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This American Life by Painted Zeros
This American Life
Tuning: Standard
Intro/Verse 1:
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Repeat 4x
Pre-Chorus:
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Chorus:
Bm D
it's hard to tell as daytime
Bm D
becomes confused with night time.
Bm D
there's just never enough time.
E
i'm always tired.
Bm D
it's hard to make the most of
Bm D
being so lucky
Bm D
when i feel like a ghost
E
most of the time.
Interlude:
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Verse 2:
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Repeat 2x
Pre-Chorus:
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Chorus:
Bm D
i'm working every day now
Bm D
slaving to a wage now.
Bm D
it drives me insane
E
how hopeless i feel.
Bm D
i'm going to die someday,
Bm D
and that should be okay,
Bm D
because that's how it is.
E
that's how it goes.
Solo:
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Do your own little solo thing for the length of the above part, it's more fun to make it up yourself
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Verse 3:
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D|---------7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 4x
E|--5--5-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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G|-----------------6-7-6----------------6-7-6----------------6-7-6-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|---------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5--5-5---------------5--5-5---------------5--5-5-------------------------|
Chorus:
Bm D
they happen every day now,
Bm D
in almost every minute.
Bm D
they happen when i want them,
E
and when i don't.
Bm D
i'm missing, and these moments
Bm D
only make me lonely.
Bm D
they only make me wish
E
i could go back home.
Outro:
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Morning slips into my bed. Wake up so tired I feel dead. Obsessive thoughts in my head, and I've already taken all my meds. The dawn feels like a sigh. I don't know if I'm alive. It's hard to tell as daytime becomes confused with night time. There's just never enough time. I'm always tired. It's hard to make the most of being so lucky when I feel like a ghost most of the time. We walk outside into the yard, get in the car and drive north. I used to love looking at stars, but I don't care anymore. Exhale smoke to our eyes. So tired of life, so scared to die. I'm working every day now, $laving to a wage now. It drives me insane how hopeless I feel. I'm going to die someday, and that should be okay, because that's how it is. That's how it goes. And to combat feeling depressed, I take comfort in my smallness. I try not to fixate on this loss, but I can't help these thoughts...they happen every day now, in almost every minute. They happen when i want them, and when I don't. I'm missing, and these moments only make me lonely. They only make me wish I could go back home.
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