Chords for mewithoutYou - Messes of Men

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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ I do not [C] exist, but [E] faithfully exist,
Failing in our [G] separations from each tiny [Am] carabell,
Tiring and [C] trying, at the necessary [E] time,
Like the horseshoe crab in its proper season,
[Am] Shed its shell such distance from our [C] friend,
Like a scratch [E] across a lens,
Made [G] everything look wrong from anywhere [Am] we stood,
Our paper [C] blew away before we [C] left the bay,
[E] So half blind we wrote these songs on sheets of [Am] soft wood,
_ Called me [C] naked eyes, the other [E] above the fly,
Heard me [G] laughing louder at the jokes told [Am] by their daughters,
I said my [C] horse would land with you well [E] on the trail,
It takes a steady hand to navigate the [Am] gulf and water,
Propellers [C] spinning flames held a weight and [E] clipped away,
Cause there's [G] mistakes I've made, no rowing could [Am] outrun,
The quarrel [C] on the band, I say I [E] got no past,
I'm nonetheless a librarian and [Am] secretary's son,
With parnish [C] on my flask, and mildew [E] on my glass,
I never once [G] someone so crass could want someone [Am] like me,
But a few weeks [C] offshore, I've been a [E] flashing war,
And I assure you it was not what I expected [Am] it to be,
I still [C] taste this kiss, that dull [E] look in my lip,
As a memory [G] as useless as a rod without [Am] a reel,
When anger [C] ever dropped, seasick [E] yet still dark,
Captain's spotting, napping with his first [Am] mate,
If the weevil floating were deathly [C] aloft,
With no need to [E] be strong, we keep our [G] confessions long,
And when we crave we [Am] keep it short, I'm trying to sing the whole [C] song,
I'll not ever come [E] back, _ _ _
Oh my [Am] God,
I do not [C] exist,
We faithfully [E] insist,
While watching [G] St.
Fanny ship with everything we [Am] do,
And if ever you [C] come near, I'll hold up my [E] boot,
And Lord I could never [E] show you anything as beautiful as [A] you, _ _ _
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