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Esther easy guitar chords by 
The Hold Steady
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Intro 1
G
Am
G
C
G
Am
Verse 1
C
In the middle
G
of a mission I met Esther in the kitchen
C
G
Drinking something blue
Am
it looked like Windex
C
She could shake but couldn't
really sing
Sharpened like a feral thing
G
Helped me with my part
Am
when I lost interest
Verse 2
Em
She said her name was Esther I said
F
baby that sounds biblical
C
Ain't she the one that
G
came up after Vashti?
C
Yeah and then some other stuff
At some point there I fell in love
G
Then she heard a song she
Am
liked and lost me
Verse 3
C
The party ended suddenly,
Am
suddenly it's over
F
That left me an Esther
all alone and getting older
C
All alone and getting older
Am
smoking in the street
F
Now everything is Esther and it's been that
Interlude 1
way all week
C
G
Am
C
G
Am
Verse 4
C
The times that we were powerless
were times that I remember best
G
When it first came on it felt
Am
just like a blanket
C
Once we had a little bit we pretty
much just wasted it
G
Traded in our tickets for drink
Am
s and little trinkets
Verse 5
E
Em
The scene back in the city was
F
the opposite of freedom
C
We were always so damn broke
G
it was this whole dependent fallacy
C
They started shooting so
the songs of the future
G
C
G
Esther always wants
Am
it how it used to be
Verse 6
C
Songs all ran together and
Am
the kids ran outta liquor
F
That's when me and Esther started
staring at each other
C
Started staring at each other
Am
feeling pretty sweet
F
Now everything is Esther it's been
that way all week
Verse 7
C
The parties fall to pieces the
Am
endings are so heavy
F
Feels like no one's watching when
we're this deep in the valley
C
When we're this deep in the valley
Am
you can see so many stars
F
When Esther told her story
G
Am
we were sitting in the car
Verse 8
Am
G
F
She said her folks were never close
G
C
They had me 'cause they had to
Em
G
No one named me Esther
Em
F
That came up a little later
C
It was after some detective
Em
G
Came around here with some questions
Em
I went out to Colorado
F
Was mostly in the motels
C
Started living pretty reckless
G
Started calling myself Esther
Em
I just felt like someone different
E
Interlude 2
C
Am
F
C
Am
F
Verse 9
C
Felt like someone different
Am
and I never could forgive
C
F
All the movies in our heads about
C
F
the lives we wanna live
G
C
The lives we wanna live are
Am
all free of pain and fear
F
Now Es ther's getting cigarettes
G
and me I'm buying beer
Verse 10
C
Felt like someone different
Am
felt like someone else
F
She al most died in Denver,
she did it to herself
C
She did it herself,
Am
there's only her to blame
F
Of course I call her Esther I don't
know her other name
Verse 11
C
She's never going home her folk
Am
s were never close
F
We mostly watch the TV crack the
windows when we smoke
C
Her aura is amazing her
Am
room is kind of bleak
F
I met Esther at a party got
Outro 1
together for a week
C
Am
Em
F
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