Alexander chords by Rex Orange County

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Advanced

Key: D#

Intro:

D# Fm  D /F#  D#/G
F  Abm
D# Fm  D /F#  D#
Ab  Gm  G7  Cm
Cm  A# Ab
Cm  A# Ab
Ab
Cbm  Cm  A#/D  D# Cb  Cm  A# D#


Verse:
A#/D  D#        Fm     D /F#     D#/G
    I've had back pain for most of my life
        F /A                          Abm
And the most I ever did was see the doc
        D#       Fm      D /F#         D#/G
And the doc told me my back was alright
        F                               Abm
He had initials in his shirt, he had a nice expensive watch
             D#                Fm           D /F#            D#
I thought he knew what he was doing or at least what was right
           Fdim                        Abm
He made me fill a piece of paper with different questions all about
D#          Fm7                Gbm          D#/G
My health, wellbeing and the state of my life
              Ab               D#/G       A#                  D#
I'll tell the truth, I'm only lying to myself if I should lie
    D#          Fm              Gbm             Gm            Ab
So, I answered everything and did my best to keep it rеal in between the lines
D#         Fm7              Gbm                   G /B            Ab
I gavе it back to him, he took it his time and read the paper over once or twice
D#            Fm7          Gbm             Gm                 Ab
He looked at me as if to say "I need to tell you something"
                             Abm
"And don't prepare for me to tell you something nice"
D#            Fm7            Gbm                       Gm
He wanted to know just how much I tend to drink and smoke
  Ab                Gm7              G7                  Cm
I told him, how it was and then he gave me this advice
          Cm                            Ab
He said, "Ease up on stress, you don't help yourself much"
      F                                    Abm
"It's too intense for you to take, you'll only tense up"
         D#                                 A#/D
"And you see you have these issues and you struggle to relax"
                 A#                Cb7                     Cm
"So you come see me the doctor to get something for your back"
          Cm              A#                     Ab
"But this piece of paper tells me that there's more that you should address"
                                                       Cm
"I see some anger in you, plus addiction, plus the rest"
A#                      Ab
"I feel like we should speak about this 'fore it comes first"

"And I know a lot of people who can help for what it's worth"
        D#                         Fm            Gbm                Gm
I said, "I don't know if you understand man my back just fucking hurts"
     F                       Fb
Do I need physiotherapy? Or is it something worse?
   D#                 Fm               Gbm                  Gm
He paused an then he asked me "What, I thought we should do"
        Ab               Gm                  G7               Cm
I said, "If I knew that I wouldn't be here man, I'm asking you"
   Cm             A#                  Ab
He handed me to someone who gave me a blood test

Who handed me to someone else who took my payment and took all of my fucking patience
Ab
I should at this point the doctor had already left
      A#                                               Ab  A#   D#
And I resented that man, I never went back to him again
                   F                      D7                Gm
Well you know in a weird way I feel like maybe he was right
  Ab                                F /A
I may be using my back pain to distract from the pain of life
A#                            G
Feel it all externally, when really it's just inside
   Cm               A#             Ab
Procrastinating, confrontation, every single time
   D#
So thank you Mr. Doctor man for being sincere

I guess I just didn't wanna hear what I didn't wanna hear, okay


Outro:
D# Fm  D /F#  D#/G
F  Abm