Midlist Author chords by The Decemberists
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Intro 1
(D major) (F sharp minor) (C major) (B minor)
(G major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (E minor) (G major) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 1
Fell upon a (D major) Tues
(A major) (F sharp minor) day (D major) (C major) when I had just (B minor) got down to work (G major)
And everything (F sharp minor) (D major) went grey (E minor) (G major) (A major)
(D major) So I caught a bus (A major) Wednesday, (D major)
(C major) thought a vaca (B minor) tion well- deserved (G major)
And all (F sharp minor) my (D major) edges frayed
(E minor) (G major) (A major)
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Verse 2
(G major)
Address your letters (G minor) to (D major)
(A major) Midlist au (F sharp minor) thor (Midlist author)
(B minor)
You're never the be (A major) st but
you're never the wor (E minor) st
(D major) Why even bother (A major)
? (even bother?) (F sharp minor) (B minor)
You'll never be last (A major) but
you'll never be first (E minor)
Have another (G major) taste of fame when they mis
(G minor) pronounce your name (D major) (F sharp minor) (C major)
When they mis (B minor) pronounce your
(G major) name
(D major) (E minor) (G major) (A major)
Verse 3
(D major)
Strolled along the (A major) seaside (D major) (C major) amid
all the vul (B minor) gar dreary crowds (G major)
And a boy (D major) cries for his (E minor) dog (G major) (A major) (D major)
Stolen by a (F sharp minor) riptide (stolen by
a (C major) riptide)
His mother explain (B minor) s he surely drowned (G major)
As he weep (D major) s upon a lo (E minor) g
(G major) (A major)
Verse 4
(G major)
And all my readers (G minor) sing, oh (D major)
(A major) Midlist au (F sharp minor) thor (Midlist author)
(B minor)
You're never the be (A major) st but
you're never the wor (E minor) st
(D major) Why even (A major) bother? (even bother
(D major) ?) (B minor)
You'll never be last (A major) but
you'll never be first (E minor)
Maybe one (G major) more glass of wine will make
(G minor) everything seem fine (D major) (A major) (C major)
Maybe (B minor) everything will seem (G major)
fine
(D major) (E minor) (G major) (A major)
Verse 5
(B minor)
And nobody's taking chances (D major) (B minor)
Did all those dwindling ad
vances (D major) get you down (G major)
They get you down
(A major)
Verse 6
(D major)
Shuffling (A major) homeward,
(C major) I check the receiver (B minor) on the phone (G major)
No messages (D major) returned (E minor) (G major) (A major)
(D major) So I started up a (A major) new thing
(started up a new (C major) thing)
Something about the sea, (B minor)
a boy, and his dog (G major)
And these (F sharp minor) were the first
words
(E minor) (G major) (A major) (G major)
Verse 7
(G major) Dedication (G minor) TK, oh (D major)
(A major) Midlist author (Mid
(F sharp minor) list author) (B minor)
You're never the be (A major) st but
you're never the wor (E minor) st
(D major) Why even (A major) bother
? (even bother?) (F sharp minor) (B minor)
You'll never be last (A major) but
you'll never be first (E minor)
Maybe nov (G major) el 22 will make
them all (G minor) remember you
Midlist Author
The Decemberists
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