Vampire Weekend - Step

^GEvery time I see ^Dyou in the world, ^Emyou always step to my ^Bmgirl ^{C G C D}

^GBack back way back I u^Dsed to front like Angkor Wat ^EmMechanicsburg Anchorage ^Bmand Dar es Salaam ^CWhile home in New York w^Gas champagne and disco ^CTapes from L.A. ^Dslash San Francisco ^GBut actually Oakland ^Dand not Alameda ^EmYour girl was in Berkeley ^Bmwith her Communist reader ^CMine was entombed withi^Gn boombox and walkman ^CI was a hoarder but ^Dgirl that was back then

^GThe gloves are off, ^Dthe wisdom teeth are ^Emout What you ^Bmon about? ^CI feel it in my ^Gbones, ^CI feel it in my ^Dbones ^GI'm stronger now, ^DI'm ready for the ^Emhouse Such a ^Bmmodest mouse, ^CI can't do it ^Galone, ^CI can't do it ^Dalone

^GEvery time I see ^Dyou in the world, ^Emyou always step to my ^Bmgirl ^{C G C D}

^GAncestors told me that ^Dtheir girl was better ^EmShe's richer than Croesus, she's ^Bmtougher than leather ^CI just ignored all the ^Gtales of a past life ^CStale conversation ^Ddeserves but a bread knife ^GAnd punks who would laugh when^D they saw us together ^EmWell, they didn't know how to ^Bmdress for the weather ^CI can still see them there ^Ghuddled on Astor ^CSnow falling slow to the ^Dsound of the master

^GThe gloves are off, ^Dthe wisdom teeth are ^Emout What you ^Bmon about? ^CI feel it in my ^Gbones, ^CI feel it in my ^Dbones ^GI'm stronger now, ^DI'm ready for the ^Emhouse Such a ^Bmmodest mouse, ^CI can't do it ^Galone, ^CI can't do it ^Dalone

^GWisdom's a gift, but you'd ^Dtrade it for youth ^EmAge is an honor, it's ^Bmstill not the truth ^CWe saw the stars when ^Gthey hid from the world ^CYou cursed the sun when it ^Dstepped to your girl ^GMaybe she's gone and I ^Dcan't resurrect her ^EmThe truth is she doesn't need ^Bmme to protect her ^CWe know the true death, ^Gthe true way of all flesh ^CEveryone's dying, but ^Dgirl you're not old yet

^GThe gloves are off, ^Dthe wisdom teeth are ^Emout What you ^Bmon about? ^CI feel it in my ^Gbones, ^CI feel it in my ^Dbones ^GI'm stronger now, ^DI'm ready for the ^Emhouse Such a ^Bmmodest mouse, ^CI can't do it ^Galone, ^CI can't do it ^Dalone

^GThe gloves are off, ^Dthe wisdom teeth are ^Emout What you ^Bmon about? ^CI feel it in my ^Gbones, ^CI feel it in my ^Dbones ^GI'm stronger now, ^DI'm ready for the ^Emhouse Such a ^Bmmodest mouse, ^CI can't do it ^Galone, ^CI can't do it ^Dalone