Destroyer - Farrar straus and giroux
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Destroyer is Dan Bejar, one of the New Pornographers (usually referred to as "indie
supergroup New Pornographers" and then followed by a mention of Neko Case). There aren't
any chords/tabs for Destroyer songs online, which is just ridiculous; the man can write
rock songs (or, in the case of "Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Sea of Tears)," melancholy
pop/country songs) like nobody's business, and who doesn't like to rock out, now and
again, in the grand indie style' Having said that, I hope I've been rocking (or popping)
appropriately to this song.
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It wasF#m back amongst the living
YourBm smile was giving
MeG a thrill
EnouDgh to come so close
To cF#mlosing the deal
The steal of the century
BmA century stolen from our hearts
To aG house on the hill
But ifA that is what it takes
If thaGt is what it takes
A G-Bm-G-Bm-G
If that is what it takes
ToD be a stone
A stonF#me's throw from your throne
No mBman has ever hung
From the rGafters of a second home
No mDan has ever hung
From tF#mhe rafters of a second home
Bm
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ItD's true
I neeF#mded you more
BackBm when I was poor
The wealGthy dowager, the patroness
She guessed it
The answer wasn't yes
DBut her maxims were fine
The etF#mhos that flew about her mind
LiBmke swallows in search
Of aG burnt-down bell tower church
But ifA that is what it takes
If thaGt is what it takes
A G-Bm-G-Bm-G
If that is what it takes
ToD be a stone
A stonF#me's throw from your throne
No mBman has ever hung
At the tGemporary age of twenty-four
(With) both feet on the floor
DListening tF#mo the bona fide stasis of sound
The eaves dripping
BmYesterday'Gs ill-timed August rain
If tDhere is sF#much a thing as ill-timed August rain
Bm
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D-F#m-Bm-G (x2)
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