Fear City
Elliott Smith
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Tom : Eb
A# G# F# C#
Dragged down into lowercase
F# Fm
A# C# D# x3 A# G#
Trying to get your cops to talk right
F# C#
But they can't put the paper in your face
F# Fm
A# C# D# x3 A# G#
You're just trying to walk by
F# C#
So now I got a new game, baby
F# Fm
No one's going to recognize it
A# C# D# A# C# D#
Your broken English over their flat, tired remarks
A# C# D# A# G#
Still trying to bring some dead beauty back to life
D# F#
A#- > A- > G#- > Cm
Isn't it pretty?
F# D# F#
A#- > A- > G#- > Cm F# G#
Yeah, I'm going to see my city dead
F# C# F# Fm
A# C# D# x3 A# G#
I can do everything that your man does except for better
G# F# C#
Got no interest now in undressing your kids
F# Fm
With cheap angst love letters
A# C# D# A# C# D#
You write your name in all of the places no one goes
A# C# D# A# G#
Some can't be satisfied until everybody knows
[Trecho 2x]
D# F#
A#- > A- > G#- > Cm
Isn't it pretty?
F# D# F#
A#- > A- > G#- > Cm F#
Yeah, I'm going to see my city dead
(Come on)
D# F#
A#- > A- > G#- > Cm
Isn't it pretty?
F# D# F#
A#- > A- > G#- > Cm F#
Yeah, I'm going to see my city dead
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