WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Matt Nathanson - Then Ill Be Smiling Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
[Verse 1]
Cadd9 G D*
Trailed by a mess
Cadd9
Of masking tape
G
Construction paper
D*
And the best of intentions
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
He tried to patch up every hole as he went
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
Back and forth and back again
Cadd9 G D*
And his friends half full of half concerns
Cadd9 G D*
Embarrassed looks and tired words
Bmadd#5
They burrowed deeper
Cadd9 D*
Into the ignorant little lives they preferred
Bmadd#5 Cadd9
And he envied their distance
D*
Their lack of concern
He thought
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
E7 A
Then I'll be smiling
[Interlude]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
[Verse 2]
Cadd9 G D*
He cursed himself
Cadd9 G D*
And his instinct to nurse every idea to health
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
And all of the falls that he'd spent
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
Trying to coax his name from the mouths of success
He thought
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
E7 A
Then I'll be smiling
[Chorus]
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
They litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Then they ask if I'm good enough
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Litter me with small awarenesses
D
Just to wake me up
D/C#
Why do the fools wake me up
[Interlude]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
E7 A
Then I'll be smiling
[Chorus]
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
They litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Then they ask if I'm good enough
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Litter me with small awarenesses
D
Just to wake me up
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
And they have the gall to ask if I'm good enough
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
They litter me with small awarenesses
D
Just to wake me up
D/C#
Why do the fools wake me up
[Outro]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D
