Chords for Conor Oberst - Common Knowledge (Live on KEXP)

_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] He's my friend
He's no friend to [G] me _ _
[C] Ask him why he'll tell you casually
[G] _ _ _
[F] washed up bitter broke and busted
[G] Backstabbed everyone he trusted [C] says he sees what no one else [F] can see _
And [G] if I had half his guts I'd want it [F] to chase that fatalistic
Comet [C] and die young in the dark.
That's
[F] poetry _
[Dm] But it was not
to be
No, it [B] was not _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He's always sad, but I've never seen [G] him cry _ _
[C] When he comes to sure he'll
[G] apologize _ _
[C] Find his [F] car assess the damage [G] still drunk
But he lacks a [C] challenge
holds on to his mind just like [F] a kite _
But [G] a good strong wind will keep you honest [F] fill you with some common [C] knowledge
things when we were young we
Never [F] try _
I figured [Dm] we
had time
Was such [B] a long _ _
_ [C] life
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] Money clips
[G] Alligator shoes _
_ [C] Just one more dance.
He's in that [G] champagne room _
[F] Well, she moves like a chocolate [G] fountain
Pouring spilling all [C] around him makes him wonder
What else [F] she could do? _ _
[G] How bittersweet
is love's [F] illusion
Feelings that cannot be [C] proven just trust me you'll see
My [F] aim is true _ _
[Dm] I've done this all
for you
I [G] suffered long _
_ [F] [C] for you
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] so many times
He's tried [G] to play it straight _
_ [C] He worked and worked in
till [G] his body ached _
[F] But a brand new life will lose its [G] luster
troubles tend to
find each [C] other
Call it luck or you can call it [F] fate _ _
[G] but either way
It's how it happens
[F] Not the life that you will imagine.
[C] So just go out with a bang like
[F] Hemingway _
[D] And some will say
[Dm] You're brave and some [A] will say _ _
[F] _ _ [G] you [C] ain't _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _