Reconstruction Site chords by
The Weakerthans
The Weakerthans
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Key: F# major
Intro 1
B
B

E
E

F#
F#

B
B

E
E

F#
F#

B
B

E
E

F#
F#

B
B

E
E

F#
F#

Verse 1
B
B

Well, I'm
E
E

lost, I'm afraid
F#
F#

Rope tying down a leaky boat
B
B

E
E

To the roof of a car on the road
in the dark
F#
F#

And it's snowing
B
B

E
E

If I'm more, then it means less
F#
F#

Last call for happiness
B
B

I'm your dress near the back of your knees
E
E

F#
F#

And your slip is showing
B
B

E
E

F#
F#

I'm a float in a summer parade
B
B

Up the street in the town that
E
E

F#
F#

you were born in
B
B

E
E

F#
F#

With a girl at the top wearing tulle
B
B

And a Miss Somewhere sash
E
E

Waving like the queen
F#
F#

Verse 2
G#m
G#m

Beauty's just another word
E
E

I'm never certain how to spell
C#m
C#m

Go tell the nurse to turn
B
B

G#m
G#m

the TV back on
And throw away my misery
E
E

It never meant that much to me
F#
F#

It never sent a Get Well card
E
E

B
B

E
E

F#
F#

B
B

E
E

Verse 3
F#
F#

B
B

And I broke,
E
E

F#
F#

like a bad joke somebody's uncle told
B
B

E
E

F#
F#

At a wedding reception in 1972
B
B

E
E

Where a little boy under a table
F#
F#

with cake in his hair
B
B

E
E

Stared at the grown-up feet feet
F#
F#

as they danced and swayed
Verse 4
B
B

E
E

And his father laughed and talked
B
B

on the long ride home
E
E

And his mother laughed and talked
F#
F#

on the long ride home
B
B

And he thought about how
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E

F#
F#

everyone dies someday
B
B

E
E

And when tomorrow gets here,
F#
F#

where will yesterday be?
B
B

And fell asleep in his brand
E
E

F#
F#

new winter coat
Verse 5
G#m
G#m

Buy me a shiny new machine
E
E

C#m
C#m

That runs on lies and gasoline
And all those batteries we stole
B
B

G#m
G#m

from smoke alarms
And disassembles my despair
E
E

It never took me anywhere
F#
F#

It never once bought me a drink

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ChordsB E F# G#m C#m

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