Tom: Am
Tab: Verbal Kint
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Tuning: Half-Step Down
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Dm (x|0|0|2|3|1)
Am (0|0|2|2|1|0)
G (3|2|0|0|0|x)
F (x|0|3|2|1|0)
C (x|3|2|0|1|0)
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Intro
Am G (x4)
Am
We were martyred in the homes of our friends
G
on a hard drinking decade of weekends
Am
convinced that we were firing
G
our lasers to the surface of the moon
Am
retreat to all the noise, out to the places that
G
we would go
Am
pound that pussy, bloody swollen cyst off with a
G
weather-treated two by four
F
praying for the singularity
C G
coming for to carry you home
F
one-time hero forgotten how
C G
to carry your given load
F Am G Dm F
Hey, hey, Doris Day send my love for me now
F Am G
please, please, Glen Shirley, say hello for me now
Dm F Dm F Am G Am G
Am
Chico the American taught me to drink clear
G
which ushered in the Age of Gin and lead to the Gimlet Years
Am
When he lobbed that crystal tumbler through the glass cooler door
G
past the blues band in the strip mall with a barrel-chested roar
F
it was just as funny but less blood
C G
than the ‘62 Dakota war
F
praying for the singularity
C G
coming for to carry you home
F Am G Dm F
Hey, hey, Jon Benet send my love for me now
F Am G
please, please, Dom de Louise say hello for me now
Dm F
say hello to Chico the American
Dm F
to Chico the American
Dm F
to Chico the American
Dm F Dm F Dm F
to Chico the American
