New Pornographers- Testament To Youth In Verse

Verse E, G#m, F#m, A

E (022100@1)                         G#m (133111@4)          
Should you go lookin' for a testament to youth in verse,
   F#m (244222@1)                                                          Avariations (x02220@1)on the age old curse, you blame the stations when they play you like
 
a fool and like a fool you get played with.
E (022100@1)                 G#m (133111@4)                              F#m (244222@1)   A (x02220@1)Baby, think twice, maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright. Maybe it's not
                        Eall, (022100@1)maybe its not allllright.

*play verse chords through once to A

Bridge
AmFinally (x02210@1)a decent picture of the exodus,
EI (022100@1)don't know much but other singers know less, 
    C#mand (x13321@4)can't we control ourselves for once?
   F#m (244222@1)                                    G#m (133111@4)              
(Keep off hands off each other, keep our minds on the sum )x2.. of each other.

Verse 2
E (022100@1)                             G#mSo, (133111@4)should you go lookin' for a testament to youth in verse,
F#m (244222@1)                                   
dedications to the same old curse, don't blame
                       Athe (x02220@1)stations when they play you like a fool

and like a fool you get played with.
E (022100@1)                G#m (133111@4)                                F#m (244222@1)  ABaby, (x02220@1)think twice, maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright. Maybe its not

all, maybe its not all...

Outro
B (x2444x@1)                  F#mOh (244222@1)my sweet witness, can't you hear the voices?
        A (x02220@1)                     G#m (133111@4)                   AThey're (x02220@1)telling the children to rock for their choices, oh..
 A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)                                                   
(The bells ring no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Ano, (x02220@1)no, no.)x9 *Jam like hell on this part!!

*then the same chords over some "Ahhhs" twice. End on E.


-tabbed by John Baer (NP's ROCKED the Black Cat!! July 13th.)