Chords for The Hold Steady - Star 18 (Official Audio)
Tempo:
80.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C
D
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] [E] [A] [E]
[C#m] I know he made plans to mean [C] Spokane, but the way I make plans, you gotta take it with
a [A] grain of salt.
Got jammed in Alabama and I was trying [E] to get all of it resolved.
[D] [C#m] I'm sure it seems like it's a perfect [C] fit, but trust me man, cause I've been upping [A] it.
And at Sean I had to crawl back home through the [E] quicksilver sprawl.
[Em] To tell [G] the truth, if I were [E] you, I'd rather sleep [G#] over than [G] telecommute.
Cause when you're in the same room, I think we make a [G#m] much better connection.
[E] [A] [E] Hemingway [A] Cafe's to the [E] left.
I'm down the summer in [A] the disco [E] check.
Once you get good, you [A] can get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] [C] [E] Sophie's City in the upper check.
I'm tripping hard on [A] the selfie [E] glad.
Now let me hold the money, cause he wants me to leave the car.
[C#m] [C]
[A] [E]
[D] [C#m] Sorry I'm late, I got caught in the moss [C] with this dude who said he used to play with Peter [A] Tosh.
But he never brought it up again once [E] I said, man, I don't believe you.
[D] [C#m] And I was over this great expanse [C] and I saw some kid pissing on his parachute [A] pants.
And once in a second I figured out that he was [E] one of your crew.
[G] The amphetamines did what the [G#] amphetamines do.
And she was chilling through her cheek at the National [G] Zoo.
And the dress she was wearing made a nice case for [E] natural selection.
[A] [E] So hold [A] steady at the comfort [E] room.
Mick Jagger's at the [A] Mandarin.
[E] Once you get good, you can [A] get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] [C] [E] Made a [A] pile of the next to cure.
[E]
Marry ole [A] Hemingway with perfect skin.
[E] Had some creep with a [A] camera who said he's gonna make [E] it star.
[D] [A] You gotta wait [E] in the car.
[F#m] [D] [E] Once upon a time [D] I had a meeting with a [A] man in a mansion.
[E] He pulled a few [F#m] strings just to demonstrate how it's [A] all connected.
[E]
Disseminated from a central source.
Hemingway on the catch-em [A] porch.
[E] Once you get good, you can get [A] it wherever [E] you are.
[A] [E] So hit me backwards, back and south.
Stargate scene [A] on the rotary tower.
[E] Now let me hold the money [A] cause he wants you to wait in the [E] car.
[E] You gotta wait in the car.
[E]
[C#m] I know he made plans to mean [C] Spokane, but the way I make plans, you gotta take it with
a [A] grain of salt.
Got jammed in Alabama and I was trying [E] to get all of it resolved.
[D] [C#m] I'm sure it seems like it's a perfect [C] fit, but trust me man, cause I've been upping [A] it.
And at Sean I had to crawl back home through the [E] quicksilver sprawl.
[Em] To tell [G] the truth, if I were [E] you, I'd rather sleep [G#] over than [G] telecommute.
Cause when you're in the same room, I think we make a [G#m] much better connection.
[E] [A] [E] Hemingway [A] Cafe's to the [E] left.
I'm down the summer in [A] the disco [E] check.
Once you get good, you [A] can get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] [C] [E] Sophie's City in the upper check.
I'm tripping hard on [A] the selfie [E] glad.
Now let me hold the money, cause he wants me to leave the car.
[C#m] [C]
[A] [E]
[D] [C#m] Sorry I'm late, I got caught in the moss [C] with this dude who said he used to play with Peter [A] Tosh.
But he never brought it up again once [E] I said, man, I don't believe you.
[D] [C#m] And I was over this great expanse [C] and I saw some kid pissing on his parachute [A] pants.
And once in a second I figured out that he was [E] one of your crew.
[G] The amphetamines did what the [G#] amphetamines do.
And she was chilling through her cheek at the National [G] Zoo.
And the dress she was wearing made a nice case for [E] natural selection.
[A] [E] So hold [A] steady at the comfort [E] room.
Mick Jagger's at the [A] Mandarin.
[E] Once you get good, you can [A] get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] [C] [E] Made a [A] pile of the next to cure.
[E]
Marry ole [A] Hemingway with perfect skin.
[E] Had some creep with a [A] camera who said he's gonna make [E] it star.
[D] [A] You gotta wait [E] in the car.
[F#m] [D] [E] Once upon a time [D] I had a meeting with a [A] man in a mansion.
[E] He pulled a few [F#m] strings just to demonstrate how it's [A] all connected.
[E]
Disseminated from a central source.
Hemingway on the catch-em [A] porch.
[E] Once you get good, you can get [A] it wherever [E] you are.
[A] [E] So hit me backwards, back and south.
Stargate scene [A] on the rotary tower.
[E] Now let me hold the money [A] cause he wants you to wait in the [E] car.
[E] You gotta wait in the car.
[E]
Key:
E
A
C
D
C#m
E
A
C
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C#m] I know he made plans to mean [C] Spokane, but the way I make plans, you gotta take it with
a [A] grain of salt.
Got jammed in Alabama and I was trying [E] to get all of it resolved.
_ [D] _ [C#m] I'm sure it seems like it's a perfect [C] fit, but trust me man, cause I've been upping [A] it.
And at Sean I had to crawl back home through the [E] quicksilver sprawl.
_ [Em] To tell [G] the truth, if I were [E] you, I'd rather sleep [G#] over than [G] telecommute.
Cause when you're in the same room, I think we make a [G#m] much better connection.
[E] _ [A] _ [E] _ Hemingway [A] Cafe's to the [E] left.
I'm down the summer in [A] the disco [E] check.
Once you get good, you [A] can get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] _ [C] _ [E] _ Sophie's City in the upper check.
I'm tripping hard on [A] the selfie [E] glad.
Now let me hold the money, cause he wants me to leave the car.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ [C#m] Sorry I'm late, I got caught in the moss [C] with this dude who said he used to play with Peter [A] Tosh.
But he never brought it up again once [E] I said, man, I don't believe you.
_ [D] _ [C#m] And I was over this great expanse [C] and I saw some kid pissing on his parachute [A] pants.
And once in a second I figured out that he was [E] one of your crew.
_ _ [G] The amphetamines did what the [G#] amphetamines do.
And she was chilling through her cheek at the National [G] Zoo.
And the dress she was wearing made a nice case for [E] natural selection.
_ [A] _ [E] So hold [A] steady at the comfort [E] room.
Mick Jagger's at the [A] Mandarin.
[E] Once you get good, you can [A] get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] _ [C] _ [E] Made a [A] pile of the next to cure.
[E]
Marry ole [A] Hemingway with perfect skin.
[E] Had some creep with a [A] camera who said he's gonna make [E] it star.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ You gotta wait [E] in the car.
[F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] Once upon a time [D] I had a meeting with a [A] man in a mansion.
_ [E] He pulled a few [F#m] strings just to demonstrate how it's [A] all connected.
_ _ _ [E]
Disseminated from a central source.
Hemingway on the catch-em [A] porch.
[E] Once you get good, you can get [A] it wherever [E] you are.
[A] _ [E] So hit me backwards, back and south.
Stargate scene [A] on the rotary tower.
[E] Now let me hold the money [A] cause he wants you to wait in the [E] car.
[E] You gotta wait in the car.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] I know he made plans to mean [C] Spokane, but the way I make plans, you gotta take it with
a [A] grain of salt.
Got jammed in Alabama and I was trying [E] to get all of it resolved.
_ [D] _ [C#m] I'm sure it seems like it's a perfect [C] fit, but trust me man, cause I've been upping [A] it.
And at Sean I had to crawl back home through the [E] quicksilver sprawl.
_ [Em] To tell [G] the truth, if I were [E] you, I'd rather sleep [G#] over than [G] telecommute.
Cause when you're in the same room, I think we make a [G#m] much better connection.
[E] _ [A] _ [E] _ Hemingway [A] Cafe's to the [E] left.
I'm down the summer in [A] the disco [E] check.
Once you get good, you [A] can get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] _ [C] _ [E] _ Sophie's City in the upper check.
I'm tripping hard on [A] the selfie [E] glad.
Now let me hold the money, cause he wants me to leave the car.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ [C#m] Sorry I'm late, I got caught in the moss [C] with this dude who said he used to play with Peter [A] Tosh.
But he never brought it up again once [E] I said, man, I don't believe you.
_ [D] _ [C#m] And I was over this great expanse [C] and I saw some kid pissing on his parachute [A] pants.
And once in a second I figured out that he was [E] one of your crew.
_ _ [G] The amphetamines did what the [G#] amphetamines do.
And she was chilling through her cheek at the National [G] Zoo.
And the dress she was wearing made a nice case for [E] natural selection.
_ [A] _ [E] So hold [A] steady at the comfort [E] room.
Mick Jagger's at the [A] Mandarin.
[E] Once you get good, you can [A] get it wherever you [G#m] are.
[A] _ [C] _ [E] Made a [A] pile of the next to cure.
[E]
Marry ole [A] Hemingway with perfect skin.
[E] Had some creep with a [A] camera who said he's gonna make [E] it star.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ You gotta wait [E] in the car.
[F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] Once upon a time [D] I had a meeting with a [A] man in a mansion.
_ [E] He pulled a few [F#m] strings just to demonstrate how it's [A] all connected.
_ _ _ [E]
Disseminated from a central source.
Hemingway on the catch-em [A] porch.
[E] Once you get good, you can get [A] it wherever [E] you are.
[A] _ [E] So hit me backwards, back and south.
Stargate scene [A] on the rotary tower.
[E] Now let me hold the money [A] cause he wants you to wait in the [E] car.
[E] You gotta wait in the car.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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