The Center of the World chords by
Bright Eyes

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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At the center
Bm Bm 2
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of the world
G G 
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Am Am 
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There is a statue of a girl
C C 
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She is standing near a well
D D 
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G G 
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With a bucket bare and dry

Verse 2

I went and looked her in the eyes

And she turned me into sand

This clumsy form that I despise

It scattered easy in her hand

Verse 3

And it came to rest upon a beach

With a million others there

We sat and waited for the sea

To stretch out so that we could disappear

Verse 4
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Into the endlessness of blue
Am Am 
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Into the horror of the truth
A A 
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You see, we are far less
Am Am 
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C C 
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than we knew
D D 
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Yeah, we are far less than we knew
Em Em 
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Verse 5
C C 
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But we knew what we could taste
Em Em 
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Girls found honey to drench our hands
B B 2
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The men cut marble to mark our graves
G G 
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Said we'll need something to remind us

Verse 6
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Of all the sweetness that has
B B 2
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passed through us
Bm Bm 2
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(Fresh sangria and lem on tea)
B B 2
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A A 
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The priests dressed children for a choir
Em Em 
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(White-robed small voices praise Him)

Verse 7
B B 2
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But found no joy in what was sung
C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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The funeral had begun in
Bm Bm 2
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the middle of the day
Am Am 
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When you drive home to your place
C C 
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From that job that makes you sleep

Verse 8
D D 
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Back to the thoughts
G G 
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that keep you awake
Bm Bm 2
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Long after night has come to claim
Am Am 
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Any light that still remains
C C 
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In the corner of the frame
D D 
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That you put around her face
G G 
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Verse 9
Bm Bm 2
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Two pills just weren't enough
Am Am 
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The alarm clock is going off but
you are not waking up
C C 
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This isn't happening,
happening happening
D D 
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Happening, happening

Outro 1

It is

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