Chords for Conor Oberst - "A Little Uncanny" - On The Road at SXSW
Tempo:
79.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] I'm Connor Oberst, this one's called A Little Uncanny.
[G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C]
[D] [G]
We started drinking the Kool-Aid, [C]
we were taking the bait.
[D] We were talking the big talk, [G]
never playing it safe.
Looking good as Jane Fonda [C]
on a Vietcong tank.
[D] You can't get something for nothing, honey.
[G] Gotta energize your face.
She was young enough, she was blonde enough,
she was about a perfect tan.
[C] Had millions of admirers, but not one single [D] friend.
[G] It's a little uncanny what she managed to do.
[D] Became a symbol for a pain she [G] never knew.
[D] [C]
[D] [G]
You know Ronnie Reagan, [C]
he was a shoe salesman's son.
[D] He got himself in the movies, yeah.
[G]
He impressed everyone.
He thought trial by fire [C]
was America's fate.
[D] He made a joke of the poor people, [G] and that made him a saint.
But he was [C] tan enough, he was rich enough,
he was handsome like John Wayne.
[C] And there was no one at the country club who didn't feel the [D] same.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, what he managed to do.
[D] Got me to read those Russian authors [G] through and through.
[C]
[D]
I'm as Christopher Hitchens, [C]
I'm as Oliver Sacks.
[D] I'm as poor Robin Williams, [G] man.
I'm as Sylvia Platt.
Every morning's a desert, [C] every night's a flood.
[D] They say a party might kill me, well sometimes I wish [G] it would.
But I'll get [C] strong enough, I'll be man enough
to keep myself in [G] check.
[C] Some of my friends who flew to town said that's what they'd [D] spend.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, [C] what they managed to do.
Made me [D] admit to things that they [C] knew wasn't [G] true.
[D] [G]
[C] [D] [A]
[G]
[C] [D] [G]
All right.
[G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C]
[D] [G]
We started drinking the Kool-Aid, [C]
we were taking the bait.
[D] We were talking the big talk, [G]
never playing it safe.
Looking good as Jane Fonda [C]
on a Vietcong tank.
[D] You can't get something for nothing, honey.
[G] Gotta energize your face.
She was young enough, she was blonde enough,
she was about a perfect tan.
[C] Had millions of admirers, but not one single [D] friend.
[G] It's a little uncanny what she managed to do.
[D] Became a symbol for a pain she [G] never knew.
[D] [C]
[D] [G]
You know Ronnie Reagan, [C]
he was a shoe salesman's son.
[D] He got himself in the movies, yeah.
[G]
He impressed everyone.
He thought trial by fire [C]
was America's fate.
[D] He made a joke of the poor people, [G] and that made him a saint.
But he was [C] tan enough, he was rich enough,
he was handsome like John Wayne.
[C] And there was no one at the country club who didn't feel the [D] same.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, what he managed to do.
[D] Got me to read those Russian authors [G] through and through.
[C]
[D]
I'm as Christopher Hitchens, [C]
I'm as Oliver Sacks.
[D] I'm as poor Robin Williams, [G] man.
I'm as Sylvia Platt.
Every morning's a desert, [C] every night's a flood.
[D] They say a party might kill me, well sometimes I wish [G] it would.
But I'll get [C] strong enough, I'll be man enough
to keep myself in [G] check.
[C] Some of my friends who flew to town said that's what they'd [D] spend.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, [C] what they managed to do.
Made me [D] admit to things that they [C] knew wasn't [G] true.
[D] [G]
[C] [D] [A]
[G]
[C] [D] [G]
All right.
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ I'm Connor Oberst, this one's called A Little Uncanny.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ We started drinking the Kool-Aid, [C]
we were taking the bait.
_ [D] We were talking the big talk, [G]
never playing it safe.
_ Looking good as Jane Fonda [C]
on a Vietcong tank.
[D] You can't get something for nothing, honey.
[G] Gotta energize your face.
She was young enough, she was blonde enough,
she was about a perfect tan.
[C] Had millions of admirers, but not one single [D] friend.
[G] It's a little uncanny what she managed to do.
[D] Became a symbol for a pain she [G] never knew.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ You know Ronnie Reagan, _ [C]
he was a shoe salesman's son.
[D] He got himself in the movies, yeah.
[G]
He impressed everyone.
He thought trial by fire [C]
was America's fate.
[D] He made a joke of the poor people, [G] and that made him a saint.
But he was [C] tan enough, he was rich enough,
he was handsome like John Wayne.
[C] And there was no one at the country club who didn't feel the [D] same.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, what he managed to do.
[D] Got me to read those Russian authors [G] through and through.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm as Christopher Hitchens, [C]
I'm as Oliver Sacks.
[D] I'm as poor Robin Williams, [G] man.
I'm as Sylvia Platt.
Every morning's a desert, _ [C] every night's a flood.
[D] They say a party might kill me, well sometimes I wish [G] it would.
But I'll get [C] strong enough, I'll be man enough
to keep myself in [G] check.
[C] Some of my friends who flew to town said that's what they'd [D] spend.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, [C] what they managed to do.
Made me [D] admit to things that they [C] knew wasn't [G] true.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ All right. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ I'm Connor Oberst, this one's called A Little Uncanny.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ We started drinking the Kool-Aid, [C]
we were taking the bait.
_ [D] We were talking the big talk, [G]
never playing it safe.
_ Looking good as Jane Fonda [C]
on a Vietcong tank.
[D] You can't get something for nothing, honey.
[G] Gotta energize your face.
She was young enough, she was blonde enough,
she was about a perfect tan.
[C] Had millions of admirers, but not one single [D] friend.
[G] It's a little uncanny what she managed to do.
[D] Became a symbol for a pain she [G] never knew.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ You know Ronnie Reagan, _ [C]
he was a shoe salesman's son.
[D] He got himself in the movies, yeah.
[G]
He impressed everyone.
He thought trial by fire [C]
was America's fate.
[D] He made a joke of the poor people, [G] and that made him a saint.
But he was [C] tan enough, he was rich enough,
he was handsome like John Wayne.
[C] And there was no one at the country club who didn't feel the [D] same.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, what he managed to do.
[D] Got me to read those Russian authors [G] through and through.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm as Christopher Hitchens, [C]
I'm as Oliver Sacks.
[D] I'm as poor Robin Williams, [G] man.
I'm as Sylvia Platt.
Every morning's a desert, _ [C] every night's a flood.
[D] They say a party might kill me, well sometimes I wish [G] it would.
But I'll get [C] strong enough, I'll be man enough
to keep myself in [G] check.
[C] Some of my friends who flew to town said that's what they'd [D] spend.
[G] It's a little uncanny though, [C] what they managed to do.
Made me [D] admit to things that they [C] knew wasn't [G] true.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ All right. _ _