Chords for The Hold Steady - I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You (Official Music Video)

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[C#m] I heard the city's skate skims are kinda kickin' again.
I heard they finally got some discipline.
Runnin' up the score and stockin' [A] up like it's World War 4.
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I heard that some are gettin' sprung, and some are back in.
You know it's always back and [B] forth.
[E] And most of them are dead, and some [C#m] don't even live here anymore.
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_ [A] _ [F#] So when I brought you [C#] back here for [C#m] Christmas, I didn't think [A] we would see them.
[F#] I guess I [B] should have explained. _ _
[C#m] That was the side of the city [E] I didn't want you to see.
[F#] _ _ [A] _
[C#m] It's just these guys that I know [E] go back for you too.
[F#] _ _ [A] _
I hope this old [E] thing didn't frighten you.
[F#] There was times that it terrified me.
[B] [C#m] I know what they said, [E] I don't know if it's true.
[F#] I hope this old thing didn't frighten you.
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[B] [C#] I remember in the bunker, down by the river,
[A] when someone said that's [C#m] where they've been getting together.
They got masks for the gas, they're sleeping in their [A] bulletproof vests.
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[C#m] I guess Jeffery came out of St.
Cloud with a little ideology.
Some new [F#] way of thinking, [E] man.
[C#m] A view to the future.
Jesus, this might be a mess.
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[A] _ _ [F#] For me it was [C#] mostly the [C#m] music.
I couldn't go [A] to the shows, man.
[F#] I guess I should [B] have explained. _ _
[C#] That was the side of the city [E] I didn't want you to see.
[F#] _ _ [A] _
[C#m] It's just these guys that I know [E] go back for you too.
[F#] _ _ [A] _
I hope this old thing [E] didn't frighten you.
[F#] There was times that it terrified me.
[C#m] I know what they said, [E] I don't know if it's true.
[F#] I hope this old thing didn't frighten you.
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
They never give us truth.
As long as they got something to prove.
I know they got something [G#] to prove.
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[A] I'm the one that's throwing tunes and they're cranking up the tunes.
[F#] And I can tell this old thing kind of frightened you.
[B] _ _ [C#] _ [C#m] That was the side of the city [E] I didn't want you to see.
[F#] _ _ [A] _ [C#] It's just these guys that I know [E] go back for you too.
[F#] _ _ [A] I saw you look at their shoes, [E] I saw you look at their teeth.
[F#] I can tell [B] this old thing kind of frightened you.
[C#m] I saw you tapping [E] your arm like you wanted to cruise.
[F#] I can tell this old thing [C#m] kind of frightened you.
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