Tattered Line of String - The Postal Service

Tuning: Standard (eBGDAE)

Verse I

C (x32010@1)                   BmWe (x24432@1)drained every dime
          C (x32010@1)             BmIn (x24432@1)the lower East Side
              C (x32010@1)                         Bm (x24432@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)you failed to catch the train back to Queens
            C (x32010@1)                BmSo (x24432@1)you came to my room
                      C (x32010@1)                                      Bm (x24432@1)               
We did some things that we knew not to do
          C (x32010@1)              Bm (x24432@1)               DIn (xx0232@1)the glow of the nights golden hue

Chorus

C (x32010@1)                    BmYou've (x24432@1)got a tattered line of string
                    DThat (xx0232@1)you've tied 'round everything
                C (x32010@1)                      BmThat (x24432@1)you want to call your own
         DBut (xx0232@1)it never seems to hold

Verse II

C (x32010@1)           BmWhen (x24432@1)we woke we agreed
                C (x32010@1)                  BmThat (x24432@1)we would not ever speak
             C (x32010@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                    DOf (xx0232@1)this night to anyone that we both knew
                        C (x32010@1)                   BmAnd (x24432@1)you said, "Every time we kiss
        C (x32010@1)                                    BmI (x24432@1)felt something that could not exist"
          C (x32010@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)                       DAnd (xx0232@1)I confessed that I thought that I felt it too

Chorus

C (x32010@1)                    BmYou've (x24432@1)got a tattered line of string
                    DThat (xx0232@1)you've tied 'round everything
                C (x32010@1)                      BmThat (x24432@1)you want to call your own
         DBut (xx0232@1)it never seems to hold

Break

C Bm 
C Bm
C Bm
C Bm D

Chorus

C (x32010@1)                    BmYou've (x24432@1)got a tattered line of string
                    DThat (xx0232@1)you've tied 'round everything
                C (x32010@1)                      BmThat (x24432@1)you want to call your own
         DBut (xx0232@1)it never seems to hold