Reconstruction Site chords by The Weakerthans

SimplifiedD · G · A · Bm · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Well, I'm  (D major) 
G 
lost, I'm afraid  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) Rope tying down a leaky boat
D 
G 
To the roof  (D major) of a car on the road  (G major) 
in the dark
A 
And it's snow (A major) ing
D 
G 
If I'm  (D major) more, then it  (G major) means less
A 
 (A major) Last call for happiness
D 
I'm your dress  (D major) near the back of your knees
G 
A 
 (G major) And your slip is show (A major) ing
D 
G 
A 
I'm a  (D major) float in a sum (G major) mer parade  (A major) 
D 
Up the street in the town  (D major) that
G 
A 
you  (G major) were born in  (A major) 
D 
G 
A 
With a  (D major) girl at the  (G major) top wearing tulle  (A major) 
D 
And a Miss Somewhere sash  (D major) 
G 
 (G major) Waving like the queen
A 
 (A major) 

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Verse 2
Bm 
 (B minor) 
Beauty's just another word
G 
 (G major) I'm never certain how to spell
Em 
 (E minor) Go tell the nurse to turn
D 
Bm 
the TV  (D major) back on  (B minor) 
And throw away my misery
G 
 (G major) It never meant that much to me
A 
 (A major) It never sent a Get Well card
G 
D 
G 
A 
D 
G 
 (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 3
A 
 (A major) 
D 
And I  (D major) broke,
G 
A 
like a  (G major) bad joke  (A major) somebody's uncle told
D 
G 
A 
At a wed (D major) ding reception in  (G major)  (A major) 1972
D 
G 
Where a  (D major) little boy under a table  (G major) 
A 
with cake in his  (A major) hair
D 
G 
Stared  (D major) at the grown-up feet feet  (G major) 
A 
as they danced and swayed  (A major) 

Verse 4
D 
G 
And his  (D major) father laughed and talked  (G major) 
D 
on the long ride  (D major) home
G 
And his mother laughed and talked  (G major) 
A 
on the long ride  (A major) home
D 
And he  (D major) thought about how
G 
A 
 (G major) everyone dies someday  (A major) 
D 
G 
And  (D major) when tomorrow get (G major) s here,
A 
where will yesterday  (A major) be?
D 
And  (D major) fell asleep in his brand
G 
A 
 (G major) new winter coat  (A major) 

Verse 5
Bm 
 (B minor) Buy me a shiny new machine
G 
Em 
 (G major) That runs on lies and gasoline  (E minor) 
And all those batteries we stole
D 
Bm 
 (D major) from smoke alarms  (B minor) 
And disassembles my despair
G 
 (G major) It never took me anywhere
A 
 (A major) It never once bought me a drink