C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                  F (133211@1)               GEvery (320003@1)time I see you in the world you always step to my girl

CBack (x32010@1)back way back
          GI (320003@1)used to front like Angkor Wat
Am (x02210@1)                            GMechanicsburg, (320003@1)Anchorage, and Dar es Salam
      DmWhile (xx0231@1)home in New York
    Amwas (x02210@1)champagne and disco 
Dm (xx0231@1)            Gtapes (320003@1)from L.A. slash San Francisco
C (x32010@1)                          Gbut (320003@1)actually Oakland and not Alameda
     F (133211@1)                       GYour (320003@1)girl was in Berkeley with her communist reader
Dm (xx0231@1)                     AmMine (x02210@1)was entombed within boombox and walkman
Dm (xx0231@1)                GI (320003@1)was a hoarder but girl that was back then

C (x32010@1)  
The gloves are off
    G (320003@1)         AmThe (x02210@1)wisdom teeth are out

What you on about?
  F (133211@1)           CI (x32010@1)feel it in my bones
  F (133211@1)            Am-G
I feel it in my bones
     CI'm (x32010@1)stronger now
    G (320003@1)              AmI'm (x02210@1)ready for the house

Such a Modest Mouse
   F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)I can't do it alone
   F (133211@1)         Am-G
I can't do it alone.

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)                  G (320003@1)   
Every time I see you in the world you always step to my girl

C (x32010@1)                              GAncestors (320003@1)told me that their girl was better
      AmShe's (x02210@1)richer than Croesus
      G (320003@1)
she's tougher than leather
Dm (xx0231@1)                    AmI (x02210@1)just ignored all the tales of a past life
Dm (xx0231@1)                   G (320003@1)   
Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife
C (x32010@1)                             GPunks (320003@1)who would laugh when they saw us together
     F (133211@1)                  Gwell (320003@1)they didn't know how to dress for the weather
Dm (xx0231@1)                       AmI (x02210@1)can still see them there huddled on Astor 
     Dm (xx0231@1)                Gsnow (320003@1)falling slow to the sound of the master

C (x32010@1)  
The gloves are off
    G (320003@1)         AmThe (x02210@1)wisdom teeth are out

What you on about?
  F (133211@1)           CI (x32010@1)feel it in my bones
  F (133211@1)            Am-G
I feel it in my bones
    CI'm (x32010@1)stronger now
   G (320003@1)            AmI'm (x02210@1)ready for the house

Such a Modest Mouse
   F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)I can't do it alone
   F (133211@1)         Am-G
I can't do it alone.

C (x32010@1)                          G (320003@1)wisdom's a gift but you'd trade it for youth
Am (x02210@1)                    Gage (320003@1)is an honor it's still not the truth
Dm (xx0231@1)                          Amwe (x02210@1)saw the stars when they hid from the world
Dm (xx0231@1)                       Gyou (320003@1)cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl
C (x32010@1)                      Gmaybe (320003@1)she's gone and I can't resurrect her
     F (133211@1)                         Gthe (320003@1)truth is she doesn't need me to protect her
Dm (xx0231@1)                         Amwe (x02210@1)know the true death the true way of our flesh
Dm (xx0231@1)                   G (320003@1)             
everyone's dying but girl you're not old yet

C (x32010@1)  
The gloves are off
    G (320003@1)        AmThe (x02210@1)wisdom teeth are out

What you on about?
  F (133211@1)           CI (x32010@1)feel it in my bones
  F (133211@1)            Am-G
I feel it in my bones
    CI'm (x32010@1)stronger now
    G (320003@1)             AmI'm (x02210@1)ready for the house

Such a Modest Mouse
   F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)I can't do it alone
   F (133211@1)         Am-G
I can't do it alone.

C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                  F (133211@1)                  G (320003@1)                     
Every time I see you in the world you always step to my girl