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