Keep It Even chords by Parquet Courts

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Verse 1
C 
D 
Dm 
There's a drawer in my house that I try
C 
To keep closed but it's open
G 
There's a commitment that
F 
I made to be
C 
Somewhere but it's broken
F 
Fm 
An oblique mantra in  my head
C 
It lies there
On the floor
G 
F 
Dm 
Like a bed that would collapse like a trap
C 
Am 
If it was spoken
G 
You gotta keep it even, even when
You're uptight
Am 

Verse 2
A 
Even when you're happy
Even when you're reaching for some
D 
Line I've had in mind
Dm 
It's been repressed over time
C 
So I'm breathing
G 
Seduced by an excuse that could
F 
C 
Not be made but I'm speaking

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
D 
There's a phone with a number that
Dm 
C 
I try not to call but it's ringing
G 
For someone I've tried to keep to
F 
C 
Myself but I'm singing
F 
Fm 
It's logic that's twisted and paraphrased
F 
C 
And justified by a dis
G 
F 
tance that separates
Dm 
C 
A bond, bound of persistence
Am 

Verse 4
G 
You gotta keep it even, even when
Am 
You're uptight
A 
Even when you're happy
Even when you're reaching for
D 
Dm 
That drawer in my house that I try
To keep closed but it's open