Matters of Blood and Connection chords by Dashboard Confessional

SimplifiedF# · B · G#m · E · A

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

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

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Verse 3

Of blood and connections

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

Verse 5

By the sins and the schemes of your father

And the infinite reach of his arm

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

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