Sympathy chords by Vampire Weekend

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

Strumming chords        Arpeggiated chords
   E minorEm  C majorC     Bm6/G#   C#7C#7    Am6/F#   B7B7
e|----0----0----|----------7---------------------5---------------|
BB|----0----1----|--------7------------6--------5------------4----|
G+G|----0----0----|------7------------4--------5------------2------|
D MajorD|----2----2----|----6------------6--------4------------4--------|
A augmentedA|----2----3----|---------------4---------------------2----------|
E MajorE|--------------|------------------------------------------------|

Intro:
N.C.
I think I take myself too serious, it's not that serious
E minorEm
Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah
C majorC                E minorEm
Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah
Bm6/G# C#7C#7 Am6/F# B7B7  E minorEm


Verse 1:
 E minorEm
Alone in someone's bedroom, she firmly took my hand

The isolation ended, I began to understand
    C majorC
In the ping-pong match of constant desire, I was never gonna get ahead
              E minorEm
'Cause I was lookin' in the mirror


Chorus 1:
Bm6/G#       C#7C#7
Now we've got that sympathy
   Am6/F#     B7B7
What I'm to you, you are to me
   E minorEm
Let's go
   (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)


Verse 2:
 E minorEm
Judeo-Christianity, I'd never heard the words

Enemies for centuries, until there was a third
    C majorC
In the ping-pong match of constant desire, I was never gonna get ahead
              E minorEm
'Cause I was lookin' in the mirror

Chorus 2:
Bm6/G#       C#7C#7
Now we've got that sympathy
   Am6/F#     B7B7
What I'm to you, you are to me
   E minorEm
Let's go


Verse 3:
 E minorEm
Diego Garcia, surrounded by the waves

Lonely in the ocean, but in every other way
        C majorC
It was full of love
           E minorEm
In the warmest fellow-feeling


Chorus 3:
Bm6/G#       C#7C#7
Now we've got that sympathy
   Am6/F#     B7B7
What I'm to you, you are to me
   E minorEm
Let's go
   (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)


Verse 4:
 E minorEm
I didn't have your sympathy, but I knew where to start

Explaining to you patiently that the one who broke my heart
         C majorC
Would have broken yours
               E minorEm
And thrown the pieces in the river


Chorus 4:
Bm6/G#       C#7C#7
Now we've got that sympathy
   Am6/F#     B7B7
What I'm to you, you are to me
   E minorEm
Let's go


Bridge:
E minorEm
Sympa-
(Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)
C majorC                E minorEm
Sympa-
(Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)
   E minorEm
Let's go,   let's go
   (Sympa-)
C majorC       E minorEm
Sympa-, let's go
Bm6/G# C#7C#7 Am6/F# B7B7
Sympa-
E minorEm
Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah


Verse 5:
E minorEm
Desperate for an enemy, but too afraid to kill

Use the pain of someone else and triumph for their will
       C majorC
And spill the blood
          E minorEm
Of the arrogant mosquitoes


Chorus 5:
Bm6/G#       C#7C#7
Now we've got that sympathy
   Am6/F#     B7B7
What I'm to you, you are to me
   E minorEm
Let's go
   (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)

   (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah)