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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. D
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 G
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 G D-F#m-Bm-G (x2) D