Guided By Voices - Defeatists Lament Tabs

[Intro]
 
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                                                                                                Can  we
 
[Verse 1]
 
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   live      without         nets           in  the    empire      of    the     bottle 
 
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   Shall       we    not     sink           from the   efforts  of  the          swamp
 
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                                                                                               No   more
 
[Verse 2]
 
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   shots        in the       arm           no great    comebacks   in  the       bottle 
 
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   rise       to  the        top             merely    offering          the     plate 
 
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[Chorus]
 
   A                         E5                        F#5                       E5          F#5
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   louse  on  its  knees     sees  beneath  trees  a    louse on its knees must  there      fore 
 
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G|---------------2-------------------|
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E|-3---------------------------------|
   be         played 
 
[Outro]
 
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   C                         A                         C                         A           Esus4/A
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   C                         A           Esus4/A       C                         A           Esus4/A
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