Chords for Conor Oberst - Desert Island Questionnaire

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[G] Say that you were stranded on a desert island
What books you gonna bring?
What friends would tag [C] along? _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Say you had a month, you knew you were dying
How'd you spend your time?
What goodbyes would take too [C] long? _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] You don't like this game, and you take the exception
Who wants all this trouble, even _ hypothetical?
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ With [Am] the charge in the sky above
_ And the ground below that [D] could swallow _ [G] everyone _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Staring at your phone at another party
Spent a lot on clothes, got a lot of skin to [C] show _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Keep pulling the pull like a drowning army
Smoke alarm remotes and the hotel lobby [C] glow _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Wish that you could dance, but you got no partner
You're tapping on your glass, cause you wanna make a [Em] _ toast
_ _ _ To [A] the ennui [Am] of all times _
To the _ selfishness in [D] everyone you know
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[C] Meet a lot of friends, [D] but they can't be trusted
[G] Don't know what their age [Em] are _
[C] Post up at the park [D] and I'm double fisted _
[G] Talking [D] to a man [Em] again _ _
[C] Don't know what it means [D] when he takes my post
And [G] says that I'm a lot [Em] like him _
[C] Say that's fair enough
_ That's [D] why I'm trying to loosen up _ _ _
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Every lunatic must be well _ intentioned
Sets himself apart, he's an instrument [C] of God _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Took her from the playground through the farmhouse cellar
Kissed her while he killed her like a good _ [C] Samaritan _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] They finally found her body many autumns after
_ Interviewed her mother, said she'd now be 21
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ And [Am] although we lost her young
I know the good Lord has [D] a plan for all of [G] us
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[C] Woman's at the door, [D] they look clean and handsome
[G] Always have a good [Em] sales pitch
Your [C] little sister swears [D] she can beat my aura
[G] But I can't take a C in [Em] media _
[C] Need something to blame [D] for this human nature
[G] Is not what [F#m] this condition [Em] _ is
[C] I'm so bored with my life _
[D] But I'm still afraid to _ die _
[C] _ Everyone's asleep [D] in this burning building
And [G] I can't wake up [Em] in time
[C] You go on ahead and [D] I'll be right behind
You [G] would have had it to the finish [Em] line
I [C] can't get closer
_ _ _ So [D] this is over _ _ _ _ _
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Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island
What would be the message that you'd spell out for the [C] plane? _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Say the engine failed when that plane was flying
If you were the pilot would you curse or would you [C] pray? _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] No one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral _
Not a lot to say, didn't even have a [Em] _ name
Light _ _ [Am] a candle just in case
He was someone's friend, throw [D] some flowers on the [G] grave _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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