The Center of the World chords by Bright Eyes

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Intro 1

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

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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 
Bm 
Into the endlessness of blue
Am 
Into the horror of the truth
A 
You see, we are far less
Am 
C 
than we knew
D 
Yeah, we are far less than we knew
Em 

Verse 5
C 
But we knew what we could taste
Em 
Girls found honey to drench our hands
B 
The men cut marble to mark our graves
G 
Said we'll need something to remind us

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

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

Verse 8
D 
Back to the thoughts
G 
that keep you awake
Bm 
Long after night has come to claim
Am 
Any light that still remains
C 
In the corner of the frame
D 
That you put around her face
G 

Verse 9
Bm 
Two pills just weren't enough
Am 
The alarm clock is going off but
you are not waking up
C 
This isn't happening,
happening happening
D 
Happening, happening