The Hold Steady - T-shirt tux

There’s that ^Fgirl from your work and she’s ^Dmhere with some guy ^C He’s got a ^Ft-shirt tux and ^Dmpiano key tie ^C The ^Frest of us were ^Drolling our eyes at the ^Amhandshake He did with the ^Cdoorman But ^Fthat’s how he gets the ^Dmstuff that makes him feel so ^Cimportant And we ^Fall need something to ^Dmget through the night ^C 'Cause the ^Fkitchen gets hot and the ^Dmfingers get fried ^C A ^FPontius Pilate ^Dplayed to the crowd And they ^Call thought they knew what he ^Amwanted And ^Feveryone’s sorry when they ^Dsee that it’s dawn I ^Cassume that’s the reason we ^Amdo this And ^Fme and the guy with the ^Dpiano key tie Are ^Amprobably gonna play right ^Cthrough this

^FTiny little ^Ctriumphs, ^Gmassive bloody ^Cfailures ^FI heard that there are ^Csailors who ^Gdread coming to shore ^FI guess it’s ^Ctrue, it’s ^Gtrue I ^Cguess But ^Ftonight I fear my ^Csensors aren’t ^Greceiving at their best

And ^Feveryone's acting like the^Dmy hate that they’re her^Ce ^FBaring their teeth and ^Dmsharpening spears ^C The ^Fstuff that they put in the ^Dpunch bowl tonight Makes it ^Amtoo hard to pay much ^Cattention But your ^Fwar of attrition turned ^Dmout to be a major at^Ctraction A ^Fboy and a girl were ^Dmdraining their beers ^C He said ^F“Stalin was a weatherman to ^Dmstart his career ^C And ^FJohnny Cash was in the ^Dservice when the ^Amnews came through the w^Cire And it’s ^Fweird how you feel when ^Dbad people die” She said ^C“Yeah I guess, ^Amwhatever All your ^Ffun little facts are ^Dmnever going to keep us to^Cgether”

We'll ^Fall be ^Cdoomed once we ^Gleave this ^Croom We’re ^Fspinning through the ^Cturnstiles And we’re ^Gsleeping in our ^Cshoes Well we’re s^Fad and ^Cstoned When we’re a^Gll hooked up at h^Come But when we ^Fleave the house we’re ^Chomesick Got the ^Gdisconnection blues There were ^Fmultiple dis^Cpensers and some ^Gfriends we couldn’t use

There’s a candle on the table, there’s a ^Fphoto on the ^Cfridge There’s a ^Fbunch of things we ^Csaid we were gonna ^Gdo and never did ^C

And trying to ^Ffind a place to park ^{C F}Turning on a ^Cburner that ^Gnever catches ^Cspark They said everything’s perception but ^Fthat’s not really ^Cright ^FLet’s all try to ^Ctell a little ^Gtruth tonight^{C F}Let’s all try to ^Ctell a little ^Gtruth tonight^C