Tenderness chords by Parquet Courts

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

G+G x4

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD x2


Verse 1:
   G+G
We've come to replace your clock's old stubborn hands
  E MajorE         E7E7    E MajorE
We are the answer to why they never had a chance
    G+G
It was not so long ago that the world was mostly slow
      E MajorE        E7E7
The age of iron, steam and speed
     E MajorE
Turned a stroll to a stampede

Pre-Chorus:
     C majorC         E MajorE        G+G
But we've come to increase time in between ticks
        C majorC       A augmentedA
And there is romance in the slow dances
          E MajorE
'Cause they're fertile in hush, futile in haste
        E MajorE
These are your nerves, this is how they taste


Chorus:
        D MajorD                C majorC
Well I can't count how many times I've been outdone by nihilism
 G+G                  D MajorD
Joined the march that splits an open heart into a schism
   D MajorD               C majorC
And I cower at the thought of other people's expectations
     G+G        D MajorD
And yet still hand over mine to them


G+G x2


Verse 2:
  G+G
Travel where you are, tourism is sin
        E MajorE        E7E7          E MajorE
These are the ruins we left behind, you can't take pictures of them
   G+G
If what they say is true, then you become what you chew
    E MajorE
If it decays spit it out, affectation is a drought

Pre-Chorus:
      C majorC          E MajorE            G+G
That you wait through when you hate everything that you do
      C majorC         A augmentedA
You wanna live outside the groove, then fine
      E MajorE
But it's there like a flower blooming in your ears
       E MajorE
Open up your mouth, pollinate your peers


Chorus:
      D MajorD                C majorC
Nothing reminds the mind of power like the cheap odor of plastic
 G+G                  D MajorD
Leaking fumes we crave, consume, the rush it feels fantastic
     D MajorD               C majorC
But like power turns to mold, like a junkie going cold
      G+G        D MajorD
I need the fix of a little tenderness


Outro:

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD x4

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