Going For The Gold Chords by Bright Eyes

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[G] There's a voice on the phone telling what had happened
Some [Em] kind of [G] confusion More [D] like a [Am] disaster
[D] [G] And it wondered how [Em] you [G] were left _ unaffected [Em] But you had [G] no knowledge
No, the [D] chemicals [Am] covered [D] you [G] And so a jury was formed
As more liquor was poured [Em] No need for [G] conviction
They're [D] not thirsting for [Am] justice [D] [G] But I slept with the lies I keep inside
my head I [Em] found out I [G] was guilty
I [D] found out I was guilty [G] But I won't be around for the sentencing
[Em] Cause I'm leaving _ [D] on the next airplane [C] And though I know [D] that my actions [G] are impossible
[Bm] to justify [C] They seem adequate [D] to fill [G] up my time
But [C] if I could talk [D] to myself [Bm] like I was [Em] someone else
[C] Well then maybe [D] I could take [G] your _ [Bm] advice [Em] _ _ And [C] I wouldn't act like [D] such an asshole [G] all
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_ [Am] _ [D] _ [G] a film on the wall
Makes the people look small [Em] Who are sitting [G] beside it
All consumed [D] in the [Am] drama [G] They must return to their lives
Once the hero has died [Em] They will drive [G] to the office
Stopping [D] somewhere for coffee [G] Where the folk singers, poets, and playwrights
[Em] convene Dispensing their [G] wisdom
Oh dear [D] amateur orator [G] They will detail their pain
In some standard refrain [Em] They will recite their sadness
[D] Like it's some kind of contest [F#] Well if it is
I think [Bm] I am winning it [G] I'll beam in with confidence
[A] As I make my final lap [F#] The gold medal gleams
[Bm] So hang it around my neck [G] Cause I am deserving it
The [A] champion of idiots [C] But a kid [D] carries his Walkman
[G] On that long bus [Em] ride to Omaha [C] I know a girl who [D] cries
When she practices [G]
violin Cause [C] each note [D] sounds so [Bm] pure
It just cuts [Em] into her And [C] then the melody [D] comes pouring
[G] Out her _ [Bm] _ [Em] eyes Now [C] to me everything [D] else
It just [G] sounds like a [A] lie
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