Tuning: E A D G B E

Acoustic Chords --------------- Asus2 x0220x F#m 24422x E 02210x F 13321x A x0222x D xx023x [Verse 1] Asus2 F#m E F E e|------------|------------|------------|------------| B|-------0----|----------0-|------------|------------| G|------------|----2-------|------14-13-|--10----9---| D|----2-----2-|-------0----|------------|--10----9---| A|-0----------|------------|---14-------|--8-----7---| E|------------|-2----------|-0----------|------------|

There's a ^Asus2saltwater film on the jar of your ashes I ^F#mthrew them to sea but a gust blew them backwards And the ^Esting in my eyes that you then inflicted Was ^Fpar for the course just as ^Ewhen you were living

[Verse 2]

It's ^Asus2no stretch to say you were not quite a father But a ^F#mdonor of seeds to a poor single mother That would ^Eraise us alone, we never saw the money that That ^Fwent down your throat through the ^Ehole in your belly

Asus2 F#m E F E [Verse 3]

^Asus2Thirteen years old in the suburbs of Denver ^F#mStanding in line for Thanksgiving dinner At the ^ECatholic church, the servers wore crosses To ^Fshield from the sufferance ^Eplaguing the others

[Verse 4]

^Asus2Styrofoam plates, cafeteria tables ^F#mCharity reeks of cheap wine and pity And I'm ^Ethinking of you, I do every year When we ^Fcount all our blessings and ^Ewonder what we're doing here

[Interlude] A e|-------------------------| B|-----5-2-----------------| G|----------4-1------------| D|---------------2-1--4/6--| x20 A|--0----------------------| E|-------------------------| [Verse 5]

^Asus2You're a disgrace to the concept of family The ^F#mpriest won't divulge that fact in his homily I'll ^Estand up and scream if the mourning remain quiet You can ^Fdeck out a lie in a ^Esuit but I won't buy it

[Verse 6]

I won't ^Asus2join in the procession that's speaking their peace Using ^F#mfive dollar words while praising his integrity And ^Ejust cause he's gone it doesn't change the fact He was a ^Fbastard in life thus a ^Ebastard in death, yeah

[Outro]

^F#m Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da ^E Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da ^A Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da ^E Ba-ba ba-^Dba ba-ba ba-da

^F#m Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da ^E Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da ^F#m

Death Cab For Cutie - Styrofoam plates