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Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Gossamer Thin Chords

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Gossamer Thin Chords

(ver. 1)
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
[Intro]

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E7


[Verse]

A               F#m
Rings 'round his eyes
A               F#m
Tracks down his arm
A               F#m
His fans are confused and his 
D              E7
friends are alarmed
A               F#m
His wife doesn't talk
A               F#m
Hates when he's gone
A              F#m
Counts every skirt 
D                E7
in his new entourage


[Chorus]
                 D         E7
And they're all gossamer thin
             A       F#m
Left of the dial, bohemians
           D                 E7
And they dance, turnin' in style
                  A                F#m
Twirl 'round the room, curtsy and smile
A               F#m
And they sit at his feet, 
A       F#m
read poetry
A           E7   D   E7    A
Swoon with each word he speaks


[Harmonica]

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E7


[Verse]

A                  F#m
She likes the new pope
A                   F#m
She's not scared of hell
A                 F#m 
They meet once a week 
       D      E7
at a secret motel
A               F#m
She kisses his neck, 
A               F#m
she plays with his hair
A                        F#m
Her screams sound like pleasure, 
      D           E7
her moans like despair


[Verse]
                     D       E7
And they're spread gossamer thin
               A                  F#m
Pushed to the edge, frayed at the ends
               D         E7
And it's no business of mine
                A                F#m
They can love more than one at a time
            A               F#m
But they're pushing their luck
A               F#m
Hard but they must
A    E7  D   E7    A
Risk it all for love


[Harmonica]

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E7


[Bridge]
                                   
Gm                                 D
Now I walk around in some kind of altered state
F#m                                   A
The drink in my hand is starting to shake
Gm                              D
I get used to it if it has to stay this way
F#m                                   E7
A new bunch of flowers I'll have to arrange


[Harmonica]

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E7


[Verse]

A               F#m
I don't want to eat 
A             F#m
or get out of bed
A         F#m
Try to recall 
          D        E7
what the therapist said
A      F#m
Ego and Id,
A              F#m
the Essential Self
A               F#m
You are who you are 
      D             E7
and you are someone else


[Chorus]
       
                D      E7
But I'm worn gossamer thin
               A                  F#m
Like delicate arch, carved by the wind
                 D          E7
There's a glass psyche at stake
            A                 F#m
Throw me a brick, see if it breaks
       A                  F#m
'Cause the mind and the brain 
A                 F#m
aren't quite the same
A               E7  D    E7     A 
But they both want out of this place


[Outro]

A F#m
A F#m
A F#m
D E7            
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