Lawrence Arms
Another Boring Story
Cocktails And Dreams
2005 Fat Wreck Chords
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E -   022100
B -   x24442
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
Intro: C#m
Verse 1:
   C#m           A
displacement the basement
B         A
isolation cemented
  B      C#m  B     A
relented six stairs down
      C#m        A
naked bulb tired lungs
      B
tired eyes crooked
A          B
thumbs not up but
    C#m  B   A
sideways for now
Refrain:
             E
the rise and fall
           C#m
and gentle drops
       B
precipitation never
 A
stops i pulled the
E                C#m
clouds inside me and
            B 
now it's raining
           A
again and again
Chorus 1:
             E
cried in my sleep
     B
last night for
    A
the first time
C#m
dying while
  A    E
i live living
         A
where we die
C#m          B
   futility abounds
          C#m
futility abounds
          A
futility abounds
  C#m     B
futility abounds
         A
six feet deep
     B
oh within the
       C#m   B A B C#m B A B
coffee grounds
C#m B A B C#m A B A
Interlude: C#m--B-A- x2
Verse 2:
C#m
   there ashtrays
         B
are volcanoes
A
now apartments
burn in red and
C#m
brown salt the earth
      B   A
and never grow notice
                 C#m
ashes look like snow
falling and just
B       A
sitting there
more trash than
the county
C#m
fair the smell of
            B
crowds a burning
A
nose a smell
familiarly-
Chorus 2:
   C#m
-morose half assed
             B
attempt only to
A
fail half assed
reflection
        C#m
ghostly pale
you're waving while
     B A
i disappear ashes
cementing my
fear ground
Outro:
C#m--E-A- x2
C#m---A-- x, E--B-
C#m--E-A- x4