Emmy the Great - Atoms

I k^Gnow you’re going soon It?^D??s ok, I won’t freak Can^G see it in your eyes, you’ve^D been moving out for weeks You^Am’ve found a girl, she’s so muc^Dh prettier than me Sh^Ame’s much cleverer than me Sh^De’s so much happier than me

^GYou want a lover who takes t^Dime over her looks ^GNot some stupid kid who’s always ^Dwrapped up in her books ^AmBut can I help it if a sen^Dtence makes me cry? ^AmAnd the pavement makes me cry ^DAnd the thought of you and I

Oh, just lea^Gve There’s nothing muc^Dh I want to say But close the doo^Gr You know how^D the atmosphere decays my bon^Ames I feel the ato^Dms on my skin ^AmOh, I feel the mat^Dter closing in

^GFrom my perch I see the uni^Dverse as one See the plan^Gets in their glory, slowly da^Dncing with the sun See my anc^Amestors in monkey costumes fuc^Dking on the rocks See the prie^Amstess and her brother and the fa^Drmer and his crops

^GAll these sacred histories have le^Dd to this one day When you f^Gace me on the stairs and say you ^Dhave to go away And time s^Amtops like ice where all aroun^Dd it once was hot So don’t ^Ambegrudge a girl her books cos they’^Dre all a girl has got

They sit there n^Gow The words unflinching i^Dn their strength You see I on^Gly ever read Cos I wish I was b^Drave as them And I k^Amnow these words will never leave me stan^Dding on the stairs Just lik^Ame my frozen ancestors they alw^Days will be there In pr^Amint, just like your image on my he^Dart For e^Amver like the planets light the da^Drk Just l^Amike our world is waltzing with the ^Dsun Just l^Amike when this world explodes it makes an^Dother one

Oh you, just le^Gave I always want^Ded you to be free But next time y^Gou see the planets tr^Dy and think of me And this mo^Amment on a stairway where I thou^Dght that I could see All the a^Amtoms in your lover, she’s much pret^Dtier than me And can I ^Amhelp it if an atom makes me cr^Dy? I can’t^Am help it if she’s happier t^Dhan I