Death Cab for Cutie - I was once a loyal lover
The Open Door EP

standard tuning 
capo on 2nd


G (320003@1)                                Em (022000@1)                 CWell (x32010@1)I have learned so very little, when these bones are old and brittle

G (320003@1)                                 Em (022000@1)                  CI (x32010@1)wait to talk when I should listen, I crowd mistakes with false revisions

G (320003@1)                                 Em (022000@1)                 CAll (x32010@1)my friends are forward thinking, getting hitched and quitting drinking

G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)I can feel them pulling away, as I'm resigned to stay the same

    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)  AAnd (x02220@1)you can't even begin to know

    G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)      A (x02220@1)      CHow (x32010@1)many times I've told myself, "I told you so"



G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)                 CI (x32010@1)was once a loyal lover, whose lips did never seek another's

G (320003@1)                                    Em (022000@1)                    CBut (x32010@1)now each love's more like a matchup, a blinding spark that burns out fast

G (320003@1)                                         Em (022000@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)they all conclude with the same sentence, "I've never met someone more self-centered"

G (320003@1)                                    Em (022000@1)               CWho (x32010@1)thinks that life with a nice girl's like waiting for a bus to work

    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)  AAnd (x02220@1)you can't even begin to know

    G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)      A (x02220@1)      CHow (x32010@1)many times I've told myself, "I told you so"

    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)you can't even begin to believe

   G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)    A (x02220@1)    CSo (x32010@1)many bridges engulfed in flames behind me



Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)              DIf (xx0232@1)you deem it so, just cut the cord and go

Em (022000@1)      C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)                DYou'll (xx0232@1)be fine, there's plenty of hills to climb


    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)  AAnd (x02220@1)you can't even begin to know

    G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)      A (x02220@1)      CHow (x32010@1)many times I've told myself, "I told you so"

    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)you can't even begin to believe

   G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)    A (x02220@1)    CSo (x32010@1)many bridges engulfed in flames behind me  [x2]