Aside Bass Tab

G D C C  (Intro)x2

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G  B  D  C  x2
Measure me in metered lines, in one decisive stare,
the time it takes to get from here to there.
My ribs that show through t-shirts and these shoes I got for free;
I'm unconsoled. I'm lonely.

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D  C  B  A
I am so much better than I used to be.

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G  B  D  C  x2
Terrified of telephones and shopping mall, and knives,
And drowning in the pools of over lives.
Rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony.
Get clobbered on by courtesy,

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D  C  B  A
in love with love, and lousy poetry.

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G    C    E   C
And I'm leaning on a broken fence between Past and Present tense.
And I'm losing all these stupid games that I swore I'd never play.

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E   D
but it almost feels okay.

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{intro}

B  D  (plucky:  B  A  C )  x2
Circumnavigate this body of wonder and uncertainty.
Armed with every previous failure, and amateur cartography,

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Hold C  (A B A G fill) D C B A 

(pause)
I breathe in deep before I spread these maps out on my bedroom floor.

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G    C    E   C
And I'm leaning on a broken fence between Past and Present tense.
And I'm losing all these stupid games that I swore I'd never play.

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E   D
But it feels okay.

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G D C C x2  (with intro riff)
And I'm Leaving. Wave goodbye and I'm Losing, but I'll try,

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E  C  E  C  E  C  G
With the last ways left, to remember. Sing my imperfect offering.
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