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