• Song:

    Southern State

  • Artist:

    Bright Eyes

  • Album:

    2003-09-20: Austin, TX,...

the first tab had it mostly right

i play the Bb a G, and a little different chorus, you guys decide

also play the verse down around the octaves, and chorus at traditional places


         F (133211@1)        
Well the songs you sung spiraled
    AmAnd (x02210@1)hung 'round like echoes 
  G (320003@1)               COr (x32010@1)ripples on a pond

       FSo (133211@1)you circled the globe
        AmSpent (x02210@1)a year on the road
      G (320003@1)         CWithout (x32010@1)ever going home

            FMore (133211@1)than a couple of days, 
           AmThen (x02210@1)you'd leave right away
        G (320003@1)             CRun (x32010@1)to a girl you barely know

        FBut (133211@1)you like how she sings
        AmAnd (x02210@1)you can't help but think
            G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)That there's something that she knows and could teach you

G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1) While you're sleeping in that southern state
G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1) Where the bars are filled with people you can't hate
    GBut (320003@1)try as you try
    CYou (x32010@1)still can't relate to them 
        G (320003@1)                   CAnd (x32010@1)you drink that whiskey down
              
As they ask you, 

 D (xx0232@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)         
"Are you who you say you are?"
 D (xx0232@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)             FAre (133211@1)you who you say that you are?
 D (xx0232@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)              CAre (x32010@1)you who you say that you are, you 
 C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)            
Are you who you say that you are?
 D (xx0232@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)  E (022100@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
Are you who you say you are?
              CThe (x32010@1)fact that you can't tell makes us like you even more

F Am G C
              F (133211@1)So now you're trying again
        AmOr (x02210@1)just visiting friends
      G (320003@1)                 COne (x32010@1)had just had his heart broke

              F (133211@1)For the first time in his life
       AmHe (x02210@1)realized there are times
        G (320003@1)            CWhen (x32010@1)you can't make it alone

               F (133211@1)
But now you're giving advice
      Am (x02210@1)
As if you had the right
   G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)
To use a word like "love"

         FIt's (133211@1)a negotiable term
          AmWhat (x02210@1)gets said's not what's heard
        G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   
So it's different then for everyone

                G (320003@1)                CBut (x32010@1)you're still hanging 'round that college town
        G (320003@1)                        CWith (x32010@1)your your new life your new lover you've found 
           G (320003@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)you're keeping her up at night, bringing her down
                 G (320003@1)                CShe'll (x32010@1)watch you drink yourself to death
    
But won't ask you, 

  D (xx0232@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)             F"is (133211@1)this really what you want?"
 D (xx0232@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)            FIs (133211@1)this really what you want?
 D (xx0232@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)                 CIs (x32010@1)this really what you is this what...
  C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)         
Is this really what you want?
D (xx0232@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)             F (133211@1)  E (022100@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
Is this really what you want?
             C (x32010@1)                                              F, AmAre (x02210@1)you just sticking with it now because it's all you've got?
             G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)                 F, AmAre (x02210@1)you just sticking with it now because it's all you've got?
                               GYeah (320003@1)that's it, I think you're sticking with me now 
        CBecause (x32010@1)I'm all you've got

F, Am, G, C 

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