Soul Singer in a Session Band chords by Bright Eyes

SimplifiedC · G · F · Am

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
See the soul
singer in the session band
Shredded to ribbons beneath
a microphone stand
G 
C 
Felt the quickness of pity
like a flash in a pan
F 
G 
For the soul singer in the
F 
C 
G 
C 
session band
G 
A red

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Verse 2

carpet bagger makes

a Blackberry call

To the plastic piranhas in the city of salt

Wasted wheat paste campaign

post no bills on the wall

You mean nothing to no one

but that is nobody's fault

Verse 3
C 
See the soul singer in the
session band
Shredded to ribbons beneath
a microphone stand
G 
C 
Felt the quickness of pity
like a flash in a pan
F 
G 
F 
C 
F 
For the soul singer in the session band
C 
I had a lengthy

Verse 4
discussion
about The Power of Myth
F 
With a post-modern author
Am 
author who didn't exist
G 
C 
In this fictitious world all reality twists
F 
I was a hopeless romantic,
G 
C 
now I'm just turning tricks

Verse 5
C 
Just like that soul singer in the
session band
Shredded confetti beneath
a microphone stand
G 
C 
Saw the Conflict of Interest
slipping cash in the hand
F 
G 
For the soul singer in the
F 
C 
session band

Verse 6
C 
His room is on fire since he painted
it red
F 
There are a stranger's silk
Am 
sequins at the foot of the bed
G 
C 
He has been weddings and funerals
but still never wept
F 
Now sorrow is pleasure
G 
C 
when you want it instead

Verse 7
C 
Just like the soul singer
F 
C 
in the session band
Wailed like an infant atop
a white baby grand
G 
C 
We'll need every sand
bag and every man
F 
G 
F 
C 
To save the soul singer in the session band

Interlude 1

Headlights or taillights,

Verse 8
C 
it's a flip of a coin
F 
I have been coming and going
Am 
G 
since the day I was born
C 
And I followed the breadcrumbs
but I never got home
F 
I grew old in an instant,
G 
C 
now I am all on my own

Verse 9
C 
Just like that soul singer in the
F 
C 
session band
Shredded to nothing beneath
a microphone stand
G 
C 
Saw the wave of the future
through the crack in the dam
F 
G 
Drown the soul singer
F 
C 
in the session band
F 
G 
F 
C 
Bless the soul singer in the session band