100 Unread Messages chords by Gruff Rhys
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Verse 1
(D major) You set foot in America,
one (G major) fine (D major) Oc tober day
Sailing into Baltimore, well,
everything's (A major) okay
New (D major) buttons on your jacket,
shining like they're brand-new dimes
dimes
Glistening in the sunlight,
(A major) blistering my (D major) eyes
Verse 2
When you (G major) said that you love me,
I knew it (B minor) wasn't (E major) true
I've (D major) 100 unread messages,
but not a (A major) single note (D major) from you
(E major)
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Verse 3
You zoomed up to Philly,
they'd (A major) taught you to make maps (E major)
They commissioned you in piety,
and pitied any (B major) lapse
So you (E major) stormed into Pittsburgh,
and (A major) waited for the waters to (E major) rise
And set sail down the Ohio,
with a (B major) lost tribe on your mind (E major)
Verse 4
When you (A major) said that you love me,
I knew it (F sharp major) wasn't true
I've (E major) 200 unread messages,
but not a (B major) single note from (E major) you
Interlude 1
(E major) (F sharp major)
Verse 5
As (F sharp major) Hurricane Charlie was (B major) gathering pace (F sharp major)
At night in (F sharp minor) stead of eye (F sharp major) lids,
I saw pictures of your (C sharp major) face
(F sharp major) Smiling in the moonlight,
(B major) shining in a golden (F sharp major) hour
Bluffing 'round America,
(C sharp major) seizing every (F sharp major) hour
Verse 6
When you (B major) said that you love me,
I (D sharp minor) knew it wasn't (G sharp major) true
I've (F sharp major) 300 unread messages,
but not a (C sharp major) single note from (F sharp major) you
Interlude 2
(F sharp major) (G sharp major)
Verse 7
You (G sharp major) left old Kentucky,
and (D flat major) sailed to the west (A flat major)
Stopped in Cincinnati,
dined with all the (E flat major) best (A flat major)
Reached the Mississippi,
(D flat major) took an oath in New Mad (A flat major) rid
Fell into a maiden's arms,
(E flat major) malaria on your (A flat major) lips
Verse 8
When you said (D flat major) that you love me,
I (F minor) knew it wasn't (B flat major) true
I've (A flat major) 400 unread messages,
but not a (E flat major) single note from (A flat major) you
Interlude 3
(B flat major)
Verse 9
(B flat major) Up to St Louis, Kaskaskia (E flat major) on the way (B flat major)
Walking through the wilderness,
sicker by the (F major) day
(B flat major) Imaginary volcanoes,
and (E flat major) reptiles crawl around (B flat major)
Your mind was baked just like a cake,
as (F major) trouble gathered (B flat major) round
Verse 10
When you (E flat major) said that you love me,
I (G minor) knew it (C major) wasn't true
I've (B flat major) 500 unread messages,
but (F major) (B flat major) (C major) not a single note from you
Verse 11
(C major)
Defected to the Spanish,
you (F major) joined the mighty crown (C major)
Up the Missouri,
flags were coming (G major) down
You (C major) traded with the Omaha,
the (F major) Ponca and the Sioux (C major)
But missed the lost Padoucas, after
(G major) all the ballyhoo (C major)
Verse 12
When you (F major) said that you love me,
I (A minor) knew it wasn't (D major) true
I've (C major) 600 unread messages,
but not a (G major) single note from (C major) you
Interlude 4
(D major)
Verse 13
(D major) Up with the Mandan,
you (G major) raised the Spanish flag (D major)
Survived assassination,
worked upon your (A major) maps
(G major) But the (D major) lost tribe was a lost cause,
so you (G major) cried a silent (D major) tear
And fled back to St Louis,
to a fa (A major) miliar fronti (D major) er
Verse 14
When you (G major) said that you love
me, I knew it (B minor) (E major) wasn't true
I've (D major) 700 unread messages,
but not a (A major) single note from (D major) you
Interlude 5
(D major) (E major)
Verse 15
(E major) Down in New Orleans,
the church (A major) bells did (E major) trill
The body of Don Juan Evans,
is staying mighty (B major) still
You (E major) annexed North Dakota,
you (A major) surveyed by the (E major) stars
But here lies your body,
by these dis (B major) ease-ridden bars
(E major) bars
Verse 16
When you (A major) said that you love me,
I (C sharp minor) knew it wasn't (F sharp major) true
I've (E major) (B major) (E major) 800 unread messages,
but not a (A major) single note (B major) from (E major) you
Outro 1
(E major)
100 Unread Messages
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