About To Die Chords by Dirty Projectors

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[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] If the search has been [F] long and futile [Dm] and brutal
[F] And if you squint [Em] trying to [Am] recollect the [Em] bosom
Of your true love [E] _ You'll [C] reach out and [F] into the absence
And gasping, the vastness grabs [Em] you like an alien _ embrace
You're facing to its [E] face
[C] Knowing that [F] neither beginning [A] is spinning You're breathless [G] orbiting a [Am] dark and hateful
[Em] start An evil [Gm] world
Where would I ever [Dm] be without you?
_ [Bb] _
[C] How could I [F] hope to seize the tablet of [Bb] values?
And [C] redact it, [F] foolish and rude
But I'm [Dm] about to [F] die
About [D] to die
[D] About to [F] die
About [D] to [C] die
_ _ _ [E]
Your [B] [Am] life must [F] surely be ending [Dm] and trembling [F] You realize you never [Am] lived that day at [Em] all
And it's [Am] all your [E] fault
It [Am] all seems unspeakably vile [Dm] and wild [D] You wretch the [Em] memory of all you [Am]
understood
[Em] The [Am] land no lives in [Bb] to extend
Where would I ever [F] be without [Dm] you?
_ [Bb] _ [C] How could I [Dm] hope to seize the tablet of [Bb] values?
And [C] redact it, [F] foolish and rude
But I'm [D] about to [F] die
About [D] to [C] die
About [Dm] to [F] die
About [A] to die
_ [F] Look there, the goblins dressed [C] up like [D] a wolf Mutants all [F] they glimmer and [Dm]
hateful
_ [F] Look there, the mirror, all [G] so distant [D] staring [F] Faking and glaring, [C] _ _
[C] pronouncing your name
As his own
[F] _
About _ [Dm] _ _ [F] to die
About to [Gm] die
_ [Bb] _ [C] Where would I [F] ever be [Dm] without you?
_ [Bb] _ [C] How could I [F] hope to seize the [Dm] tablet of [Bb] values?
And [C] redact it, [F] foolish and rude
But I'm [Dm] about to die _ _ _
_ [F] About [Dm] to die
About to [F] die
[Dm] About to die _
_ [F] About [D] to die
[F] _ [Dm] About, about, [F] about
You're [Dm] already dead
You're already [F] dead
[Dm] You're already [F] dead
[D] But you're about [C] to die
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _