Chords for Conor Oberst: Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch) | NPR Music Front Row

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_ [C] _ _ _ Just because you got it, [E] you [Em] don't have to flaunt it
With an [F] endless stream [C] of famous [G] men
_ Pretty as a portrait, [E] look like Mama Borthwick on that [F] shining brow [C] Of _ _ [G] Taliesin
_ Someone might try [C] to burn it down
[E] So [Em] you'll have to put [F] the fire [G] out
_ [C] A fortune [G] spent, _ that's [F] irrelevant
To [Am] build [E] something [F] that's sacred till the [C] end _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] It _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] costs $20 [E] to visit Fallen Water
[F] It's a perfect house [C] where no [G] one lives
_ [C] Maybe someone once did, [E] but they [Em] got evicted
[F] By a busload full [C] of [G] greedy [F] tourists
And it would [C] take a time machine
[E] _ To fulfill [F] all of my _ [G] fantasies
[C] Well, a hidden dream [G] can [C] be embarrassing
[A] And the [Am] only thing [Em] that's [G] sacred till [C] the end _
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_ [C] Every time I tempt fate, [Em] there's a major earthquake
[F] Heard the people screaming [C] as the [G] ceiling fell
_ [C] Every building damaged, [E] only one left standing
[F] It was Frank Lloyd [C] Wright's [G] Imperial _ [F] Hotel
A [C] rumination in my mind
[E] Winding like the ramp at [F] the _ [G]
Guggenheim
[C] No, I'm [G] not there yet, [C] but I'm [F] feeling confident
[Am] To build [Em] something [F] that's [G] sacred till [C] the end
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