Chords for Ben Gibbard - "Why You'd Want To Live Here" (SXSW 2010)

_ _ _ Give [A#] it up for Y.O. ladies and gentlemen.
[N] _
_ Morning benders. _ _ _
It's really an honor to start a stage with you.
I [E] just _ _ _ _ [N] got in today.
I'm not quite up to speed.
It's South by Southwest.
I landed and it was like, holy fuck.
I'm like 100 miles an hour.
[G] _ _
_ _ [F] This is a song about [G] where I live. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm in Los Angeles today.
It smells like an [C] airport runway.
I [B] feel [Em] stenches in the cabin.
[C] And life's [G] flickering and green. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm in Los Angeles today.
Garbage cans [C] comprise the media.
[B] The [Em] freeway's always creeping.
[C] Even when the _ [G] population's sleeping. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And I can't see why [B] you want [G] to hear. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm in Los Angeles today.
Asked a gas station [C]
employee.
[B] If he ever had [Em] trouble breathing.
[C] He said it [G] varies from season to season. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm in the square, the best are on display.
Motion picture [C] actors' houses.
[B] Never [Em] ever current.
So [C] save your film at [G] $15. _
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[Bm] And I can't see why you [Cm] want to [G] live here.
_ _ _ Billboard's reach past the tallest buildings.
_ _ We are not perfect, but we sure try.
_ _ [Bm]
UV rays, [B] they're good in our [G] universe. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] The _ _ [A] _ vessel keeps pumping us through [Bm] this anthropic [C#] place.
In the belly of the beast that [C] is California.
_ [Em] I drank from a fossil, [D] and I kept my receipts.
[C#] For when they weigh me on the way out here, [C] nothing is spring.
[E] _ Greyhounds keep coming, [D] zomping locusts and toads.
The gutters overflow [C] from Los Angeles.
[F#] I [G] might die _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] someday [G] soon. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And it's a lovely summer's day.
I can almost [C] see the skyline.
[B] A big and [Em] shrouded eagle [C] visits the [G] city of angels with deep. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I swear the names of what remain.
Stars encapsulate [C] the gold.
[B] Invading, [Em] constant cleaning.
_ [F] [C] The tourists begin _ [G] salivating.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
And I can't [G] see why you want to live here.
_ _ _ [Bm] Billboard's reach past [Cm] the tallest [G] buildings.
_ _ _ [Bm] You can't swim in a town this [G] shallow. _ _
_ [Bm] You will most [B] assuredly [G] drown tomorrow. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] Here's a song