Loose Translation chords by The New Pornographers

SimplifiedG · C · Am · F · D

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Am 
One holy ghost for a (holy lonely) girl
F 
In the dream she shook then read,
C 
I quote,
D 
"We're all past elation
G 
now" (???)
C 
In the school of thought,
Am 
in the halls of state,
F 
When the leaves turned pink,
C 
D 
C 
The loose translation must have lost her
D 
Am 
It must have cost her to go back

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Verse 2

To the civilization caught between here

And the real one

Just to say what you'd be gun to say once

Interlude 1

Verse 3
C 
We have been enrolled
in the wrong schools
Am 
F 
All through the pride of falling, falling
C 
D 
G 
Price of education now
C 
There have been no clues in the last few
Am 
F 
Takes in the steps we trace
C 
D 
C 
The education must have cost her
D 
Am 
It must have cost her to go back

Verse 4

To the civilization caught between here

And the real one

Just to say what you'd begun to say

once

Interlude 2

Verse 5
C 
The education must have
D 
G 
C 
Am 
F 
cost her
C 
D 
C 
The loose translation
D 
G 
C 
Am 
F 
must have lost her
C 
D 
C 
D 
C 
D 
C 
D 
It must have lost her,