The Decemberists - On the bus mall

In^Cmaj7 matching blue raincoats our shoes were our showboats we ^Gkicked around From ^Cmaj7stairway to station we made a sensation with the ^Ggadabout crowd And ^Cmaj7oh what a bargain we're two easy targets For the ^Gold men at the off-tracks Who've ^Cmaj7paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars Which we ^Gsquirreled away In our ^Emrat-trap hotel by the ^Amfreeway ^{Asus2 Am} And we ^Cslept in Sundays ^Cmaj7

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Your ^Cmaj7parents were anxious your cool was contagious At the ^Gold school You ^Cmaj7left without leaving a note for your grieving Sweet ^Gmother while your brother was so cruel And ^Cmaj7here in the alleys your spirits were rallied As you ^Glearned quick to make a fast buck In ^Cmaj7bathrooms and ballrooms on dumpsters and heirlooms We ^Gbit our tongues Sucked our ^Emlips into our lungs 'til we were ^Amfalling Such was our ^Ccalling

And ^Emhere in our ^Dhollow we ^Amfused like a family ^C But ^EmI will not ^Dmourn for ^Cyou So ^Emtake up your ^Dmakeup and ^Ampocket your pills away ^C We're ^Amkings among runaways ^Cm On the ^Gbus mall We're ^Cmdown on the ^Gbus mall

^Cmaj7Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants Of the ^Gold town We ^Cmaj7reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball And we ^Gnever let the bastards get us down And we ^Cmaj7laughed off the quick tricks the old men with limp dicks On the ^Gcolonnades of the waterfront park As ^Cmaj7four in the morning came on cold and boring We ^Ghuddled close In the ^Embus stop enclosure ^Amenfolding ^{Asus2 Am} Our hands tightly ^Cholding ^Cmaj7

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But ^Emhere in our ^Dhollow we ^Amfused like a family ^C But ^EmI will not ^Dmourn for ^Cyou So ^Emtake up your ^Dmakeup and ^Ampocket your pills away ^C We're ^Amkings among runaways ^Cm On the ^Gbus mall We're ^Cmdown on the ^Gbus mall We're ^Cmdown on the ^Gbus mall At this point Guitar comes in with Intro riff ^CmDown on the ^Gbus mall ^DOh^Cmaj7hhh ^{G Cmaj7 G}