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Desert Island Questionnaire chords by Conor Oberst

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Desert Island Questionnaire (Upside Down Mountain, 2014)

Standard Tuning

Chords Used:
Chord diagramG+G         - 320003
Chord diagramG/BG/B       - x20002
Chord diagramC majorC         - X32010
Chord diagramD MajorD         - XX0232
Chord diagramE minorEm        - 022000
Chord diagramA minorAm        - x02210

I tabbed out the intro riff as well since it comes back to tie all the verses together. The xxxxxx chords are
rakes; just lightly mute the strings with your fretting hand and them strum for the amount of beats.

Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern.

Intro Riff:
    Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9    Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7          Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9   Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9    Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
Chord diagramG+G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|

Chord diagramG+G
Say that you were stranded on a desert island
Chord diagramG+G                                                Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along
Chord diagramG+G
Say you had a month and you knew you were dying
Chord diagramG+G
How would you spend your time
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
What goodbyes would take too long
Chord diagramD MajorD
You don't like this game and you take exception
Chord diagramD MajorD                                         Chord diagramE minorEm
Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical
         Chord diagramA minorAm
With the charging sky above
Chord diagramA minorAm                              Chord diagramD MajorD
And the ground below that could swallow everyone

Intro Riff

Chord diagramG+G
Staring at your phone at another party
Chord diagramG+G                                       Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show
Chord diagramG+G
People in the pool like the drowning army
Chord diagramG+G                                     Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
Smoke along the moats and the hotel lobby glows
Chord diagramD MajorD
Wish that you can dance but you've got no partner
Chord diagramD MajorD                                                        Chord diagramE minorEm
Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast
       Chord diagramA minorAm
To the ennui of our times
Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramD MajorD
To the selfishness in everyone you know

Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm

Chord diagramC majorC                              Chord diagramD MajorD
Made a lot of friends but they can't be trusted
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
Don't know what their angle   is
Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramD MajorD
Post up at the bar and I m double fisted
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
Talking to a mannequin
Chord diagramC majorC                                  Chord diagramD MajorD
I don't know what it means when he takes my pulse
    Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
And says that I'm a lot like him
Chord diagramC majorC                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
I say that's fair enough that's why I'm trying to loosen up

Intro Riff

Chord diagramG+G
Every lunatic must be well intentioned
Chord diagramG+G                                    Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
Sets himself apart he's an instrument of god
Chord diagramG+G
Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar
Chord diagramG+G                                             Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan
Chord diagramD MajorD
They finally found her body many Autumns after
Chord diagramD MajorD                                             Chord diagramE minorEm
Interviewed her mother who said she'd now be 21
    Chord diagramA minorAm
And although we lost her young
Chord diagramA minorAm                         Chord diagramD MajorD
I know the good lord has a plan for all of us

Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm

Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramD MajorD
Mormons at the door they are clean and handsome
Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramD/F#D/F#  Chord diagramE minorEm
Always have a good sales pitch
Chord diagramC majorC                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
Your little sisters swears that she can read my aura
Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
But I can't take her serious
Chord diagramC majorC
Need something to bring
         Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
For this human nature is not what this condition is
Chord diagramC majorC                                 Chord diagramD MajorD
I'm so bored with my life but I'm still afraid to die
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Everyone's asleep in this burning building
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
And I can't wake them up in time
Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramD MajorD
You go on ahead I'll be right behind you
Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
I'm headed to the finish line
        Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramD MajorD
I can't ignore the sun until this is over

Intro Riff

Chord diagramG+G
Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island
Chord diagramG+G                                                  Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
What would be the message that you'd spell out for the plane
Chord diagramG+G
Say the engine failed when that plane was flying
Chord diagramG+G                                              Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramC majorC
If you were the pilot would you curse or would you pray
Chord diagramD MajorD
No one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral
Chord diagramD MajorD                                     Chord diagramE minorEm
Not a lot to say did it even have a name
        Chord diagramA minorAm
Light a candle just in case he was someone's friend
Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramD MajorD
Throw some flowers on the grave

Outro Riff:
    Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9    Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7          Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9   Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9    Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4---let ring---------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--------------------------|

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