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Glasses by Jonathan Coulton


                            Glasses


Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:no capo
 
[Intro]
E     G  D  A
 
 
[Verse 1]
A
Shed the days like skin
A
Pray for evenings in
                                                         D     A D A
Hold their hands in the street when you walk them off to school
A
A box too full to shut
A
Cardboard paper cut
                                                          D   A D A
Bleeding edge of a picture of your parents when they were cool
 
 
[Chorus]
E          D         A
So much to say, I forget to start
E            D
There goes a day, fading as it passes
E          D            A
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
Bm   D
It's okay
 
 
[Verse 2]
              A
I like you in glasses
A
Shovels in the sand
A
A playdough wedding band
                                             D
A drowning princess in a tangle of towels on the floor
A
An old familiar ache
A
The little pills we take
                                                    D
The thoughtless kindness of a coffee cup waiting by the door
 
 
[Chorus]
E          D         A
So much to say, I forget to start
E            D
There goes a day, fading as it passes
E          D            A
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
Bm   D
It's okay
 
 
[Bridge]
E
It's on the board
G              D            E
Someone's been double-booking
            G
I've got time
       D
How is your next week looking?
 
 
[Verse 3]
A
House shifts into place
N.C.
A little breathing space
                                             D             A
The radiators and the floorboards will argue while we sleep
A
There's water in the walls
A
The stairs make waterfalls
                                                       D
Down in the basement the soft sound of a river digging deep
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
E          D         A
So much to say, I forget to start
E            D
There goes a day, fading as it passes
E          D            A         D
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
E          D         A
So much to say, I forget to start
E            D
There goes a day, fading as it passes
E          D            A
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
Bm   D
It's okay
N.C.
I like you in glasses




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version 2 




Capo:no capo

Intro:
 
   E                   D#
 
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
   G                           F
 
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
   G#                          F
 
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
   G                           D
 
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
 
Followed by the A-riff
 
 
   A-riff     D-riff
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--6----------7---------|
|--7--2-4-6---7--2-4-6--|
|--0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--|
|-----------------------|
 
A-riff
Shed the days like skin, pray for evenings in
                                                         D-riff
Hold their hands in the street when you walk them off to school
A-riff
A box too full to shut, cardboard paper cut
                                                          D-riff
Bleeding edge of a picture of your parents when they were cool
 
E           F#m       D      A
 So much to say, I forget to start
E             F#m  D            A
 There goes a day, fading as it passes
E           F#m          D     A
 Forget the grey, let it fall apart
Bm         D
 It's okay
              A-riff
I like you in glasses
 
 
Shovels in the sand, a play-doh wedding band
A drowning princess in a tangle of towels on the floor
An old familiar ache, the little pills we take
The thoughtless kindness of a coffee cup waiting by the door
 
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
 
(bridge: same as intro, hold the D when it goes to the verse)
 
It's on the board, someone's been double-booking
 
I've got time,  how is your next week looking?
 
House shifts into place, a little breathing space
The radiators and the floorboards will argue while we sleep
There's water in the walls, the stairs make waterfalls
Down in the basement the soft sound of a river digging deep
 
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
 
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
I like you in glasses




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version 3



Capo:no capo
Tuning: E Standard
 
 Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
A|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  Verse
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------7-7-------7-7--
D|-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2
A|-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----0
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----|
----|
----|
-4-6|
-0-0|
----|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------7-7-------7-7----------------------
D|-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6----------------
A|-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-0----------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----|
----|
----|
----|
----|
----|
 
Chorus
 
e|---------2-2-------------2-2-----------------2-2------2--2-2-2--------------
B|-----2-2-3-3-2-2-----2-2-3-3-2-2---------2-2-3-3-2-2--3--3-3-3--------------
G|-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-----1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--4-4-2--------------
D|-2-2-4-4-----2-2-2-2-4-4-----2-2-----2-2-4-4-----2-2--4--4-4----------------
A|-2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-4-------------2-2-4-4----------2--2-2----------------
E|------------------------------------------------------2--2-2----------------
----|
----|
----|
----|
----|
----|
 
 Verse
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------7-7-------7-7--
D|-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2
A|-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----0
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----|
----|
----|
-4-6|
-0-0|
----|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------7-7-------7-7----------------------
D|-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6----------------
A|-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-0----------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----|
----|
----|
----|
----|
----|
 
Chorus
 
e|---------2-2-------------2-2-------------2-2------2--2-2-2------------------
B|-----2-2-3-3-2-2-----2-2-3-3-2-2-----2-2-3-3-2-2--3--3-3-3------------------
G|-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--4-4-2------------------
D|-2-2-4-4-----2-2-2-2-4-4-----2-2-2-2-4-4-----2-2--4--4-4--------------------
A|-2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-4----------2--2-2--------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------2--2-2--------------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
  Bridge
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x|
A|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-----------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------5-----------------|
 
 Verse
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-7-7-------7-7-----------------------------------------------7-7-------7-7--
D|-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2-4-6-7-7-2
A|-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----0
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----|
----|
----|
-4-6|
-0-0|
----|
 
  Second Guitar
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------9~~~~~-------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------10~~~~11~~~5~~~2~~~------
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
 
  Outro
 
e|---------2-2-------------2-2-------------2-2-------------------------|
B|-----2-2-3-3-2-2-----2-2-3-3-2-2-----2-2-3-3-2-2---------------------|
G|-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
D|-2-2-4-4-----2-2-2-2-4-4-----2-2-2-2-4-4-----2-2---------------------|
A|-2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-4-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
 
e|---------2-2------2--2-2-2------------|
B|-----2-2-3-3-2-2--3--3-3-3------------|
G|-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--4-4-2------------|
D|-2-2-4-4-----2-2--4--4-4--------------|
A|-2-2-4-4----------2--2-2--------------|
E|------------------2--2-2--------------|
 
 
Shed the days like skin
Pray for evenings in
Hold their hands in the street when you walk them off to school
A box too full to shut
Cardboard paper cut
Bleeding edge of a picture of your parents when they were cool
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
I like you in glasses
Shovels in the sand
A playdough wedding band
A drowning princess in a tangle of towels on the floor
An old familiar ache
The little pills we take
The thoughtless kindness of a coffee cup waiting by the door
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
It's on the board
Someone's been double-booking
I've got time
How is your next week looking?
House shifts into place
A little breathing space
The radiators and the floorboards will argue while we sleep
There's water in the walls
The stairs make waterfalls
Down in the basement the soft sound of a river digging deep
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
I like you in glasses


 
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
 



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