The Thing About Things chords by Amanda Palmer

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G Gsus2Gsus2 G+G x2

Verse 1:
G+G              Gsus2Gsus2          C majorC
I’ve loaned a lot of things to a lot of friends Like records and dresses and books
G+G               Gsus2Gsus2
And a lot of the time I never see them again
G+G                   C majorC
And in a weird way I think that that works
C majorC                    D MajorD
Because the thing about things is they start turn evil
G+G                   C majorC
When you start to forget what they’re for
C majorC                  C majorC
And so if you’re not sure what you did with my sweater
D MajorD                     G+G Gsus2Gsus2
I’ll just have to love you a little bit more

Verse 2:
G+G           Gsus2Gsus2        C majorC
I had a ring it belonged to my grandfather He was a mason and gay
G+G                 Gsus2Gsus2
And he was distant and bitter for all of my childhood
C majorC
We never had much to say
G+G             Gsus2Gsus2        C majorC
He wasn’t the type to give tokens of affection So I stole ring when he died
G+G                Gsus2Gsus2
And then twenty years on when I lost it at a bar
         C majorC
I thought that’s fine I don't want him in my life
C majorC                    D MajorD
Because the thing about things is that they can start meaning things
G+G         C majorC
Nobody actually said
G+G                 Gsus2Gsus2
And if he couldn’t make something mean something for me
D MajorD             G+G
I had to make up what it meant

Bridge:
C majorC      G+G      D MajorD        A augmentedA
I can carry everything I need in one collapsing suitcase
C majorC      G+G      D MajorD        A augmentedA
I can carry everyone I love in one phone application
C majorC       A augmentedA         C majorC        A augmentedA
Built to maximize the facetime of the friends I’m bent on making
C majorC           A augmentedA
Actually I want to be alone
C majorC
To mourn the loss
A augmentedA
Of what it cost

Verse 3:
   G+G           Gsus2Gsus2
I think it’s a poem and I think it keeps going
      C majorC
And I’ve borrowed and loaned lots of things
  G+G          Gsus2Gsus2
And 3 nights ago in the bar where I lost it
  C majorC
the bartender gave me the ring
G+G          Gsus2Gsus2        C majorC                G+G
I lie in bed With my phone in my hand Thinking what can I fix with which app
G+G              Gsus2Gsus2
And I call my grandfather And he doesn’t answer
C majorC                  G+G
And I have to make peace with that fact
C majorC                    D MajorD
Because the thing about things Is that they can start meaning
G+G         C majorC
nobody actually said
G+G                 Gsus2Gsus2
And if you’re not allowed to love people alive
D MajorD                 G+G
Then you learn how to love people dead
C majorC                D MajorD               G+G       C majorC
The thing about things is that they can start meaning things nobody actually said
      G+G           Gsus2Gsus2
And if you’re not allowed To love people alive
D MajorD                 G+G