A Song for Ernest Hemingway
A Song for Ernest Hemingway

A Song for Ernest Hemingway easy guitar chords by The Wonder Years

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Fret 1

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  • G

  • A

  • D

  • F#dim

    4

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • Esus4

  • E

  • C

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • F#dim

    4

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • Esus4

  • E

  • C

    • Verse 1
    The 

    sky 
    goes 

    from 
    con
    crete 
    to charcoal 

    I'm 
    laying 
    on 
    my 
    back 
    on 
    the 
    roof 

    Gonna 
    shoot 
    these 
    cloud
    s 
    full 
    of 
    holes 

    I 
    need 
    some 
    fucking 
    light 
    to 
    pour 
    through 

    'Cause 
    Decem
    ber's 
    got 
    me 

    up 
    against 
    the 
    ropes 

    And 
    I 
    don't 
    know 
    how 
    to 
    get 
    loose 

    I can't 
    get 
    feeling 
    back 
    in 
    my 
    toes 

    From 
    walking 
    in 
    circles 
    with 
    you 

    Like 
    we're 
    lost 
    Canadian 
    geese 

    I should 
    be south 
    of here 
    already 

    Verse 2
    I'll 
    be 
    your dead 
    bird, 

    you'll 
    be 
    my 
    bloodhound 

    You're 
    just 
    doing 
    what 
    you're 
    told 

    Pick 
    my 
    body 
    off 
    the ground 

    I'll 
    be 
    your dead 
    bird 

    Verse 3

    I'm 
    staring 
    at 
    Hemingway's 
    shotgun 

    An
    d 
    I'll 
    picture 
    him 

    drink
    ing 
    alone 

    He's 
    forget
    ting 
    things 
    that 

    he 
    wouldn't 
    have 
    be
    fore 

    His 
    eyes 
    are 
    starting 
    to 
    go 

    And 
    I 
    heard 
    all 
    about 
    how 

    his 
    plane 
    went 
    down 

    After 
    Christ
    mas 
    in 
    the Con
    go 

    Read 
    about 
    his 
    own 
    death 
    in 
    the 
    paper 

    I 
    bet 
    it was 
    freeing 
    to know 

    When 
    you 
    des
    troy 
    everything 
    worth 

    chas
    ing 
    (chasing) 

    There's 
    nowhere 
    left 
    to 
    go 

    Verse 4
    I'll 
    be 
    your 
    dead 
    bird, 

    you'll 
    be 
    my 
    bloodhound 

    You're 
    just 
    doing 
    what 
    you're 
    told 

    Pick 
    my 
    body 
    off 
    the 
    ground 

    I'll 
    be 
    your dead 
    bird 

    Hanging 
    from 
    your 
    mouth 

    You're 
    doing 
    like 
    you're 
    told 

    Gonna 
    make 
    your master 
    proud 

    It's 
    good 
    to know 
    I 
    didn't 

    die 
    for 
    noth
    ing 

    Decem
    ber's 
    got 
    me 
    Verse 5
    backed 

    into 
    a 
    corner 
    again 

    My 
    ears 
    are 
    back, 
    my 
    teeth 
    are showing 

    I'm 
    combing 
    through 
    the 
    wreckage 

    trying 
    to find 
    where 
    I've 
    been 

    I still 
    get 
    battle 
    pains 
    but 

    from 
    a safer 
    dis
    tance 

    Verse 6
    I'll 
    be your 
    dead 
    bird, 

    you'll 
    be my 
    bloodhound 

    You're 
    just 
    doing 
    what 
    you're told 

    Pick 
    my 
    body 
    off 
    the ground 

    I'll 
    be 
    your dead 
    bird 

    Hanging 
    from 
    your mouth 

    You're doing 
    like 
    you're told 

    Gonna 
    make 
    your master 
    proud 

    It's 
    good 
    to 
    know 

    I 
    didn't 
    die 
    for 
    noth
    ing 

    December
    's 
    got 
    me 
    Verse 7
    backed 

    into 
    a 
    corner 
    again 

    My 
    ears 
    are 
    back 

    (I
    didn't die 
    for 
    nothing) my 

    teeth are 
    show
    ing 

    I'm 
    comb
    ing 
    through 
    the wreckage 

    trying 
    to 
    find 
    where 
    I've 
    been 

    I still 
    get 
    battle 
    pains 

    I 
    didn't 
    die 
    for noth
    ing 

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