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The New Pornographers - Broken Breads
From: Twin Cinema (2005)
EI could have itA  
without the whores and Dtheir buggies 
EI suppose their father kAnows best... where the wind goes 
Eyou could always see into tAhe dark for miles aDround 
Emy job was to try and mAake a sound 
Athen I heard the call ofE  
AI heard the call toE  
Dscreaming "I don't wanna" 
AI saw the girlsE  
Athe new world minstrelsE  
Dwhispering "I don't wanna"
Bmtormented kings, your children of tEhe earth sing A  E  D  E  
Bmunder an embalmed clear skyE  
Bmunder an embalmed clear sky E  
EI foresee that you'll Abe weakened
the chilDdren of your cash
EI can tell you can't lAive without it
Ewho was I to come betwAeen a whore and her moneyD?
Eyes there is a war, boys versAus girls 
Dclowns versus their curls 
  A    E    A    E    D    DX2
Bm     E
A  E  D  E  Bm
     (You probably get the drift by now...)
I invested well 
and heavily into your antics 
I requested suicide blonde 
loudly 
yes there is a war 
its much like the one I've been waiting for 
boys versus girls 
clowns versus their curls 
I heard the call of 
I heard the call to 
screaming "I don't wanna" 
I saw the pearls 
the new world minstrels 
whispering "I don't wanna" 
tormented kings 
your children of the earth sing 
under an embalmed clear sky 
under an embalmed clear sky

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Broken Breads

by The New Pornographers

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The New Pornographers - Broken Breads

From: Twin Cinema (2005)

E A

I could have it

without the whores and their buggies

E A

I suppose their father knows best... where the wind goes

E A D

you could always see into the dark for miles around

E A

my job was to try and make a sound

A E

then I heard the call of

A E

I heard the call to

screaming "I don't wanna"

A E

I saw the girls

A E

the new world minstrels

whispering "I don't wanna"

Bm E A E D E

tormented kings, your children of the earth sing

Bm E

under an embalmed clear sky

Bm E

under an embalmed clear sky

E A

I foresee that you'll be weakened

the children of your cash

E A

I can tell you can't live without it

E A D

who was I to come between a whore and her money?

E A

yes there is a war, boys versus girls

clowns versus their curls

A E A E D D

Bm E

A E D E Bm

(You probably get the drift by now...)

I invested well

and heavily into your antics

I requested suicide blonde

loudly

yes there is a war

its much like the one I've been waiting for

boys versus girls

clowns versus their curls

I heard the call of

I heard the call to

screaming "I don't wanna"

I saw the pearls

the new world minstrels

whispering "I don't wanna"

tormented kings

your children of the earth sing

under an embalmed clear sky

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