Gossamer Thin chords by Conor Oberst

Intro:
A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E

Verse:
A        F#m
Rings 'round his eyes
A        F#m
Tracks down his arm
A        F#m
His fans are confused and his
D       E
friends are alarmed
A        F#m
His wife doesn't talk
A        F#m
Hates when he's gone
A       F#m
Counts every skirt
D        E
in his new entourage

Chorus:
       D      E7
And they're all gossamer thin
       A    F#m
Left of the dial, bohemians
      D          E7
And they dance, tournament in style
         A        F#m
Twirl 'round the room, curtsey and smile
A        F#m
And they sit at his feet,
A    F#m
read poetry and
A    E    D  E7  A
Swoon with each word he speaks


Harmonica:

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E


Verse:

A         F#m
She likes the new pope
A          F#m
She's not scared of hell
A         F#m
They meet once a week
    D   E
at a secret motel
A        F#m
She kisses his neck,
A        F#m
she plays with his hair
A            F#m
Her screams sound like pleasure,
   D      E
her moans like despair


Verse:
       D       E7
And they're spread gossamer thin
        A         F#m
Pushed to the edge, frayed at the ends
     D       E7
And it's no business of mine
        A        F#m
They can love more than one at a time
      A        F#m
But they're pushing their luck
A        F#m
Hard but they must
A  E  D  E7  A
Risk it all for love


Harmonica:

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E


Bridge:

Gm                 D
Now I walk around in some kind of altered state
F#m       D          A
The drink in my hand is starting to shake
Gm               D
I get used to it if it has to stay this way
F#m        D          E7
A new bunch of flowers I'll have to arrange


Harmonica:

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E


Verse:

A        F#m
I don't want to eat
A       F#m
or get out of bed
A     F#m
Try to recall
     D    E
what the therapist said
A   F#m
Ego and Id,
A       F#m
the Essential Self
A        F#m
You are who you are
   D       E
and you are someone else


Chorus:

     D      E7
But I'm worn gossamer thin
        A         F#m
Like delicate arch, carved by the wind
      D        E7
There's a glass psyche at stake
      A         F#m
Throw me a brick, see if it breaks
    A         F#m
'Cause the mind and the brain
A         F#m
aren't quite the same
A        E D  E7   A
But they both want out of this place


Outro:

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m