A Song to Pass the Time chords by Bright Eyes
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
(D major) There is a middle-aged woman
woman (G major) dragging her feet
(Asus4) She car (G major) ries (D major) baskets of clothes
to a (G major) (Asus4) (G major) laundromat
While (D major) the Mexican children
kick rocks into (Asus4) the street
And they (G major) laugh (D major) in a language
I don't (G major) understand
(Asus4) (G major) But I love them
Why do I love (D major) them?
(G major) (D major)
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Verse 2
So the neighborhood is dimming,
I (G major) smoke on the (Asus4) porch
Watch (G major) the people (F sharp minor) as they pass
enclosed inside (A major) their cars
And on their (D major) faces,
just anger or (G major) disappointment
I start (D major) wishing there was something
I could (F sharp minor) (A major) of fer them
(Asus4) A (G major) (Asus4) con (D major) solation, (G major)
what could I offer (D major) them? (G major) (D major)
When they are sad in their suburbs,
robot (G major) s water the (Asus4) lawn (G major)
Verse 3
And everything (D major) they touch
gets dusted (G major) spotless (Asus4)
So they (D major) start to believe that they've not
touched (E minor) (G major) any (Asus4) thing (G major) at all (Asus4)
(G major) While the cars (F sharp minor) (D major) in the
driveway only (G major) multiply (Asus4)
(G major) They are lost (D major) in their houses
Verse 4
I have heard them (E minor) sing (G major) in the shower
making speeches (D major) (F sharp minor) to (D major) their
sister on the tele (Asus4) phone
(G major) Saying, "You come (D major) home
Woman, you come here
Don't stay so far (G major) away from me" (Asus4)
(G major) This (F sharp minor) weather
Verse 5
has me wanting
love more tan (E minor) gible
(G major) (Asus4) (G major) Something (D major) I can (G major) hold
because it's getting (D major) cold (G major) (D major)
I say (E minor) hold up our fist (D major) s to
the (A major) flame (A minor) in the (G major) sky
To (E minor) block out the light (D major) that is reach
(A minor) ing for our (A major) (G major) eyes
Because it would blind (D major)
Verse 6
us (G major)
It will blind (D major) us
I have locked my actions in the
(G major) grooves (A major) of routine (G major) (Asus4)
So (G major) I may (D major) nev (F sharp minor) er be free
of this (A major) apathy (Asus4)
But (D major) I wait
Verse 7
for a letter that is coming (E minor) to me (G major)
(A major) She sends me (F sharp minor) pictures of the
ocean in an (A major) envel (Asus4) ope
So there still (D major) is hope
Yes, I can be healed
There is someone look (A major) ing
(Asus4) for what I concealed
In my (A major) secret drawer (F sharp minor) ,
in my pockets deep
You will find the reas (G major) (A major) on s that
(Asus4) I can't sleep
And you will (D major) still want (G major) me
But will you still want me? (D major) (G major)
will you still want me? (D major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 8
Well, I say (E minor) come for the week (D major)
You can sleep (A minor) in my bed (G major)
And (E minor) pass through my life (D major) like
a dream (A major) (A minor) through my (A major) (G major) head
It will, it will be easy (D major) (G major)
I will make it easy (D major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 9
But all I have for the moment
is a (E minor) song to pass the time
A (D major) melody to keep me from (A major) worry (G major) ing (A minor)
(A major) Oh, some simple
Verse 10
(D major) progression to keep
my (E minor) fingers (G major) busy (Asus4) (G major)
And word (D major) (F sharp minor) s that are sure (D major) to
come (F sharp minor) back (A major) to me (Asus4)
And they will (A major) be laughing (G major)
and they will be laugh (D major) ing (G major)
My mediocrity
(D major)
Verse 11
(G major) My mediocrity (D major)
Outro 1
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A Song to Pass the Time
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