• Song:

    Southern State

  • Artist:

    Bright Eyes

  • Album:

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

Capo 3
I play this on classical guitar.  When playing A's and D's throw in occasional 
hammers on the 2nd and 3rd fret.

D (xx0232@1)        
Well the songs you sung spiraled
    F#mAnd (244222@1)hung 'round like echoes 
  Em (022000@1)               AOr (x02220@1)ripples on a pond

DSo (xx0232@1)you circled the globe
        F#mSpent (244222@1)a year on the road
      Em (022000@1)         AWithout (x02220@1)ever going home

DMore (xx0232@1)than a couple of days, 
           F#mThen (244222@1)you'd leave right away
        Em (022000@1)             ARun (x02220@1)to a girl you barely know

DBut (xx0232@1)you like how she sings
        F#mAnd (244222@1)you can't help but think
            Em (022000@1)                A (x02220@1)That there's something that she knows and could teach you

Em (022000@1)                            A (x02220@1) While you're sleeping in that southern state
Em (022000@1)                             A (x02220@1) Where the bars are filled with people you can't hate
    EmBut (022000@1)try as you try
    AYou (x02220@1)still can't relate to them 
        Em (022000@1)                   AAnd (x02220@1)you drink that whiskey down
              
As they ask you,

Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)         
"Are you who you say you are?"
 Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)             DAre (xx0232@1)you who you say that you are?
 Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)              DAre (xx0232@1)you who you say that you are, you 
 D (xx0232@1)             D (xx0232@1)            
Are you who you say that you are?
 Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Are you who you say you are?
              AThe (x02220@1)fact that you can't tell makes us like you even more

D F#m Em A
              D (xx0232@1)So now you're trying again
        F#mOr (244222@1)just visiting friends
      Em (022000@1)                 AOne (x02220@1)had just had his heart broke

D (xx0232@1)For the first time in his life
       F#mHe (244222@1)realized there are times
        Em (022000@1)            AWhen (x02220@1)you can't make it alone

D (xx0232@1)
But now you're giving advice
      F#m (244222@1)
As if you had the right
   Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)
To use a word like "love"

DIt's (xx0232@1)a negotiable term
          F#mWhat (244222@1)gets said's not what's heard
        Em (022000@1)               A (x02220@1)   
So it's different then for everyone

Em (022000@1)                ABut (x02220@1)you're still hanging 'round that college town
        Em (022000@1)                        AWith (x02220@1)your your new life your new lover you've found 
           Em (022000@1)                    AAnd (x02220@1)you're keeping her up at night, bringing her down
                 Em (022000@1)                AShe'll (x02220@1)watch you drink yourself to death
    
But won't ask you,

Bm (x24432@1)     G (320003@1)             D"is (xx0232@1)this really what you want?"
 Bm (x24432@1)     G (320003@1)            DIs (xx0232@1)this really what you want?
 Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)                 DIs (xx0232@1)this really what you is this what...
  Bm (x24432@1)         G (320003@1)         
Is this really what you want?
Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Is this really what you want?
             A (x02220@1)                                              D, F#mAre (244222@1)you just sticking with it now because it's all you've got?
             Em (022000@1)                         A (x02220@1)                 D, F#mAre (244222@1)you just sticking with it now because it's all you've got?
                               EmYeah (022000@1)that's it, I think you're sticking with me now 
        ABecause (x02220@1)I'm all you've got

D, F#m, Em, A 
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