Random Rules chords by Silver Jews

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
C     Em       F                                C
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection
C                Em                  F                        C
Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction
C            Em                         F                           C
Broken and smokin' where the infrared deer plunge in the digital snake
C                     Em                         F                            C
I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake


Chorus:
Dm                F
I know you like to line dance
Dm             F
Everything so democratic and cool
Dm                 F                 C
But, baby, there's no guidance when random rules

Verse 2:
C              Em                         F                        C
I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls
C            Em                        F                           C
Maybe I've crossed the wrong rivers and walked down all the wrong halls
C                 Em                     F               C
But nothing can change the fact that we used to share a bed
C                   Em                   F                 C
And that's why it scared me so when you turned to me and said:


Bridge:
Dm                  F
"Yeah, you look like someone
Dm                    F
Yeah, you look like someone who up and left me low
Dm                F           C
Boy, you look like someone I used to know"

   C                 Em                  F              C
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B|-13-13-13-13-13-8-12-12-12-12-12-8-10-10-10-10-8---------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------7-7/9-9-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   C                 Em                  F              C
e|----------------------------0----------------------------------|
B|-8/6--6/5--5/3--3/1-0-1---1---3-1------------------------------|
G|-9/7--7/5--5/4--4/2---------------0----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   C                 Em                  F              C
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0h2p0----2--2---------0h2p0---0---------------------------|
A|-0h3-------3----------0h3--------------3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   C                 Em                  F              C
e|-------------------------------------------------------------0---3-0-----0-----------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------0-1-0-3---3-----1/3---3-1-------------|
G|-------------------------------------0----4b5--0-0-2---------------------------------------|
D|------0h2p0-2-2-2-2-0---0h2--2-----2---2---------------------------------------------------|
A|-0h3------------------3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
Dm                  F
I know you'd like to line dance
Dm                  F
With everything so democratic and cool
Dm                 F                 C
But, baby, there's no guidance when random rules


Verse 3:
C            Em              F                  C
I asked the painter why the roads are colored black
C                        Em
He said, "Steve, it's because people leave
         F                      C
And no highway will bring them back"
C              Em              F             C
So if you don't want me, I promise not to linger
C                      Em                              F              C
But before I go, I've gotta ask you, dear, about that tan line on your ring finger


Outro:
Dm                F
No one should have two lives
Dm                 F
Now you know my middle names are Wrong and Right
Dm                  F            C
Honey, we've got two lives to give tonight
C
To give tonight
C
To give tonight
C                C
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh