Tuning: E A D G B E

I noticed that no one had attempted to post chords for this song, so here's my meager hopefully accurate interpretation. -------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse]

^AThere's a saltwater film on the jar of your ashes I ^DThrew them to sea, but a gust blew them backward and the

^ESting in my eyes that you then inflicted was ^FPar for the course just as

^EWhen you were living [Verse] ^AIt's no stretch to say you were not quite a father but a

^Ddonor of seeds to a Poor single mother that would ^Eraise us alone, We'd never see the money that

^FWent down your throat through the ^Ehole in your belly.

[Verse]

^AThirteen years old in the suburbs of Denver ^DStanding in line for Thanksgiving dinner at the

^ECatholic church. the servers wore crosses to ^Fshield from the sufferance

^Eplaguing the others. [Verse] ^AStyrofoam plates, cafeteria tables

^Dcharity 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.

[Verse]

^AYou're a disgrace to the concept of family the ^Dpriest won't divulge that fact in his homily and I'll

^Estand up and scream if the mourning remain quiet, you can ^Fdeck out a lie in a suit

^Ebut I won't buy it. I won't ^Ajoin in the procession that's speaking their peace. using

^Dfive 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. Yea!

A D E F E Edit By Travis

Death Cab For Cutie - Styrofoam plates