Chords with lyrics
Notice: It's not that simple to make this song sound good on a single guitar, so if you play alone
you may have to try around and vary some parts. They don't always play it the same way, so I listened
to various live versions and took the parts as I liked them the most for me, especially
in the "Now I'm as old..." parts and the end. There he plays some chords that are hard to name,
so I name them like D* and D** etc. But the rest of the song is mainly based on 
G+G 
C majorC and em.
Note that C majorC is always played with G+G in bass
and 
E minorEm is played in 7th fret until this part "I just called..." , from there on it's played "normally"
G+G C majorC E minorEm D* D** C9* C* G9* 
F#m7F#m7
e|--3---0---0----x----x---x----x---x---x---
b|--3---1---0----x----x---x----x---0--(2)--
g|--0---0---0----7---11---5---(9)--0---2---
d|--0---2---5----0----0---0---10---7---2---
A augmentedA|--2---3---7----9----9---7----7---x---4---
E MajorE|--3---3---7---10---10---8----8---7---x---
Verses are played in this special rhythm:
|123+4|123+4|1|123+4|1|123+4|
|G+G G+G |C majorC C majorC |e|G+G G+G |C majorC|e C majorC |
G+G C majorC
I was born in September
E minorEm G+G
and like everything else, I can't remember
C majorC E minorEm C majorC
I replace it with scenes from a film that I will never make
G+G C majorC
When I blinked it was over
E minorEm G+G
I was thinking my life will get slower
C majorC E minorEm
That I will sort this shit out when I'm sober
C majorC
It's even better now that you're older
G+G C majorC
I read the scares on the front page
E minorEm G+G
It says we're waiting around for an ice age
C majorC E minorEm
It says our comforts they come with a price tag
C majorC G+G
They killed the cancer but discovered a new plague
* no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar or any ideas?)
G+G C majorC
*They said just think of the children
E minorEm G+G
*and imagine the world that we've willed them
C majorC E minorEm
*It's populated with weirdos to kill them
*and break their hearts
C majorC G+G
And everybody knows
C majorC
This is the end
E minorEm G+G
It's now a fashionable, oh oh
C majorC E minorEm C majorC
dinner party conversation
There are several ways to play this part, here is one:
|D* |C9* G+G |D* |C9*|
G+G|-------7-----7---|-----5-------0---|-------7-----7---|-5-
D MajorD|-0---0---0-----0-|---------------0-|-0---0---0-----0-|-0-
A augmentedA|---9-------9-----|---7---7---2-----|---9-------9-----|-7-
E MajorE|10---------------|-8-------3-------|10---------------|-8-
Now I'm as old as you were when you had me
Should I be afraid? Should I start a family?
I'd raise them in the wild 'cuz up against the city
My love is such a small thing
Interlude (picked):
| G+G | C majorC | e -
e|-----------------0---------------|-----0-----3---------------------|-----0-----3-----|
b|-----3-----0-----------0---------|-----------------0---------------|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------------------2-0-|-----------------------2-----0---|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------|
(strummed)
|1234|1234|1|1234|1|123+4|
|G+G G+G |C majorC C majorC |e|G+G G+G |C majorC|e C majorC |
G+G C majorC
When you're young you're hot
E minorEm
You have your whole life before you
G+G
Everyone will adore
C majorC E minorEm
You'll grow up, you'll be an astronaut
C majorC G+G
or anything you want.
G+G C majorC
What goes up goes up in flames
E minorEm
and now your choices surround you
G+G
and decision confounds you
C majorC E minorEm
and you're pacing around in place
C majorC
Shows you everything you're not
* no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar)
*And in a brief, little romance
*you've committed a soul without its consent
*Delivered life as a form without its content
G+G C majorC
because young people get bo-o-o-ored everyday
E minorEm G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC
yeah young people, young people get bo-o-o-ored
There are several ways to play this part, here is one:
|D MajorD |C9* 
G9G9 |D** |C9*|
G+G|-----------------|-----5-----0---0-|-------11--------|---
D MajorD|-----0-----------|-------------7---|-----0-----------|-9-
A augmentedA|---9---9---------|---7---7---------|---9-------------|-7-
E MajorE|10---------------|-8-------7-------|10---------------|-8-
Never went to church
thought a song was gonna save me
so I wrote a hymn on the guitar that you gave me
Singing what you spoke I built a fire with the smoke
You know that hope is just a small thing
(picked) (In original there's same melody as before continuing on other chords,
but I just play alternating bass-string and rest-strings like he plays in some live versions)
| G+G | 
C/GC/G | E minorEm G+G | C/GC/G F#m7F#m7 |
G+G
I just called to tell you
C majorC
I just called to say
E minorEm G+G
Learned all your mistakes
C majorC F#m7F#m7
You were my inspiration
G+G
And it wasn't all we hoped for
C majorC
But we shake it off and we say
E minorEm G+G
Here's your yellow ribbon
C majorC F#m7F#m7
I am your consolation
(strummed)
| G+G | C/GC/G | E minorEm G+G | C/GC/G F#m7F#m7 |
| E minorEm | C/GC/G | F#m7F#m7 C/GC/G |
G+G
I was born in September
C majorC
and if I die today
E minorEm G+G
just know I don't regret you
C majorC F#m7F#m7
some things I can explain (like)
E minorEm
It's a slow descent
C majorC
It's a lifeless place
F#m7F#m7 C majorC
Every god damned day
G+G
and I know you know
C majorC E minorEm G+G
no matter where you go
C majorC F#m7F#m7
that I will follow, that I will follow
E minorEm
You are my only hope
C majorC F#m7F#m7 C majorC
It's not much, but it's all that I know
Here's how it goes
(strum on muted strings, beside first beat of every chord)
G+G
* I just called to tell you
C majorC
* I just called to say
E minorEm G+G
* Learned all your mistakes
C majorC F#m7F#m7
* Passed down through generations
