Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Tabbed by: Logan Smith (loganws@yahoo.com)

Intro: D - Em (x3)


    DYou (xx0232@1)kissed me on the forehead
          EmNow (022000@1)these kisses give me consussion
DWe (xx0232@1)were love at first sight
         EmNow (022000@1)this crush is crushing
  F#m (244222@1)                                            EmI (022000@1)retraced your steps through the city of romance lazily
  F#m
I took to the desert with your harshest words
         EmAnd (022000@1)they saved me

     D (xx0232@1)                      EmI'll (022000@1)bail you out again; I've got the readies
    D (xx0232@1)                       EmI'm (022000@1)not a child; I know we're not going steady
     F#mYour (244222@1)pain's gigantic
                       EmBut (022000@1)not as big as your ego
  F#m
I promise not to abandon you
              EmPlease (022000@1)let me go


Interlude:

D - Em (x2)


  DI (xx0232@1)harbored worried feelings
               EmLike (022000@1)they were worth protecting
DYou (xx0232@1)say I'm too kind and sentimental
               EmLike (022000@1)you could catch affection
        F#mIn (244222@1)your eyes there's a sadness enough
                   EmTo (022000@1)kill the both of us
          F#mAre (244222@1)those eyes overrated?
                                EmThey (022000@1)make me want to give up on love

      DI'll (xx0232@1)brace myself for the loneliness
            EmSay (022000@1)hello to feeling that I detest
     DThis (xx0232@1)maudlin carrer must come to an end
        EmI (022000@1)don't want to be sad again
      DThis (xx0232@1)maudlin career must come to an end
        EmI (022000@1)don't want to be sad again
      DThis (xx0232@1)maudlin career must come to an end
        EmI (022000@1)don't want to be sad again


Interlude:

F#m - Em (x2)


      DThis (xx0232@1)maudlin career must come to an end
        EmI (022000@1)don't want to be sad again
      DThis (xx0232@1)maudlin career must come to an end
        EmI (022000@1)don't want to be sad again


Outro:

F#m - Em (x2)

D - Em (x2)

F#m - D (x2)


This is roughly the tinkly piano part that plays through the whole song.
There's some variation, but this is the basic pattern:

D (xx0232@1)                          Em---------------------10-10----------------7-7---10-10-------| (022000@1)-------7-7---10-10------------------8-8---------------------|
-7-7--------------------------9-9---------------------------|
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D (xx0232@1)                          Em---------------------10-10----12----------7-7---10-10-------| (022000@1)-------7-7---10-10------------------8-8---------------------|
-7-7----------------------------9---------------------------|
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F#m (244222@1)                              Em-----------------9-9---10-10--12---------------7-7----------| (022000@1)---------10-10---------------------------8-8--------10-10-8-|
-11-11-----------------------------9-9----------------------|
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F#m (244222@1)                              Em-----------------9-9---10-10--12---------------7-7---10-10--| (022000@1)---------10-10---------------------------8-8----------------|
-11-11-----------------------------9-9----------------------|
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