The Strums: by the Dodos Intro:(C, F, Am, Dm)x2 C F The image on the board Am Dm Selling things we can't afford C F But we're still buying up in a frenzy Am Dm Cause our hearts just yearn for more G Is this sin, all he want? C Am Is offerings we got? G C Dm But soon you'll be overrating eyes G Oh people they can't be good C Am When what comes next on the market should Bb C But we go on because its understood Dm Am But you can only hope, when they say that they want you Dm Am G Yeah, they'll say that they want you, when they don't C F It's like a chandelier Am Dm It's like a fountain head C F The strings are all there Am Dm A chain link fence to convince you C F That you're never aware Am Dm For things that which you spare C F Am Dm Are at cause they don't care about you G Don't care of what you've done C Am You're fooled by everyone G C Dm But soon you'll go get your daddy's gun G And go out to recollect C Am From all the guards that you put in debt Bb It's time you learn that you cannot change (can't hide shame/change) C But you forget Dm Am But you will always think when they say that they want you, Dm Am G When they say that they want you, that they don't (C, F, Am, Dm)x2 (G, C, Am)x3 (Bb, C) F Bb You wait but somedays never come Gm Your prophesying here is done C You're only left with what you beg F Bb In toward you can, begone your way Gm The others wait till they're okay C F Am Dm They're only left with what they beg, beg, beg C F So children kill your teachers Am Dm Kill your parents, then kill your preachers C F Because you know, that they'll only will doubt you Am Dm When they start to lose their features G Its okay that there gone C Am Torturing you is all they want Bb And lesson learned, now lesson taught Bb You just know what they forgot Bb C Cause they didn't get to find out what you sought
