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Splendid Isolation

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INTRO:  D   Db   B  Db  
       D E B Db
VERSE:
DHeA's Gthinking of the hungry rats
Inside his stomach and he knows that
Nothing ever changes anyway
He can see himself there
He knows that look, it's called despair
His father taught him to wear it well
So he put his ear to the door of his youth
And he heard a groundswell of remorse now
CHORUS:
There's no Bmsplendid isoDlation
For the aEbandoned geneGration
It gets F#mhard D  B  G  
F#mto mainF#mtainD  B  G  
F#mWhen the F#mbrightest of DshellsB  
GWeather and fade anywaF#my
F#mDo what you Dcan BbeGfore it's too lateF#m  
G
A
VERSE
CHORUS
BRIDGE:  
e|------    e|-------     e|-----    e|-0~-
A|----3-    A|-------     A|-----    A|-0~-
D|---4--    D|-------     D|-----    D|-0~-
G|--4---    G|-----5-     G|---4-    G|-0~-
B|-2----    B|----5--     B|--4--    B|-0~-
E|------    E|-0-3---     E|-2---    E|-0~-
             Bm               G         F#mOPEN
       F#m                   Bm   G           F#m      BmOPEN   G  F#m  
I spent a lifetime searching    with tired eyes
                        BmOPEN    G                F#m  Bm  
I had the best intentions            but they went away*
CHORUS
END ON: Bm  

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Splendid Isolation

by Dead to Me

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

D Db B Db

INTRO:

D E B Db

VERSE:

D A G

He's thinking of the hungry rats

Inside his stomach and he knows that

Nothing ever changes anyway

He can see himself there

He knows that look, it's called despair

His father taught him to wear it well

So he put his ear to the door of his youth

And he heard a groundswell of remorse now

CHORUS:

Bm D

There's no splendid isolation

E G

For the abandoned generation

F#m D B G

It gets hard

F#m F#m D B G

to maintain

F#m F#m D B

When the brightest of shells

G F#m

Weather and fade anyway

F#m D B G F#m

Do what you can before it's too late

VERSE

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

e|------ e|------- e|----- e|-0~-

A|----3- A|------- A|----- A|-0~-

D|---4-- D|------- D|----- D|-0~-

G|--4--- G|-----5- G|---4- G|-0~-

B|-2---- B|----5-- B|--4-- B|-0~-

E|------ E|-0-3--- E|-2--- E|-0~-

Bm G F#m

OPEN

F#m Bm G F#m Bm G F#m

OPEN

I spent a lifetime searching with tired eyes

Bm G F#m Bm

OPEN

I had the best intentions but they went away*

CHORUS

END ON:

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