Chord Song For Oscars by Slaughter Beach

Intro Dmaj7 Bm A x2 Verse 1 Dmaj7 Bm Tending to the city's broken heart A Little question marks linger over lonely people In the diner after dark Dmaj7 Bm All cooing in their tiny china cups A One great devastated row at the plate glass window Instrumental D Bm A x2 Pre-Chorus D Bm We move to greet the emphysemic outlaws at the park A Hoarding fourteen nips of Dewars In an army jacket liquor cabinet D Bm Starving out the skaters for a ledge under the stars A Am D Bm They all lived seven lives beforе the sun let down her guard F#m Am A D Bm7 Thеy all lived seven lives before the sun let down her guard F#m Am They all lived seven lives before the sun let down her guard Chorus C G A Magazine readers, with your matchbooks and compact mirrors C E Dmaj7 Clobbered at Oscar's with flowers in the face of fear Instrumental Bm F#m D Dmaj7 x2 Verse 2 A poem for the blue stalls Dm Bm D In the bathrooms of the world in the backs of bars Dmaj7 Hungry neon lovers' symbols hurled across the booths Dm Bm At the new boys, a little thick between the ears Pre-Chorus D He's going for sentimental, but he's comin' off severe Dmaj7 He says he's dead for seven years Bm He was dutifully revered F#m In certain circles they were casting statues out of potter plaster Dmaj7 But that was all a while ago Bm Before he got here F#m Now he lives on gin and tonics Dm And studies Economics Chorus C Bm A Magazine readers, with your matchbooks and compact mirrors C E D Clobbered at Oscar's with flowers in the face of fear C B A Ah, you magazine readers, with your matchbooks and compact mirrors C E7 D Clobbered at Oscar's with flowers in the face of fear Outro C Bm A C E D