Chump Change Chords & Tabs
New Pornographers- Chump Change (Dan Bejar)
Intro- (Bar Chords: slide up for the changes, use hammer on's for the sus2 chords) E,
Bsus2/B, Asus2/A, Bsus2/B (x2)(Some "oo-oo's" come in on the second time and
continue throughout the verses. It plays like this in every intro before the
verses except the 'oo's' are sung everytime.)
Verse 1
E Bsus2/B Asus2/A
Stole a page from your book, and a line from your page, and flew into a
Bsus2/B
lesbian rage..
Chorus 1
F#m G#m A
Cursing mine and my own..rotten luck, another nude descends the staircase
B
to get fucked up...
Verse 2 (intro chords x2)
E Bsus2/B Asus2/A Bsus2/B
A city scene, darkness falls, now skate hard down the gallery walls,
Chorus 2
F#m G#m A B
Explore those themes, I've heard your work's informed by queens, so is mine now
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Verse 3 (intro chords X2)
E Bsus/B Asus/A
There's a plague on, there's a rat-tailed ensemble burying all of our
Bsus2/B
heads in the sand...
Chorus 3
F#m G#m F#m, G#m
The saints and a desert use their hands (?) (x2)
F#m G#m A G#m
Now wipe that look from your face, the world is that which is the case..
Verse 4 (ties in from chorus 3)
A E A E A
Its okay to be seen, dont dethrone the drama queen, just for putting
E B
everybody in their place..
*Repeat intro chords (x2)
*Repeat Verse 3 (with no sus2 chords), Chorus 3, Verse 4, then go back and start
from "Now wipe that look.." through Verse 4 into the outro verse...
Outro Verse- A E A E A E B (x2)
A E A E A
Go, dont stay, just throw it all away, there is you,
E B A E A E A E B
and then there was your body..............(x3)
-tabbed by John Baer (NP's ROCKED the Black Cat!! July 13th)