The Prescience of Dawn chords by
The Weakerthans

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Asus4

The sirens woke me up again

Verse 1
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I know they're coming   for me someday,
G G 
 
just a matter of when
Count to twenty-five
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
and      and yawn
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
Touch the clock and turn my
Bm Bm 
 
back against the dawn

Verse 2

And hope for that one dream

Of hardware stores

with checkered floors

And buckets full of nails

Verse 3

Or floating, effortless

Over the apartments in a boat

And rowing past the office windows

Asus4

Verse 4
G G 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
Mother, mother,        may I cry
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Father, will you      teach me how to die
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
the right way someday
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I don't want     a second chance
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
To turn my stuttering
reluctance into romance

Verse 5
D D 
 
G G 
 
With these documents
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And kindergarten anthems
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
with my drunken liturgies
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Tune the FM into static and
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
Em Em 
 
pretend that it's the sea

Verse 6

But four words fumble for

the microphone

You should have known

Outro 1
You should have known
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A

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