G D C C (Intro)x2
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G B D C x2
Measure me in metered lines, in one decisive stare,
the time it takes to get from here to there.
My ribs that show through t-shirts and these shoes I got for free;
I'm unconsoled. I'm lonely.
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D C B A
I am so much better than I used to be.
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G B D C x2
Terrified of telephones and shopping mall, and knives,
And drowning in the pools of over lives.
Rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony.
Get clobbered on by courtesy,
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D C B A
in love with love, and lousy poetry.
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G C E C
And I'm leaning on a broken fence between Past and Present tense.
And I'm losing all these stupid games that I swore I'd never play.
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E D
but it almost feels okay.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/weakerthans/aside_btab.html ]
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{intro}
B D (plucky: B A C ) x2
Circumnavigate this body of wonder and uncertainty.
Armed with every previous failure, and amateur cartography,
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Hold C (A B A G fill) D C B A
(pause)
I breathe in deep before I spread these maps out on my bedroom floor.
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G C E C
And I'm leaning on a broken fence between Past and Present tense.
And I'm losing all these stupid games that I swore I'd never play.
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E D
But it feels okay.
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G D C C x2 (with intro riff)
And I'm Leaving. Wave goodbye and I'm Losing, but I'll try,
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E C E C E C G
With the last ways left, to remember. Sing my imperfect offering.
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