Matters of Blood and Connection chords by Dashboard Confessional

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Verse 1
D 
G 
Em 
 (D major)  (G major) Why do you  (E minor) speak
C 
with that accent  (C major) now?
F 
Everyone  (F major) knows you're not
G 
from the  (G major) streets
Em 
You went to  (E minor) prep school in Cambridge
C 
F 
 (C major) With daughters and  (F major) sons
G 
of the privileged  (G major) elite
Em 
Their fortunes from  (E minor) shipping and industry
D 
 (D major) Their futures in yacht clubs and tails
G 
Em 
 (G major) So why do you  (E minor) speak with that
C 
accent  (C major) now?
F 
Em 
Everyone  (F major) knows you're  (E minor) moonlighting here
F 
To avail yourself of your  (F major) heritage
G 
For a season or two in the  (G major) sun

Verse 2
D 
Draw well from the funds in the  (D major) trust
Em 
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate  (E minor) sons
F 
For us it's a matter of  (F major) charging the gates
G 
For you it's a matter of  (G major) blood
Em 
C 
F 
 (E minor) and con (C major) nections  (F major) 

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Verse 3

Of blood and connections

Verse 4
G 
Em 
 (G major) So who do you  (E minor) fool with that
C 
costume  (C major) now?
Everyone knows you're
G 
not who you  (G major) seem
Em 
You've got a  (E minor) hard way about you
D 
 (D major) For someone whose
Em 
passage is already  (E minor) paid

Verse 5

By the sins and the schemes of your father

And the infinite reach of his arm

Verse 6
D 
Draw well from the funds in the  (D major) trust
Em 
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate  (E minor) sons
F 
For us it's a matter of  (F major) charging the gates
G 
For you it's a matter of  (G major) blood
D 
Drink well from your bottomless  (D major) cup
Em 
And bask in your good for (E minor) tune
C 
For us it's a matter  (C major) of charging the gates
For you it's a matter of
D 
Em 
 (D major) blood and connec (E minor) tions
So where will you be when
G 
you tire of the fun (G major) 
The escape, the charade,
C 
and your time in the sun (C major) ?
I know everyone does their
Em 
own  (E minor) reinvention
D 
But yours has a taste  (D major) that's
Em 
hard to swal (E minor) low

Verse 7
Em 
And what will you tell  (E minor) of your tenure with us?
G 
 (G major) Will you build yourself up,
like the size of your hunt?
C 
 (C major) If they're anything like what you've
Em 
been telling us  (E minor) 
D 
Those stories will make  (D major) true believers
G 
Of the chumps and the  (G major) fools