The Graduates chords by Speedy Ortiz

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

Intro:
E MajorE FF C majorC
E MajorE FF C majorC
E MajorE FF C majorC
E MajorE FF C majorC


Verse 1:
      E MajorE      FF    C majorC
We were the French club dropouts
    E MajorE      FF      C majorC
But we never got excused from class
   E MajorE     FF       C majorC
The secretary must have been high
        E MajorE      FF      C majorC
To turn a blind eye on us sneaking out back
       E MajorE        FF    C majorC
And we were pregnant on the balcony
     E MajorE        FF   C majorC
And you caught me with a cigarette
  E MajorE       FF      C majorC
I never put the thing on my lips
           E MajorE       FF       C majorC
Just crushed it and spit on where I laid it to rest

E MajorE FF C majorC
E MajorE FF

Chorus:
BB     C majorC     G+G
I was the best at being second place
   D MajorD        D#D#   A#A#
But now I'm just the runner-up
  G#G#    F#F#  E MajorE       FF     A augmentedA
At being the second one you think of every day
      A#A#     FF
Before you go back to one


Verse 2:
E MajorE FF C majorC
E MajorE FF C majorC
       E MajorE     FF    C majorC
We were the law school rejects
    E MajorE        FF   C majorC
So we quarrelled at the bar instead
 E MajorE        FF    C majorC
Shot out in four words or less
               E MajorE         FF       C majorC
You want a jail, you want a mess, you have the right to drink less
        E MajorE      FF   C majorC
Then we were floating on a balcony
    E MajorE      FF   C majorC
And I fell into a trampoline
  E MajorE        FF      C majorC
I never should've looked for a hand
           E MajorE      FF      C majorC
From an invisible pushmi-pullyu pushin' on me

E MajorE FF

Chorus:
BB     C majorC     G+G
I was the best at being second place
   D MajorD        D#D#     A#A#
But now I'm just the silver you dread
   G#G#    F#F#      E MajorE
And only in the shape of a bullet
   FF     A augmentedA         A#A#      FF
A minorAm I ever the shape you see when you wake up dead

Bridge:
BB G+G
D MajorD       C majorC             A#A#
 So will you cauterize the bleeding or bastardize the meaning?
A minorAm
I'm the one worth seeing
D MajorD        C majorC              A#A#
 As a waif, a friend, I guess that's the extent
              A minorAm       FF
More than assisted when you cut inside the paper
    BB        G+G       D MajorD           BB  C majorC G+G
To project it from the lighthouse and eject it out into the void

D MajorD D#D# A#A#
BB C majorC G+G
D MajorD D#D# A#A#

Outro:
BB     C majorC    G+G
I was the best at being second place

D MajorD D#D# A#A#

  BB     C majorC    G+G
Oh, I was the best at being second place

D MajorD D#D# A#A#

BB     C majorC    G+G
I was the best at being second place

D MajorD D#D# A#A#

  BB     C majorC    G+G
Oh, I was the best at being second place

D MajorD D#D# A#A#

BB     C majorC    G+G
I was the best at being second place
  D MajorD         D#D#   A#A#
But now I'm just the runner-up
  G#G#    F#F#  E MajorE        FF   A augmentedA  A#A# FF
And only the second one you think of every day