Chords with lyrics
"BRAND NEW COLONY"
>From "Give Up" by the Postal Service
Music by Benjamin Gibbard & Jimmy Tamborello
Words by Benjamin Gibbard
Chord transcription by David William ([email protected])
On the album, this song relies heavily on Jimmy's drum programming to move it along, and the chord changes are noted by the synthesized bass/keyboard sound... but these are the underlying chords as I heard them:
(NOTE: in the intro and the instrumental breaks, each dash represents a beat, with the chord letter representing a beat as well. So for example: 2 measures of 
C majorC is the letter C majorC followed by seven dashes... making for 8 beats of C.)
INTRO:
(under the beepboop sounds): C-------Em---Am--- (x2)
(and when the bass notes come in): C-------Em---Am---F-------G---Em---
VERSE 1:
C majorC 
E minorEm 
A minorAm
I'll be the grapes fermented, bottled and served with the table set,
FF
In my finest suit, like a perfect gentleman.
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I'll be the fire escape that's bolted to the ancient brick,
FF
Where you will sit and contemplate your day.
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:
C-------Em---Am---F-------G---Em--- (x2)
VERSES 2 & 3:
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I'll be the water wings that save you if you start drowning in
FF
An open tab when your judgment^Òs on the brink.
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I'll be the phonograph that plays your favorite albums back
FF 
G+G
As you're lying there, drifting off to sleep...
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I'll be the platform shoes, undo what heredity's done to you,
FF
You won't have to strain to look into my eyes...
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I'll be your winter coat, buttoned and zipped straight to the throat,
FF
With the collar up so you won't catch cold.
BRIDGE:
A minorAm FF C majorC
I want to take you far - from the cynics in this town
A minorAm FF
and kiss you on the mouth - we'll cut our bodies free
C majorC A minorAm
from the tethers of this scene - start a brand new colony
FF C majorC
where everything will change - we'll give ourselves new names
A minorAm FF
identities erased - the sun will heat the ground
C majorC G+G
under our bare feet - in this brand new colony
*Am---F---C---G---
brand new colony...
(*HERE IT SEGUES INTO THE SLOWER END PART.)
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:
Am---F---C---G--- (x2)
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G Am---F---C---G---
Ev-ry-thing... will change... ooo ooo... ooo ooo... (x3)
END ON: A minorAm
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