Standing On The Outside Looking In chords by Conor Oberst

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#m

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
|D |D A |A D |A G#7|G#m7

Verse:
F#              A/E             D
Standing on the outside looking in
               E9                          D
Don't feel any different it's the way it's always been
E        A7                            Esus
In the world the headless well dressed mannequins
D             F#m             C/E                D7
You're always standing on the outside looking in

Verse:
    F#m7                    E         D
I remember when you taught me how to beg
           F#            E
In the roadside motel bathtub
   D7                         A7
I watched you shave your legs
                        E                D
You swore that we would take this to our graves
    D/F#                      E9      D     E7sus
I remember when you taught me how to beg

Verse:
E7                          D      E9
You said only I can make ya happy
            E              D
But I'm not gonna tell you how
E7                        E7sus   D
I don't want this to last forever
     Bm7          E
Only now, only no-ow

Instrumental:
|F#m7 |E D |A |A |G#m7 |

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

Verse:
             F#         E               D
Now I'm standing on the outside looking in
A#/D  F#            E9             D     Em
In a world of paper tigers and imaginary friends
        A               E7             D
It's a shame I can't be bothered to pretend
              F#m                        D   Em7
When I'm standing at the outside looking in

Verse:
  E                            D      E7
I told you how I planned on dying
                      D           E7
But you know I always joke around
E                       D7
I'm up for never saying never
         D/F#    Bm   B7           E
At least for now,     at least for now

Verse:
A                           D        F#m A
Because I could never make you happy
A7                              Dmaj9    A
But I know just how to calm you down
                         Dmaj9  D
We don't have to see the future
     Bsus  Bm7      E9
Only now,      only now

Outro:
|F#m |E D |A7 |D |G#m7 |G#m7 F#9 |
|E9 F#m |F#m |D A |D/F# A |A