Afterthought chords by Conor Oberst

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

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

C                  F      C
The streets were so crowded with billboards and signs
C                  G    C
Food trucks double parked in their parallel lines
C                F     C
I thought about breakfast but settled on wine
C          G   F
Always choose hunger over despair
C           G      C  C7
And what's possible over what's there

Chorus:
F             C
But it isn't as though we get what we want
G7           C
No matter how hard or long we have fought
    F       C
Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought
C          G     F
When I'm with her I keep it in mind
      Dm       F      C
Then she leaves and I've run out of time

Harmonica:
C F C G7

Verse:
C           F       C
I sat down today in a high barber's chair
C              G      C
To hear the town gossip and clean up my hair
C              F      C
He said she was seen on the bus station stairs
C           G      C  C Fmaj7 C
With her suitcase threatenin' to walk

C                 F     C
Not sure how true it was but I'll hazard a guess
C                 G     C
It's probably not more and it's probably not less
C                F    C
If that college kid bookie was accepting bets
C          G     F
The brackets would mostly be chalk
C           G       C   C7
Yeah it's safe to assume that she's lost

Chorus:
F             C
But it isn't as though we get what we want
G7           C
No matter how hard or long we have fought
    F       C
Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought
C          G     F
When I'm with her I keep it in mind
      Dm       F      C
Then she's gone and I've run out of time

Harmonica:
C F C G7

Verse:
C                F      C
I can't be concerned with the state that I'm in
C                 G    C
At the height of the scandal with vertigo spins
C             F     C
Take every audition til I'm Errol Flynn
C         G      C  C Fmaj7 C
And bring it to life off the page

C                F      C
And I'll get up tomorrow still wearin' that tie
C                G      C
The one with the skull and the crossbone designs
C                F    C
If I'm asked if i miss her it's easy to lie
C             G       F
In this world that's called more of the same
C           G      C   C7
Yeah I wouldn't feel proud or ashamed

Chorus:
 F             C
'cause it isn't as though we get what we want
G7           C
No matter how hard or long we have fought
    F       C
Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought
C          G     F
When I'm with her I keep it in mind
      Dm       F      C
Then she leaves and I've run out of time

Harmonica:
C F C G7
C F