Ataris - Eight Of Nine Chords

The Ataris
8 of 9
So Long Astoria
2003

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -    022100
Abm -  466444
C#m -  x46654
A -    x02220
Ab/C - x365xx
B -    x24442
B7 -   x21202


Verse 1:
E                Ab/C
  These hospital walls 
                 A
are the palest of white
C#m             E
   here in this desert 
                    B         A
they're reciting my last rites
                   B
the smell of these halls
                 E
brings temporary comfort
as the oxygen flows 
Ab/C
through my blood
A        B(hold)
  el corazon was 
poisoned tonight


Chorus:
E Abm
     she's on her 
      A     B B7(hold)
eight 8 of 9


Verse 2:
     E
when half of all your 
                 Abm
prayers are insincere
                  A    B A
the other half are lies
E              Ab/C
  here is this watermark 
           A
under this bridge
C#m
   the point where 
       E
it all crested
rolled back and 
B               A
drifted into the sea
                  B
i climb from this wreckage
        E
as the smoke begins 
         Ab/C
to clear from my lungs
A                B
  the closest of close calls 
               C#m
has happened tonight
it's time that i 
E
made things right
        B
for the first time
          A        B
since the last time
C#m                   E
   let this moment of clarity
          B
lift this curse that 
               A     A
has been cast upon me


Verse 3:
A
  So appreciate 
    B
the good times
E
  but don't take the 
          Ab/C
worst for granted
A                B(hold)
  cause you only get so 

many second chances


Outro: E--Abm- x4, E(hold)