Singer Songwriter
Intro is just E chord, occasionally dropping the pinky on fret 3 of the B string.
Your great
A
-grandfather
-grandfather
B
was a great
was a great
E
lawyer
lawyer
And his
A
kid made a
kid made a
B
mint off the
mint off the
E
war
war
Your
A
father shot
father shot
B
stills and then
stills and then
E
directed films
directed films
That your
A
mom did pub
mom did pub
B
licity
licity
E
for
for
I saw
B
your older sis on the
your older sis on the
A
year’s best book list
year’s best book list
And your
E
brother, he manages
brother, he manages
B
bands
bands
And you’re keen to down play, but you’re
A
quick to betray
quick to betray
With one
E
well-turned-out wave of
well-turned-out wave of
B
your hand
your hand
You come from
E
wealth
wealth
Yeah, you got wealth
What a
A
bitch, they didn’t
bitch, they didn’t
B
give you much
give you much
E
else
else
B
I heard
A
cuts by The
cuts by The
B
Kinks on your
Kinks on your
E
speakers
speakers
I saw
A
Poe and Ar
Poe and Ar
B
taud on your
taud on your
E
shelves
shelves
While The
A
Last Laugh’s first
Last Laugh’s first
B
scene on your
scene on your
E
flat panel screen
flat panel screen
Lit Cha
A
nel that you’ve
nel that you’ve
B
wrapped around
wrapped around
E
yourself
yourself
You’ve got
B
outsider art by an
outsider art by an
A
artist you arguably
artist you arguably
E
kidnapped a kid on the
kidnapped a kid on the
B
wall
wall
Your designers have slyly
A
directed the eye
directed the eye
down
E
clean lines here in your well lit
clean lines here in your well lit
B
hall
hall
You’ve got
E
taste, you’ve got taste
taste, you’ve got taste
What a
A
waste that
waste that
B
that’s all that you
that’s all that you
E
have
have
B
Oh, you wrote your
A
thesis on the
thesis on the
B
gospel of
gospel of
E
Thomas
Thomas
You shot some
A
reversal
reversal
B
film in Angkor
film in Angkor
E
Wat
Wat
And this
A
book you once
book you once
B
read said there’s
read said there’s
E
less people dead at this point
less people dead at this point
A
now than
now than
B
those who are
those who are
E
not
not
And this
B
film we once saw was
film we once saw was
A
reviled for it’s flaws
reviled for it’s flaws
But it’s
E
flaws were what made us have
flaws were what made us have
B
fun
fun
And the
B
life some folks had might
life some folks had might
A
have made us feel bad
have made us feel bad
Why feel
E
bad? Man, it’s nothing
bad? Man, it’s nothing
B
you’ve done
you’ve done
It’s all in your
E
hand
hand
It’s all in your hand
Like a
A
gun, like a
gun, like a
B
glove, like a
glove, like a
E
grand
grand
B
Solo over verse progression
And this
B
thing you once said disa
thing you once said disa
A
ppeared from my head
ppeared from my head
In the
E
time that it took to be a
time that it took to be a
B
mazed
mazed
And this
B
thing you once did might have
thing you once did might have
A
dazzled the kids
dazzled the kids
But the kids
E
once grown up are gonna walk
once grown up are gonna walk
B
away
away
And your
A
world is
world is
B
going to change
going to change
E
nothing (repeat)
nothing (repeat)
And our world is going to change nothing.
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