The Base Chords by Paul Banks

[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ I _ _ _ _ _
[B] spoke to the base _ [C#m] and the base [E] says beware.
_ _ _ So I [C#] smoke an old cigar [F#] _ while the [E] giant's on the face. _ _ _ _
[F#] I spoke to the base _ and [B] the base says [E] beware.
_ The base says beware. _
Now and then I can see [G#m] the truth [E]
above the lies. _ _ _
Now and then, oh, I [G#m] feel you're truly [E] _
_ amnestized.
_ _ That's why [C#] I walk today, _ _ silence [E] and in grave.
The _ _ _ [C#] _
man's on the face, _ while I was [B] trying to amaze.
[E] It ain't nothing, so I hold my [C#m] arms apart.
I don't think I do [E] anything.
_ It ain't nothing, _ _ [B] so I spoke to the base and the [E] base says beware.
_ _ The base says beware.
Now and then I can see the truth above the lies. _ _ _
[F#m] Now and [E] then, oh, I feel those beauties, this life, their lies.
_ _ They're like [A] streetlights.
[E] They tunnel on [B] and on [E] into these deep nights.
Where the pipes of alarm [B] are so steep.
[E] So _ _ _ _ _ _ _ steep.
[D#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm not the one.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
So I'm not the one.
So I'm not the one.
I'm not [E] the _ one.
I will [A] not be staying.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
[A] Now and [G#m] then, I can see the truth [E]
above the lies.
_ They're [A] like streetlights.
Now and [E] then, I can see those beauties that shine like [G#m] high.
[E] _ _ [B] That's why.