Why You'd Want to Live Here chords by Death Cab for Cutie
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Intro 1
(G major)
(D major)
I'm (G major) in Los
Verse 1
Angeles today (E minor)
It (G major) smells like an airport run (C major) way
Jet fuel stench (Baug) is in the cab (E minor) in
And lights (C major) flickering at ran (G major) dom
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Verse 2
(G major)
I'm in Los Angeles (D major) today (E minor)
Garbage (G major) cans comprise the (C major) medians
Of (Baug) freeways always creep (E minor) ing
Even when (F major) the (C major)
population's sleeping
(G major)
Verse 3
And (D major) I can't see why you'd
(Baug) want to (C minor) live here
Interlude 1
(G major)
Verse 4
I'm in Los (G major) Ange (D major) les (G major) today (E minor)
Asked (G major) a gas station employ (C major) ee
If he (G major) ever (Baug) had trouble breath (E minor) ing
And he said "It varies (C major) from season to sea (G major) son,
Verse 5
kid"
(G major)
It's where our best are on display (E minor)
Mo (G major) tion picture act
(C major) ors' houses maps
Are nev (Baug) (G major) er ever current
(E minor) So save (F major) your film and
(C major) fifteen dollars (G major)
Verse 6
And (G major) (D major) I can't see why you'd
(Baug) want to (C minor) live here (G major)
(D major) Billboards reach past the (Baug)
tallest (C minor) buildings (G major)
(D major) We are not perfect, (B major) (Baug) but we (C minor) sure try (G major)
As (D major) UV rays (B major) (Baug) degradate our
(C minor) youth (C major) with (G major) time
Interlude 2
(G major) (E minor)
(G major) (A major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 7
The (E minor) vessel keeps pumping us
through this (G major) entropic place
In the (A major) belly of the beast that
is (C major) Californ-I-A
I I drank (E minor) from a faucet,
and I (G major) kept my receipt
For when they (A major) weigh me on (D major) my way (G major) out (A major) ,
here (G major) (C major) nothing is free
But the (E minor) Greyhounds keep coming
dumping (G major) locusts into the streets
'Til the (A major) gutters overflow
and Los (C major) Angeles thinks
I might explode
Verse 8
Someday soon
(C major) And (G major) it's a lovely summer's day (E minor)
(G major) I (E minor) can (G major) almost see a sky (C major) line
Through a thicken (B major) (Baug) ing shroud of egos (E minor)
Is this the (C major) city of angels (G major) or demons?
Verse 9
And here the names (G major) are what remain
(E minor) Stars (G major) encapsulate the golden (C major) lane
And (Baug) they need constant clean (E minor) ing
For when the tourists (F major) begin (C major) salivating
Verse 10
And (C major) (G major) (D major) I can't see why you'd (B major)
want to (C major) live here (G major)
(D major) Billboards reach past the (B major)
tallest (C major) buildings (G major)
(D major) You can't swim in a town (B major) this (C major) shallow
As (G major) (D major) you will most assuredly
(B major) (C major) drown tomor (G major) row
Outro 1
Why You'd Want to Live Here
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