Vampire Weekend - Diplomats son
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Tuning:
[Intro]
F# G#m C# C#7
[Verse 1]
It's not F#right,G#m C#
but it's now or neF#ver G#m C#
And if I F#wa-G#ma-a-C#ait
could I ever forgive mF#yself?G#m C#
On F#a nighG#mt C#
when the moon glows yellow in the F#riptideG#m C#
With the F#li-G#mi-i-C#ight
from the TVs buzzing in the F#houseG#m7 C#7
Cause F#I'm gonna cut it where G#mI can
And thenC# I'm gonna duck out bC#7ehind them
If I F#ever had a chance it's G#mnow then
But I C#never had the feeling I could C#7offer that to F#you
G#m7 C#7
[Pre-chorus]
To F#offer it to G#myou would be C#7cruel
When all I want to F#do is useG#m, use C#7you
[Chorus 1]
He was a diplomat's F#son
G#m It was ‘eighty-C#one, C#7
He was a diplomat's F#son
G#m It was ‘eighty-C#one, C#7oh-oh-oh-oh
F# G#m C# C#7
F# G#m C# C#7
[Verse 2]
Dressed in F#white G#m C#
with my C#7car keys hidden in the F#kitcheG#mn C# C#7
I could F#sleep G#m C#
wherC#7ever I lay my F#head G#m C# C#7
And the F#sight G#m C#
of your C#7two shoes sitting in the F#bathtub G#m C# C#7
Let me F#know G#m C#
that I C#7shouldn't give up justF# yet
Cause F#I'm gonna take it from G#mSimon
And then C#I'm gonna duck out beC#7hind them
If I F#ever had a chance it's G#mnow then
But IC# never had the feeling I couldC#7 offer that toF# you G#m7 C#7
[Pre-chorus]
To F#offer it to G#myou would be C#cruel
When C#7all I want to F#do is useG#m, use C#you C#7
[Chorus 1]
He was a diplomat's F#son
G#m It was ‘eighty-C#one, C#7
He was a diplomat's F#son
G#m It was ‘eighty-C#one, C#7oh-oh-oh-oh
[Bridge]
B F# F# C#7
B F# F# C#7
B I know,F# you'll say
F#I'm not doing C#7it right
But Bthis is how I F#want it
F# C#7
B I can'tF# go back
F# To how I C#7felt before
[Verse 3]
F# That night I G#msmoked a joint
With C#my best friend
We C#7found ourselves in F#bed
When I woke G#mup he was C#gone C#7
[Chorus 2]
F# He was a G#mdiplomat's son
C# It was ‘C#7eighty-one,
F# He was a G#mdiplomat's son
C# It was ‘C#7eighty-one
[Instrumental break]
F# G#m C# C#7
F# G#m C# C#7
B F# F# C#7
B F# F# C#7
[Outro]
F# G#m C#
F# G#m C#
Looking F#outG#m C#
at the ice cold water all aF#round me G#m C#
I can'tF# feel G#m C#
any traces of that otherF# place G#m C#
In theF# dark G#m C#
when the wind comes racing off the F#river G#m C#
There's a F#carG#m C#
all black with diplomatic F#plates G#m C#