100 Unread Messages chords by Gruff Rhys

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Verse 1
D 
You set foot in America,
G 
D 
one fine Oc tober day
Sailing into Baltimore, well,
A 
everything's okay
D 
New buttons on your jacket,
shining like they're brand-new dimes
dimes
Glistening in the sunlight,
A 
D 
blistering my eyes

Verse 2
G 
When you said that you love me,
Bm 
E 
I knew it wasn't true
D 
I've 100 unread messages,
A 
D 
but not a single note from you
E 

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Verse 3
You zoomed up to Philly,
A 
E 
they'd taught you to make maps
They commissioned you in piety,
B 
and pitied any lapse
E 
So you stormed into Pittsburgh,
A 
E 
and waited for the waters to rise
And set sail down the Ohio,
B 
E 
with a lost tribe on your mind

Verse 4

When you said that you love me,

I knew it wasn't true

I've 200 unread messages,

but not a single note from you

Interlude 1

Verse 5
F# 
B 
F# 
As Hurricane Charlie was gathering pace
F#m 
F# 
At night instead of eyelids,
C# 
I saw pictures of your face
F# 
Smiling in the moonlight,
B 
F# 
shining in a golden hour
Bluffing 'round America,
C# 
F# 
seizing every hour

Verse 6

When you said that you love me,

D#m

I knew it wasn't true

I've 300 unread messages,

but not a single note from you

Interlude 2

Verse 7
G# 
You left old Kentucky,
Db 
Ab 
and sailed to the west
Stopped in Cincinnati,
Eb 
Ab 
dined with all the best
Reached the Mississippi,
Db 
Ab 
took an oath in New Madrid
Fell into a maiden's arms,
Eb 
Ab 
malaria on your lips

Verse 8

When you said that you love me,

I knew it wasn't true

I've 400 unread messages,

but not a single note from you

Interlude 3

Verse 9
Bb 
Eb 
Bb 
Up  to St Louis, Kaskaskia on the way
Walking through the wilderness,
F 
sicker by the day
Bb 
Imaginary volcanoes,
Eb 
Bb 
and reptiles crawl around
Your mind was baked just like a cake,
F 
Bb 
as trouble gathered round

Verse 10

When you said that you love me,

I knew it wasn't true

I've 500 unread messages,

but not a single note from you

Verse 11
C 
Defected to the Spanish,
F 
C 
you joined the mighty crown
Up the Missouri,
G 
flags were coming down
C 
You traded with the Omaha,
F 
C 
the Ponca and the Sioux
But missed the lost Padoucas, after
G 
C 
all the ballyhoo

Verse 12

When you said that you love me,

I knew it wasn't true

I've 600 unread messages,

but not a single note from you

Interlude 4

Verse 13
D 
Up with the Mandan,
G 
D 
you raised the Spanish flag
Survived assassination,
A 
worked upon your maps
G 
D 
But the lost tribe was a lost cause,
G 
D 
so you cried a silent tear
And fled back to St Louis,
A 
D 
to a familiar frontier

Verse 14

When you said that you love

me, I knew it wasn't true

I've 700 unread messages,

but not a single note from you

Interlude 5

Verse 15
E 
Down in New Orleans,
A 
E 
the church bells did trill
The body of Don Juan Evans,
B 
is staying mighty still
E 
You annexed North Dakota,
A 
E 
you surveyed by the stars
But here lies your body,
B 
by these disease-ridden bars
E 
bars