(Capo 5th Fret)

White Elephants - Stand

INTRO: Am - F - Am - F - Am - F - Am - F

VERSE 1:
Am		      F                  Am			   F
Dearly beloved, I’m a ragged soul today, my head inside the lion’s mouth
Am	            F                       Am     G	            F
He has the teeth in sparing me then gone,   Whispering the facts of life

Am		            F              Am        		   F
Hear me now mother, put the gravity aside, tell me what is left to do
Am	                 F		   Am        G		      F
We’re a charade just polaroids, quiet in defeat only blaring with the truth

E		  F		 E		   F
In light of these life events, I might not make it home
G		       C
That’s enough of white elephants
G		  N.C.	  Am   F     (REPEAT INTRO)
Being pushed up my   mountain

VERSE 2:
Sisters and brothers waiting in a line, mother’s baking cake tonight
Little fingers claw the bowl always doing what they’re told always keeping out of sight
Turn out the communion, prince at any cost, even if the rent is late      
It’s hard to fight, when you gave me every movement of your life 
Keeping watch outside the gate

CHORUS 2:
E		  F		   E		      F
In light of these dreams I rent, I might just make it home
G			C
That’s enough of white elephants
G		  N.C.	  
Being pushed up my   

Outro: C - F - C - G (x2)