Middle America chords by Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G

Verse:
G
Blame stops until you do

Blame stops until you do
C       Bm    Am
Do your major duty
    C          Bm   Am
And call right back again
G

Times gets to me and I

The heir apparent just might try
    C        Bm        Am
You know you should be winning
C          Bm   Am
Time won't wait for you
C
Glow

Chorus:
C                   G
Crush back to where I belong
Am
Hold me down like an anchor strong
C                 G
Fill me up 'til I overflow
       Am
In the winter time

In the winter time
        C
When we get down to it
              G
You wanted to

Verse:
G
Arms never get on top

You heed that notion and you'll drop
       C      Bm         Am
I will not be one of the watchers
       C   Bm  Am
I will not disappear
G
Time gets to me and I

Wonder how to simplify
    C        Bm        Am
You know you should be blushing
     C       Bm   Am
To a hue of Robitussin
C
Glow

Chorus:
               G
Men are scum I won't deny
        Am
May you be shit-faced the day you die
       C             G
And be successful in all your lies
       Am
In the winter time

In the winter time
         C
When you get down to it
              G
You wanted to

Verse:
G
Do you think you got the nerve

It doesn't take much nerve
     C        Bm       Am
Just kiss yourself metaphorically
    C        Bm       Am
And open the door and piss if you need to
G
Gonna get it when it's hot

Come and get it, ready or not
   C            Bm          Am
It fits in your grip such a feminine trip
C            Bm     Am
Revel in the rubber pavilion
    C
Of now

Chorus:
             G
Capture in a mason jar
         Am
Will you be my whisper unnamed star
     C         G
In a galaxy so far far far
         Am
From the winter time

From the winter time
         C
From the winter time
                  G
Wandering through