Benediction chords by The Weakerthans

SimplifiedAm · C · G · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) So
Am 
G 
you don't get to be a saint  (A minor)  (G major) 
F 
C 
Martyrs never last this  (F major) long  (C major) 
Am 
G 
Guess I'll never be the one  (A minor)  (G major) 
F 
To defeat desire in  (F major) song

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Verse 2

Here's a marker

Here's my naked skin

Our Exhibit A

Put a small X where I lost my way

Verse 3
Am 
G 
All the actors broke their  (A minor) legs  (G major) 
And it's too late to post
F 
C 
 (F major) pone  (C major) 
Am 
G 
The producer's getting high  (A minor)  (G major) 
F 
And the audience went home  (F major) 

Verse 4

Smile and take your awkward bow

Turn and stumble off the stage

Let the rain be your applause

And every encore soothe your rage

Verse 5

Squint with one eye

Hum a show-tune, and and wait

For your ride to say

"Oh, that's where you must have lost your

Interlude 1

way"

Verse 6
C 
G 
C 
Megaphones in  (C major) heli (G major) copters squeal  (C major) 
F 
"Hey, are you  (F major) okay?"
G 
As searchlights circle  (G major) 
Am 
 (A minor) Where we lost our way
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 7
Am 
G 
All our ac (A minor) cidents went  (G major) purposeful
F 
C 
and fell  (F major)  (C major) 
Am 
Stripped of providence  (A minor) or
G 
F 
C 
 (G major) any way to tell  (F major)  (C major) 
Am 
That our inten (A minor) tions were intan
G 
F 
C 
 (G major) gible and sweet  (F major)  (C major) 
Am 
Sick with sim (A minor) ple math
G 
and shy  (G major) discoveries
F 
C 
F 
G 
 (F major) Piled up against  (C major) our  (F major) impending defeat  (G major) 