it's safe to assume that she's lost

Chorus:
FF             C majorC
But it isn't as though we get what we want
G7G7           C majorC
No matter how hard or long we have fought
    FF       C majorC
Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought
C majorC          G+G     FF
When I'm with her I keep it in mind
      DmDm       FF      C majorC
Then she's gone and I've run out of time

Harmonica:
C majorC FF C majorC G7G7

Verse:
C majorC                FF      C majorC
I can't be concerned with the state that I'm in
C majorC                 G+G    C majorC
At the height of the scandal with vertigo spins
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Take every audition til I'm Errol Flynn
C majorC         G+G      C majorC  C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
And bring it to life off the page

C majorC                FF      C majorC
And I'll get up tomorrow still wearin' that tie
C majorC                G+G      C majorC
The one with the skull and the crossbone designs
C majorC                FF    C majorC
If I'm asked if i miss her it's easy to lie
C majorC             G+G       FF
In this world that's called more of the same
C majorC           G+G      C majorC   C7C7
Yeah I wouldn't feel proud or ashamed

Chorus:
 FF             C majorC
'cause it isn't as though we get what we want
G7G7           C majorC
No matter how hard or long we have fought
    FF       C majorC
Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought
C majorC          G+G     FF
When I'm with her I keep it in mind
      DmDm       FF      C majorC
Then she leaves and I've run out of time

Harmonica:
C majorC FF C majorC G7G7
C majorC FF