Chords for Conor Oberst - Afterthought (Live on KEXP)
Tempo:
182.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [G] [D]
One, two, three, one, two.
I woke up this morning still wearing that tie, the one with the hammer, [A] and school [D] design.
Threw up all the pills my doctor prescribed.
I went [A] out to fetch [D] me some air.
This world was so crowded with billboards and signs, food trucks double parked [A]
in parallel lines.
I thought about breakfast, but I settled on wine.
Always choose hunger over [G]
despair.
[E] What's possible [A] over [D] what's there.
[G] Cause it isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D] a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in mind.
Then [Em] she leaves [E] and I run [D] out of time.
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D]
I sat down today in the [G] high [D] barber's chair to hear the town gossip.
[A]
The queen of [D] my hair said she would see [G] on the first [D] station stairs with her [A] suitcase threatening [D] to walk.
Not sure how true that was, [G] but it'll hazard [D] a guess.
It's probably not more, [A]
it's probably [D] not less.
If that college kid book [G]
was [D] accepting bets, the [A] brackets would mostly [G] be chalk.
Now it's safe to [A] assume [D] that she's lost.
And [G] it isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D] a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep [G] it in mind.
Then [Em] she's gone and [A] I've run [D] out of time.
[F#] [G]
[A]
[D] I can't be concerned with the state that I'm in.
At the heart of the scandal [B] with vertigo [D] spins.
I'll take every audition till I'm there, oh Flynn.
I'll bring it [A] to life off [D] the page.
And I'll get up tomorrow [G] still wearing [D] that tie, the one with the skull [A] and cross-bone [D] design.
If I'm asked if I miss her, [G]
it's easy [D] to lie.
In this world [A] that's called [G] moralist state, no I wouldn't [A] feel proud [D] or ashamed.
And [G] it isn't as though [F#m]
[D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D]
a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in mind.
Then [Em] she's gone and [A] I've run out [D] of time.
[G]
[D]
[A]
[G]
[A] [G]
[A] [D]
[D]
[D] [G] [D]
One, two, three, one, two.
I woke up this morning still wearing that tie, the one with the hammer, [A] and school [D] design.
Threw up all the pills my doctor prescribed.
I went [A] out to fetch [D] me some air.
This world was so crowded with billboards and signs, food trucks double parked [A]
in parallel lines.
I thought about breakfast, but I settled on wine.
Always choose hunger over [G]
despair.
[E] What's possible [A] over [D] what's there.
[G] Cause it isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D] a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in mind.
Then [Em] she leaves [E] and I run [D] out of time.
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D]
I sat down today in the [G] high [D] barber's chair to hear the town gossip.
[A]
The queen of [D] my hair said she would see [G] on the first [D] station stairs with her [A] suitcase threatening [D] to walk.
Not sure how true that was, [G] but it'll hazard [D] a guess.
It's probably not more, [A]
it's probably [D] not less.
If that college kid book [G]
was [D] accepting bets, the [A] brackets would mostly [G] be chalk.
Now it's safe to [A] assume [D] that she's lost.
And [G] it isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D] a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep [G] it in mind.
Then [Em] she's gone and [A] I've run [D] out of time.
[F#] [G]
[A]
[D] I can't be concerned with the state that I'm in.
At the heart of the scandal [B] with vertigo [D] spins.
I'll take every audition till I'm there, oh Flynn.
I'll bring it [A] to life off [D] the page.
And I'll get up tomorrow [G] still wearing [D] that tie, the one with the skull [A] and cross-bone [D] design.
If I'm asked if I miss her, [G]
it's easy [D] to lie.
In this world [A] that's called [G] moralist state, no I wouldn't [A] feel proud [D] or ashamed.
And [G] it isn't as though [F#m]
[D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D]
a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in mind.
Then [Em] she's gone and [A] I've run out [D] of time.
[G]
[D]
[A]
[G]
[A] [G]
[A] [D]
[D]
Key:
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One, two, three, one, two.
I woke up this morning still wearing that tie, the one with the hammer, [A] and school [D] design.
Threw up all the pills my doctor prescribed.
I went [A] out to fetch [D] me some air. _ _ _
This world was so crowded with billboards and signs, food trucks double parked _ [A]
in parallel lines.
I thought about breakfast, but I settled on wine.
Always choose hunger over [G]
despair.
_ _ _ [E] What's possible [A] _ over [D] what's there.
_ _ [G] Cause it _ isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness _ is [D] a mere _ afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in mind.
_ Then [Em] she leaves [E] and I run [D] out of time.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _
I sat down today in the [G] high [D] barber's chair to hear the town gossip.
[A]
The queen of [D] my hair said she would see [G] on the first [D] station stairs with her [A] suitcase _ threatening [D] to walk.
_ _ Not sure how true that was, [G] but it'll hazard [D] a guess.
It's probably not more, _ [A]
it's probably [D] not less.
If that college kid book _ [G]
was [D] accepting bets, the [A] brackets would mostly [G] be chalk.
_ _ Now it's safe to [A] assume [D] that she's lost.
_ And [G] it _ isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D] a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep [G] it in mind.
_ Then [Em] she's gone and [A] I've run [D] out of time.
[F#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] I can't be concerned _ with the state that I'm in.
At the heart of the scandal [B] with vertigo [D] spins.
I'll take every audition _ till I'm there, oh Flynn.
I'll bring it [A] to life off [D] the page.
_ _ And I'll get up tomorrow _ [G] still wearing [D] that tie, the one with the skull [A] and cross-bone [D] design.
If I'm asked if I miss her, _ [G]
it's easy [D] to lie.
In this world [A] that's called [G] moralist state, _ _ _ no I wouldn't [A] feel proud [D] or ashamed.
_ _ And [G] it isn't as though [F#m]
[D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D]
a mere _ afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in _ _ mind.
Then [Em] she's gone _ _ and [A] I've run out _ [D] of time. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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One, two, three, one, two.
I woke up this morning still wearing that tie, the one with the hammer, [A] and school [D] design.
Threw up all the pills my doctor prescribed.
I went [A] out to fetch [D] me some air. _ _ _
This world was so crowded with billboards and signs, food trucks double parked _ [A]
in parallel lines.
I thought about breakfast, but I settled on wine.
Always choose hunger over [G]
despair.
_ _ _ [E] What's possible [A] _ over [D] what's there.
_ _ [G] Cause it _ isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness _ is [D] a mere _ afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in mind.
_ Then [Em] she leaves [E] and I run [D] out of time.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _
I sat down today in the [G] high [D] barber's chair to hear the town gossip.
[A]
The queen of [D] my hair said she would see [G] on the first [D] station stairs with her [A] suitcase _ threatening [D] to walk.
_ _ Not sure how true that was, [G] but it'll hazard [D] a guess.
It's probably not more, _ [A]
it's probably [D] not less.
If that college kid book _ [G]
was [D] accepting bets, the [A] brackets would mostly [G] be chalk.
_ _ Now it's safe to [A] assume [D] that she's lost.
_ And [G] it _ isn't as though [D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D] a mere afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep [G] it in mind.
_ Then [Em] she's gone and [A] I've run [D] out of time.
[F#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] I can't be concerned _ with the state that I'm in.
At the heart of the scandal [B] with vertigo [D] spins.
I'll take every audition _ till I'm there, oh Flynn.
I'll bring it [A] to life off [D] the page.
_ _ And I'll get up tomorrow _ [G] still wearing [D] that tie, the one with the skull [A] and cross-bone [D] design.
If I'm asked if I miss her, _ [G]
it's easy [D] to lie.
In this world [A] that's called [G] moralist state, _ _ _ no I wouldn't [A] feel proud [D] or ashamed.
_ _ And [G] it isn't as though [F#m]
[D] we get what we want, [A] no matter how hard [D] or long we have fought.
And [G] my happiness is [D]
a mere _ afterthought when I'm with her.
[A] I keep it [G] in _ _ mind.
Then [Em] she's gone _ _ and [A] I've run out _ [D] of time. _ _ _ _
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