Matters of Blood and Connection chords by Dashboard Confessional
Verse 1
D
G
Em
Why do you speak
C
with that accent now?
F
Everyone knows you're not
G
from the streets
Em
You went to prep school in Cambridge
C
F
With daughters and sons
G
of the privileged elite
Em
Their fortunes from shipping and industry
D
Their futures in yacht clubs and tails
G
Em
So why do you speak with that
C
accent now?
F
Em
Everyone knows you're moonlighting here
F
To avail yourself of your heritage
G
For a season or two in the sun
Verse 2
D
Draw well from the funds in the trust
Em
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons
F
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
G
For you it's a matter of blood
Em
C
F
and connections
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Verse 3
G
Em
C
Of blood and connections
Verse 4
G
Em
So who do you fool with that
C
costume now?
Everyone knows you're
G
not who you seem
Em
You've got a hard way about you
D
For someone whose
Em
passage is already paid
Verse 5
F
By the sins and the schemes of your father
G
And the infinite reach of his arm
Verse 6
D
Draw well from the funds in the trust
Em
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons
F
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
G
For you it's a matter of blood
D
Drink well from your bottomless cup
Em
And bask in your good fortune
C
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
For you it's a matter of
D
Em
blood and connections
So where will you be when
G
you tire of the fun
The escape, the charade,
C
and your time in the sun?
I know everyone does their
Em
own reinvention
D
But yours has a taste that's
Em
hard to swallow
Verse 7
Em
And what will you tell of your tenure with us?
G
Will you build yourself up,
like the size of your hunt?
C
If they're anything like what you've
Em
been telling us
D
Those stories will make true believers
G
Of the chumps and the fools
Verse 8
Em
So why do you speak with
C
that accent now?
F
G
Everyone knows you're not from the streets
Matters of Blood and Connection
Dashboard Confessional
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