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The View

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Standard Tuning EADGBe (Capo optional, wherever you think it fits best) 
These chords are meant to be easy enough to sing along with, so they're not 100% 
like the real song, but hey, first chords ever for this song.
[Verse 1]
AmYour gun Emwent off
Well you Fshot off your mouth and G6look where it got you
AmMy mouth Emruns on tooF  
AmShouts from Emboth sides,
"Well Fwe've got the land but tG6hey've got the view!"
AmWell now Emhere's the Fclue
AmLife it Emrents us
And Fyeah I hope it put G6plenty on you
Well AmI hope Emmine did toFo
[Chorus]
CAs life gets longer, G6awful feels softer
Well it fEmeels pretty soft to Fme
And if it Ctakes shit to G6make bliss,
then I feel Empretty blissfulFly
[Verse 2]
AmYour gun Emwent off
Well you Fshot off your mouth and lG6ook where it got you
AmMy mouth Emruns on toFo
AmShouts from Emboth sides,
"Well Fwe've got the land but G6they've got the view!"
AmWell now Emhere's the cFlue
       Am    EmWe are FfiiiiiiiiiiG6iiiixed 
       Am    EmRight where we Fstand
AmLife it Emrents us
And Fyeah I hope it put G6plenty on you
Well AmI hope Emmine did Ftoo
       Am    EmWe are FfiiiiiiiiiiG6iiiixed 
       Am    EmRight where we Fare
[Chorus]
CAs life gets longer, G6awful feels softer
Well it fEmeels pretty soft to Fme
And if it Ctakes shit to G6make bliss,
then I feel Empretty blissfulFly
[Pre-Solo] 
(Isaac Screaming into some police speaker-style thing)
CFor every invention maG6de how much time did we savEme?
We're not much farther than we werFe in the cave
[Solo]
**No chords are that apparent but I pulled this together, sounds 10% like the real 
 Am   E   G6   F(listen to the song for timing)
[Breakdown]
Strum each of these chords once or twice.
As Clife gets longer, aG6wful feels softer, and it
Emfeels pretty soft to meF  
And if Cit takes shit to G6make bliss,
Well I Emfeel pretty blissfulFly
If Clife's not beautiful withG6out the pain,
Well I'd just Emrather never ever even see...   Fbeauty again
Well as Clife gets longer, G6awful feels softer
And itEm... feels pretty soft to Fme, oh hooo
[Pre-Chorus]
(Again Isaac screaming into the police speaker thing)
CFor every good deed dG6one there is a crime commitEmted
We are Ffixed
CFor every step ahG6ead we could have just been seatEmed
We are fFixed
[Chorus Outro]
CAs life gets longer, G6awful feels softer
Well it fEmeels pretty soft to Fme
And if it Ctakes shit to G6make bliss,
then I feel Empretty blissfulFly
       CWe are G6fixed
       EmWe are Ffixed
       CWe are G6fixed
       EmRight where we.F.. stand

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The View

by Modest Mouse

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning EADGBe (Capo optional, wherever you think it fits best)

These chords are meant to be easy enough to sing along with, so they're not 100%

like the real song, but hey, first chords ever for this song.

[Verse 1]

Am Em

Your gun went off

F G6

Well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you

Am Em F

My mouth runs on too

Am Em

Shouts from both sides,

F G6

"Well we've got the land but they've got the view!"

Am Em F

Well now here's the clue

Am Em

Life it rents us

F G6

And yeah I hope it put plenty on you

Am Em F

Well I hope mine did too

[Chorus]

C G6

As life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em F

Well it feels pretty soft to me

C G6

And if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em F

then I feel pretty blissfully

[Verse 2]

Am Em

Your gun went off

F G6

Well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you

Am Em F

My mouth runs on too

Am Em

Shouts from both sides,

F G6

"Well we've got the land but they've got the view!"

Am Em F

Well now here's the clue

Am Em F G6

We are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiixed

Am Em F

Right where we stand

Am Em

Life it rents us

F G6

And yeah I hope it put plenty on you

Am Em F

Well I hope mine did too

Am Em F G6

We are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiixed

Am Em F

Right where we are

[Chorus]

C G6

As life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em F

Well it feels pretty soft to me

C G6

And if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em F

then I feel pretty blissfully

[Pre-Solo]

(Isaac Screaming into some police speaker-style thing)

C G6 Em

For every invention made how much time did we save?

We're not much farther than we were in the cave

[Solo]

**No chords are that apparent but I pulled this together, sounds 10% like the real

Am E G6 F

(listen to the song for timing)

[Breakdown]

Strum each of these chords once or twice.

C G6

As life gets longer, awful feels softer, and it

Em F

feels pretty soft to me

C G6

And if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em F

Well I feel pretty blissfully

C G6

If life's not beautiful without the pain,

Em F

Well I'd just rather never ever even see... beauty again

C G6

Well as life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em F

And it... feels pretty soft to me, oh hooo

[Pre-Chorus]

(Again Isaac screaming into the police speaker thing)

C G6 Em

For every good deed done there is a crime committed

We are fixed

C G6 Em

For every step ahead we could have just been seated

We are fixed

[Chorus Outro]

C G6

As life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em F

Well it feels pretty soft to me

C G6

And if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em F

then I feel pretty blissfully

C G6

We are fixed

Em F

We are fixed

C G6

We are fixed

Em F

Right where we... stand

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