• Song:

    Distopian Dream Girl

  • Artist:

    Built To Spill

  • Album:

    1999-12-07: Showbox, Se...

Distopian Dream Girl by Built To Spill
Chords by Daniel M.

Tuning: EADGBe
Note:   F is 133211
        F* is x8(10)(10)(10)8 basically F an octave higher...

Verse 1:
F (133211@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)     F (133211@1)   Dmcan (xx0231@1)you make it real

A (x02220@1)     A# (x1333x@1)       F*
Make it more than will

C (x32010@1)                A#More (x1333x@1)than just feel

F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)   DmWe (xx0231@1)are on a ride

A (x02220@1)         A# (x1333x@1)     F*
We're on it all the time

            C (x32010@1)               A#It's (x1333x@1)at the front of your mind

F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1)    DmMy (xx0231@1)stepfather looks 

A (x02220@1)       A# (x1333x@1)    F*
just like David Bowie

       C (x32010@1)           A#But (x1333x@1)he hates David Bowie

F (133211@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1)    DmI (xx0231@1)think Bowie's cool

A (x02220@1)     A# (x1333x@1)        F*
I think Lodger rules

           C (x32010@1)             A#I (x1333x@1)think my stepdad's a fool


Chorus:
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)        C#Without (x43121@1)me there's nothing

        F*    C (x32010@1)        A#I'm (x1333x@1)the only thing that dies

F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)         C#If (x43121@1)it came down to your life or mine

        F*       C (x32010@1)   A#I (x1333x@1)would do the stupid thing

         F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   A#(And (x1333x@1)let you keep on living) x4

Verse 2:
F (133211@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)          F (133211@1)        Dm"I'm (xx0231@1)alright," said the man to his wife

A (x02220@1)    A# (x1333x@1)    F*           CWaking (x32010@1)up to a head full of bed

        A#Full (x1333x@1)of what she said

F (133211@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)                FShe (133211@1)hadn't thought of it for a while

    Dm (xx0231@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)when she did

     A# (x1333x@1)         F*
She thought of it differently

         C (x32010@1)                   A#Than (x1333x@1)she thought she should be thinking

F (133211@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)       F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)  AJust (x02220@1)the thought of it's enough

   A# (x1333x@1)    F*    C (x32010@1)       A#To (x1333x@1)penetrate my comfort zone 

[Repeat Chorus]

[Chords under outro are just F C A#]

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