Cartoon Blues chords by Bright Eyes

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C
Em
Bm
B
Asus4
Bb
D
G
A

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
I listened to a lecture
of nonsense until dawn
Bm 
By a plagiary poet with
dark glasses on
Am 
He said, "How did you ever
dream up that song
Bm 
B 
The one where the baby dies?"
Em 

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Verse 2

I said, "I'll tell you the secret,

which one's your good ear?

Yeah, people are made up of water and fear

If there weren't women present

we wouldn't be here

Asus4

So let's make like

we're friends"

Verse 3
Em 
And the pot turned to powder
and soured the mood
Bm 
And the people I'd come with
were gone from the room
Am 
So I asked like a child,
"May I be excused?"
Bm 
B 
And disobeyed them all
Em 

Verse 4
Into that late-night latrine, latrine,
rain soaking through my shoes
Bm 
I tried walking backwards
to get less confused
Am 
Working off the theory I could never prove
Bm 
B 
Em 
That it was life itself to  blame

Verse 5
Am 
Em 
And time ruined the world
Am 
Em 
Like a failed revolution
Am 
Em 
A   tumor we could not remove
C 
An old friend, a constant,
Bm 
Em 
the blues

Interlude 1

Verse 6
Em 
Now my days are distractions,
sit wringing my hands
Solitaire, crosswords and films on demand
B 
Am 
When you turn from a cartoon
C 
back into a man
Bm 
B 
Em 
You start to smell that human smell

Verse 7
Em 
So  I sleep with the fan on
Bm 
B 
Em 
to drown out the street
Bm 
And the noise rising up from
D 
Bm 
the bar underneath
Em 
Bm 
Am 
But for that inconvenience
all my drinks are free
D 
Bm 
B 
Em 
So I guess it's just as well

Verse 8
Em 
Why do I envy the ending
right from the start
Bm 
Just get it together to take it apart
Am 
Watching the horse as it
follows the cart
Bm 
Em 
B 
Em 
I sweep up  my broken spell