Little Brother - A Distance Chords

      C  (Em)  Em9   G   Em   D/F#
e|----x----x----x----x----x----x----|
B|----x----x----x----x----x----x----|
G|----0----0----0----0----0----2----|
D|----2----5----4----0----2----0----|
A|----3----7----5----2----2----0----|
E|----0----0----0----3----0----2----| 



Intro: Pick around with 

C, (Em), Em9


      C                                (Em)
I've held my breath for twenty f**king years;
     Em9                C      
hesitation brought me here.
                       (Em)                
It makes it harder to believe
          Em9       C        
that I’ll see you again.



                        (Em)                
I’m so scared of growing up,
        Em9                    C
I still act like I’m 15 years old
                 (Em)
Too early to give up,
        Em9           C
but too old to come home.



                           (Em)
Well I found myself at a distance,
         Em9                        C
empty highways and freezing train carriages.
                               (Em)
I never thought I’d see myself like this,
            Em9                           C
freezing to death in this f**king city apartment.



         C
Well I’m 21, and so alone’



       G        
This distance, it gave me an option
        C
in the form of a shiny red apple.
             Em                                  
And in it’s dark red skin, I saw my reflection — 
C
I couldn’t take it, I sunk my teeth in.



[ C, (Em), Em9 ] x2



       C                                    (Em)
Watch your tail-lights fade over this stale town,
               Em9               C
your arms are waving from your window —
                    (Em)                 Em9
I can barely make it out, barely make it out.



            C                                     (Em)
It’ll be a cold and quiet month spent alone in my head.
           Em9      C
When you finally return,
                      (Em)                Em9
we’ll be stronger for this, stronger for this.



          G
I keep a tiny colored print of you and I,
                 C
the one that we took at our friend’s engagement.
             Em                        
Sometimes I catch myself just swimming in your smile.
                          C
There's a crease over your eyes; if I try, I remember what they look like.



[ C, (Em), Em9 ] x2



          C
I keep a tiny colored print of you and I
             G
folded and creased like a bill,
       D/F#                       C
in the paper compartment of my wallet.
                                   G       D/F#                             
A worthy home for something that comes and goes



    C        
I know now why I’ve never felt at home;
                 G  
I’m happy and healthy in my head, 
         D/F#
but I’ve never felt so alone.



            C              
I spend my days counting the lines along the road.
                           G
They disappear right under me
                              D/F#
like all the places that I’ve been,
                  C
just thinking of you.



C