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           THIS IS A FIRE DOOR NEVER LEAVE OPEN - The Weakerthans
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Tabbed by: Pat Malavi
Email: pat.malavi@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard
Capo 5th fret

Intro: 

Cmaj9 / C (repeat 16 times) 
F (133211@1)       (repeat 16 times)

Switch between Cmaj9 and C by hammering the 2nd fret on the 4th string
Cmaj9  X3001X
C (x32010@1)    X3201X

Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)             FHeadlights (133211@1)race towards the corner of the dining room
C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)       FHalf (133211@1)illuminate a face before they disappear
C (x32010@1)            Em (022000@1)           FYou (133211@1)breathe in forty years of failing to describe a feeling
C (x32010@1)           Em (022000@1)              F (133211@1)                               GI (320003@1)breathe out smoke against the window, trace the letters in your name
G (320003@1)                   FOur (133211@1)letters sound the same full of all our changing
G (320003@1)                  F (133211@1)                            Cmaj9That (x3243x@1)isn't change at all, all straight lines circle sometime

{repeat intro chords}


Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)      Em (022000@1)                F (133211@1)You said somewhere there's a box full of replacement parts to
C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)             FAll (133211@1)the tenderness we've broken or let rust away
C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)        FSomewhere (133211@1)sympathy is more than just a way of leaving
C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)             F (133211@1)                              GSomewhere (320003@1)someone says I'm sorry, someone's making plans to stay
G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)                      
So tell me it's okay, tell me anything or
G (320003@1)               FShow (133211@1)me there's a pull unassailable 


Chorus:

          C (x32010@1)                                   
That will lead you there from the dark alone
     FTo (133211@1)benevolence that you've never known 
       Am (x02210@1)               Em (022000@1)             FOr (133211@1)you knew when you were four and can't remember
        CWhere (x32010@1)a small knife tears out those sloppy seams
        FAnd (133211@1)the silence knows what you silence means
         Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)             F (133211@1)                               Cmaj9And (x3243x@1)your metaphors as mixed as you can make them, are linked like days together

{repeat intro chords}

C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)F (133211@1)
Pre-chorus:

G (320003@1)                    FI (133211@1)still hear trains at night, when the wind is right I
G (320003@1)           FRemember (133211@1)everything, lick and thread this string 


Chorus:

          CThat (x32010@1)will never mend you or tailor more 
       FThan (133211@1)a memory of a kitchen floor
       Am (x02210@1)           Em (022000@1)             For (133211@1)the fire door that we kept propping open
      CAnd (x32010@1)I love this place, the enormous sky
        FAnd (133211@1)the faces, hands that I'm haunted by
   Am (x02210@1)                      F (133211@1)                                 Cmaj9So (x3243x@1)why can't I forgive these buildings, these frameworks labeled home

{repeat intro chords}


Outro:

C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)             FHeadlights (133211@1)race towards the corner of the dining room
C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)       FHalf (133211@1)illuminate a face before they disappear