New Pornographers- Testament To Youth In Verse

Verse E, Abm, F#m, A

E                           Abm            
Should you go lookin' for a testament to youth in verse,
   F#m                                                            A
variations 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                   Abm                                F#m     A 
Baby, think twice, maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright. Maybe it's not
                        E
all, maybe its not allllright.

*play verse chords through once to A

Bridge
Am
Finally a decent picture of the exodus,
E
I don't know much but other singers know less, 
    C#m
and can't we control ourselves for once?
   F#m                                      Abm                
(Keep off hands off each other, keep our minds on the sum…)x2.. of each other.

Verse 2
E                               Abm
So, should you go lookin' for a testament to youth in verse,
F#m                                     
dedications to the same old curse, don't blame
                       A
the stations when they play you like a fool

and like a fool you get played with.
E                  Abm                                  F#m    A
Baby, think twice, maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright. Maybe its not

all, maybe its not all...

Outro
B                    F#m
Oh my sweet witness, can't you hear the voices?
        A                       Abm                     A
They're telling the children to rock for their choices, oh..
 A               E                                                     
(The bells ring no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
A
no, 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.)