These lead lines are played over the chords throughout most of the song: e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|--11-11--14-11-9~-----------------------------| D|----------------------------11-11--14-11-9-7~-| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|

^ARagged robbins for the c^F#murtain call ^D ^AWrapped in ribbons on the ^F#mtrailer door ^D ^ACarved initials in a con^F#mcrete footstall ^D ^AOn the imitation m^F#marble floor ^D ^AWe're the boxtop admis^F#msions and thei^Dr throwaways, ^AStrewn across to^F#mbacco ro^Dads ^AWith their wormwood s^F#mhots and their s^Dnake oil plots ^ADrunk sheepshank co^F#mn men and their^D sycophants

^AAn^F#md I ^D ^AI often w^F#monder if I've alr^Deady died

[GUITAR DROPS OUT; Only bass/drums play for a frame]

^AOut at elbows by^F#m the encore ^D ^ABut there's a citadel^F#m inside ^D ^AWhere I'll go and shape my ^F#mheart like you^Drs, ^AAs you shape yours ^F#mlike mine^D ^AWhere we're the spiraling a^F#mrms of all gala^Dxies ^AAnd we're the microscop^F#mic sand ^D ^ASuffering from delusions of ung^F#mrandeur on m^Diddling display ^ABeside the Cardiff gi^F#mant with the alab^Daster e^Aye^F#ms ^D

^AI often wo^F#mnder if I've al^Dready ^Adi^F#med ^D ^AI often w^F#monder if I've alr^Deady died,

[BRIDGE]: repeat 4x

^AOr if the 'I' ^Aif the 'I' ^Ais an uninte^Dlligible lie

[OUTRO]:

^AOff we flew like swarms of hornets ^F#m'Woken up' from w^Dinter's rest ^ATo colonize with plastic pulp Our ne^F#mighbor's perfect p^Daper nest ^AWhile all year round potter wasp Has bu^F#mzzed her unhi^Dnged song ^AYou can hear its creaking in our floorboards ^F#mMegalomania's only ma^Dnia if you're wrong

A, F#m, D x2 A (strummed a few times during the instrumental outro) A: e|---| F#m: e|-2-| D: e|-2-| B|-2-| B|-2-| B|-3-| G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-2-| D|-2-| D|-4-| D|-0-| A|-0-| A|-4-| A|---| E|---| E|-2-| E|---|

Mewithoutyou - Cardiff giant