Chords for Over the Rhine - Latterdays

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_ _ _ _ What [B] a beautiful piece [C#m] of heartache [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ this [B] has all turned out to [E] be. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] Lord knows we've learned [C#m] the hard way.
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ [B] All about healthy _ [G#m]
[C#m] apathy.
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I use [E] these words [F#m] pretty loosely.
_ There _ _ [E] _ _
is so much more to life _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
than there is [B] of me.
You would [C#m] not recognize.
[A] I _ _ [E] _ _ _
call it the [B] shadow _ [C#m] of myself.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
And if [B] the music starts [C#m] before I [A] get there.
_ [E] _ _
Dance [B] without me.
_ _ [C#m] You would not [A] be so _ graceful.
[E] _ _
I really [B] think I will be [C#m] okay. _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Chigging [B] at you these latter [C#m] days. _ _
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Nothing [B] like sleeping in a bed [C#m] of nails. _
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Nothing [B] much here but our broken [C#m] _ dreams.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Oh, [B] but baby, if all [C#m] else fails. _
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Nothing [B] is ever quite [C#m] what it seems. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] And I decide to [F#m] leave. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
With more than just _ [F#m] clichés. _
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There is [B] of me you would not [C#m] _ _
recognize.
[A] Dear, _ [E] _ _ _
call it [B] the shadow of [C#m] myself. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
And if [B] the music starts [C#m] before I [A] _ get there.
[E] _ _
Dance [B] without me.
_ _ [C#m] Cause you would [A] not be so graceful.
[E] I really _
_ [B] think I will be [C#m] okay. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Chigging at [B] you these [E] latter days.
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Tell them [D#] it's real.
[B] _ _ [C#m] _
Tell them it's [A] real.
_ _ [E] Cause _ I [B] just don't have much [C#m] left to say.
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_ [B] Chigging at you these [C#m] latter days.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
We've taken [B] the toll.
_ _ [C#m]
These latter _ _ [E] _ days. _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ Thank _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
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_ _ _ _ you so [A] much everybody.
Thanks [N] so much for coming in.
_ You make us feel good.
Thanks.
Merry Christmas. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _