Tab Realm

Lovely Affair by Ben Gibbard



 



             Lovely Affair





Standard Tuning



Verse

e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|----4-----4------3-----3--|
d|---4-4---4-4----4-4---4-4-|
a|-2------------------------|
E|-------4------2-----2-----|

interlude

e|--4--2---                                 --x--2-|
b|--5--2---                                 --x--2-|
g|--6--3---                                 --4--3-|
d|--6--4---then at long interlude you add a --4--4-|
a|--4--4---                                 --2--4-|
E|--x--2---                                 --x--2-|






Everyone that I ever knew 
Was crammed into a little building with a hard-wood floor
Dimly lit, it smelled of stale smoke
And friends were choking back the tears that they had come there for

And I was in a little jar upon the stage
Where all my records and guitars were neatly placed

Left of the tables of food 
Sat two girls I could not recall speaking to
And one told the other "Don't cry, 
We still have three of the others it will be alright"

And I was hovering overhead, taking it in
But all the things I should have said
They were trapped forever in my skin

And there were a number of speeches 
Where people said what they didn't want me to know
Telling all types of secrets 
I wish I would have known about five days ago

It would have been quite a surprise 
For me to look them dead in the eyes, and say:
"Well, it was a lovely affair 
People cared more than I had ever thought they would." 

Some kids stole what was left of the booze, 
The cleanup crew worked as hard as they thought they should 

And I was hovering overhead, taking it in
But all the things I should have said
They were trapped forever in my skin







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