Standing On The Outside Looking In chords by Conor Oberst

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (EE AA DD GG BB EE)

Key: F#mF#m

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
|DD |DD AA |AA DD |AA G#7G#7|G#m7G#m7

Verse:
F#F#              AA/EE             DD
Standing on the outside looking in
               E9E9                          DD
Don't feel any different it's the way it's always been
EE        A7A7                            EsusEsus
In the world the headless well dressed mannequins
DD             F#mF#m             CC/EE                D7D7
You're always standing on the outside looking in

Verse:
    F#m7F#m7                    EE         DD
I remember when you taught me how to beg
           F#F#            EE
In the roadside motel bathtub
   D7D7                         A7A7
I watched you shave your legs
                        EE                DD
You swore that we would take this to our graves
    DD/F#F#                      E9E9      DD     E7susE7sus
I remember when you taught me how to beg

Verse:
E7E7                          DD      E9E9
You said only I can make ya happy
            EE              DD
But I'm not gonna tell you how
E7E7                        E7susE7sus   DD
I don't want this to last forever
     Bm7Bm7          EE
Only now, only no-ow

Instrumental:
|F#m7F#m7 |EE DD |AA |AA |G#m7G#m7 |

Verse:
G#G#              F#9F#9             EE            DD
There's a place she longs to be she'll never go
        F#mF#m                   DD                      EE
Took a picture out the window with the camera on her phone
                   AA                         DD
Got off one more time then put back on her clothes
CC/EE                             EE            DD
There's a place she longs to be she'll never go

Verse:
             F#F#         EE               DD
Now I'm standing on the outside looking in
A#A#/DD  F#F#            E9E9             DD     EmEm
In a world of paper tigers and imaginary friends
        AA               E7E7             DD
It's a shame I can't be bothered to pretend
              F#mF#m                        DD   Em7Em7
When I'm standing at the outside looking in

Verse:
  EE                            DD      E7E7
I told you how I planned on dying
                      DD           E7E7
But you know I always joke around
EE                       D7D7
I'm up for never saying never
         DD/F#F#    BmBm   B7B7           EE
At least for now,     at least for now

Verse:
AA                           DD        F#mF#m AA
Because I could never make you happy
A7A7                              Dmaj9Dmaj9    AA
But I know just how to calm you down
                         Dmaj9Dmaj9  DD
We don't have to see the future
     BsusBsus  Bm7Bm7      E9E9
Only now,      only now

Outro:
|F#mF#m |EE DD |A7A7 |DD |G#m7G#m7 |G#m7G#m7 F#9F#9 |
|E9E9 F#mF#m |F#mF#m |DD AA |DD/F#F# AA |AA

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