The Weakerthans - My favorite chords

^GThey're tearing up streets again ^CThey're building a new hotel ^D7The Mayor's out killing kids to keep taxes down ^{D G}and me and my anger ^Csit folding a paper bird ^D7letting the curtains turn to beating wings ^{D C}Wish I had a socket-set ^Gto dismantle this morning ^{Gm G}And just one pair of clean socks ^D7And a photo of you ^GWhen you get off work tonight ^Cmeet me at the construction site ^D7and we'll write some notes to tape to the heavy ma^Dchines ^Glike We hope they treat you well ^CHope you don't work too hard ^D7We hope you get to be happy sometimes ^{D C}Bring your swiss-army knife ^Gand a bottle of somethi^Gmng ^Gand I'll bring some spraypaint ^D7and a new deck of cards ^GHey I found the safest place ^Cto keep all our tenderness ^D7Keep all those bad ideas Keep all our hope ^{D G}It's here in the smallest bones ^Cthe feet and the inner-ear ^D7It's such an enormous thing to walk and to listen ^{D C}I'd like to fall asleep ^Gto the beat of you breathi^Gmng ^Gin a room near a truckstop on a highway s^D7omewhere ^GYou are a radio ^CYou are an open door ^D7I am a faulty string of blue christmas lights ^{D G}You swim through frequencies ^CYou let that stranger in ^D7as I'm blinking off and on and off again ^{D C}We've got a lot of time ^GOr maybe we don't ^{Gm G}but I'd like to think so so let me ^D7pretend ^GThese are my favourite chords ^CI know you like them too ^D7When I get a new guitar you could have this one ^{D G}And sing me a lullaby ^CSing me the alphabet ^D7Sing me a story I haven't heard yet ^D