Standard tuned a whole step down.
Chords:
Am 002210
C x32010
Fmaj7/C x33210
G 320001
Intro:
C G Am G Fmaj7/C G
Fmaj7/C C Am G Fmaj7/C C
Verse 1:
Fmaj7/C C
I think i'm going to work construction
G Am
Just to make something of myself
Fmaj7/C C G
I can't live off these childhood trophies on my shelf
Fmaj7/C C
I want to get my hands dirty
G Am
I want to feel a burning in my legs
Fmaj7/C C G
I want more than the receipt for what i paid
Chorus:
Am G
Because everybody loves something new
Fmaj7/C C
'cause you can open it and plug it in
Am G
And it feels like a good night's sleep
Fmaj7/C C
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment
G Am G Fmaj7/C
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to
G
who's listening
C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
I'm still looking for something a little more permanent
Verse 2:
Fmaj7/C C
I am not a poet
G Am
Show me the easy way and i'll do it
Fmaj7/C C G
No one could ever say that i've been trying way too hard
Fmaj7/C C
Everything that i have ever owned
G Am G
Got dusty and old
Fmaj7/C C G
So i threw it out just to make myself some room
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_milk_carton_kids/permanent_crd.html ]
Chorus:
Am G
I'm like everybody i love something new
Fmaj7/C C
'cause you can open it and plug it in
Am G
And it feels like a good night's sleep
Fmaj7/C C
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment
G Am G Fmaj7/C
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to
G
who's listening
C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
I'm still looking for something that I can die with
Verse 3:
Fmaj7/C C
If my luck is running out
G Am
Please don't let it be so with love
G Fmaj7/C C G
It's been a long year but i'm not ready to give up
Fmaj7/C C
Even if I lay ten million bricks
G Am
And they break through the summer haze
G Fmaj7/C C G
Someone will come around and bulldoze them down some day Ohhhhh
Chorus:
Am G
Because everybody loves something new
Fmaj7/C C
You get rid of what came before
Am G
And it feels like a long hot shower
Fmaj7/C C
Like getting in your bed when the sheets are warm
G Am G Fmaj7/C
So they can keep construction and they can keep em coming and I wont be
G
listening
C G Am G Fmaj7/C G
Cause I found something a little more permanent
C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
Oh yes, I found someone that I can die with
C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
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