The Strums: by the Dodos

Intro:(C, F, Am, Dm)x2

C (x32010@1)              FThe (133211@1)image on the board
        Am (x02210@1)             DmSelling (xx0231@1)things we can't afford
          C (x32010@1)                  FBut (133211@1)we're still buying up in a frenzy
          Am (x02210@1)                  DmCause (xx0231@1)our hearts just yearn for more
        GIs (320003@1)this sin, all he want?
   C (x32010@1)          AmIs (x02210@1)offerings we got?
    G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)        DmBut (xx0231@1)soon you'll be overrating eyes
   G (320003@1)           
Oh people they can't be good
                C (x32010@1)                AmWhen (x02210@1)what comes next on the market should
          Bb (x1333x@1)                           CBut (x32010@1)we go on because its understood
                 Dm (xx0231@1)                          AmBut (x02210@1)you can only hope, when they say that they want you
Dm (xx0231@1)                        Am (x02210@1)                GYeah, (320003@1)they'll say that they want you, when they don't

C (x32010@1)            FIt's (133211@1)like a chandelier
            Am (x02210@1)           DmIt's (xx0231@1)like a fountain head
                    C (x32010@1)             FThe (133211@1)strings are all there
             Am (x02210@1)                 DmA (xx0231@1)chain link fence to convince you
                  C (x32010@1)              FThat (133211@1)you're never aware
                          Am (x02210@1)              DmFor (xx0231@1)things that which you spare
             C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)          Am (x02210@1)          DmAre (xx0231@1)at cause they don't care about you

G (320003@1)                      
Don't care of what you've done
       C (x32010@1)            AmYou're (x02210@1)fooled by everyone
    G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)              DmBut (xx0231@1)soon you'll go get your daddy's gun
    GAnd (320003@1)go out to recollect
             C (x32010@1)                    Am (x02210@1)From all the guards that you put in debt
             Bb (x1333x@1)                     
It's time you learn that you cannot change (can't hide shame/change)
           CBut (x32010@1)you forget

Dm (xx0231@1)                          AmBut (x02210@1)you will always think when they say that they want you, 
Dm (xx0231@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                  GWhen (320003@1)they say that they want you, that they don't

(C, F, Am, Dm)x2 (G, C, Am)x3 (Bb, C)

F (133211@1)                         BbYou (x1333x@1)wait but somedays never come
                         GmYour (355333@1)prophesying here is done
                               CYou're (x32010@1)only left with what you beg

F (133211@1)                            BbIn (x1333x@1)toward you can, begone your way
                             GmThe (355333@1)others wait till they're okay
                                 C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1) DmThey're (xx0231@1)only left with what they beg, beg, beg

C (x32010@1)                FSo (133211@1)children kill your teachers
          Am (x02210@1)                    DmKill (xx0231@1)your parents, then kill your preachers
            C (x32010@1)                          FBecause (133211@1)you know, that they'll only will doubt you
          Am (x02210@1)                DmWhen (xx0231@1)they start to lose their features
    G (320003@1)                
Its okay that there gone
          C (x32010@1)             AmTorturing (x02210@1)you is all they want
           BbAnd (x1333x@1)lesson learned, now lesson taught
         BbYou (x1333x@1)just know what they forgot
           Bb (x1333x@1)                            CCause (x32010@1)they didn't get to find out what you sought

                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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