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Artifact1

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Conor Oberst - Artifact#1
G:320400 or 355033
Intro: G  
GWhat would it take to gain acceptaBmnce
GTo the grounds behind your eBmyes
EmYou know I'm open to suggeBmstion
AThe one you made we never trDied
BmLet it slip right out from unF#mder
DYour breath and it rolled around my Ghead
BmIt was nothing I'd consiGder
AI knew it had to happen thDen
GStood on the banks of the PotBmomac
GWe watched the water rushinBmg by
EmYou said we should live in the mBmoment
AThen I'd miss you all the Dtime
BmAnd I know no one will believe F#mme
DBut I don't want a second chaGnce
BmTo be an object of desiGre
AIf that means slipping through your haDnds
BmIf I had tried to make you miDne
AYou would have walked aDway
BmI can't compete with memoAries
GThey never have to chanDge
      D(Dmaj7)         Bm(F#m)    G  
GThis world is full of missing personBms
GAll of these unsolved mysterieBms
EmIf someone says they know foBmr certain
AThey're selling something certaDinly
BmSo when I set myself to wonF#mder
DAll the questions that remGain
BmThe only one that even matteGrs
AIs when I'll see you're face agaDin
BmI keep looking back for artifactDs
ATo prove that you were Dhere
BmThe sound that's been keeps echoiAng
GIt never disappearDs 
      D(Dmaj7)         Bm(F#m)    G  

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Artifact1

by Conor Oberst

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F#m

Dmaj7

Conor Oberst - Artifact#1

G:320400 or 355033

Intro:

G Bm

What would it take to gain acceptance

G Bm

To the grounds behind your eyes

Em Bm

You know I'm open to suggestion

A D

The one you made we never tried

Bm F#m

Let it slip right out from under

D G

Your breath and it rolled around my head

Bm G

It was nothing I'd consider

A D

I knew it had to happen then

G Bm

Stood on the banks of the Potomac

G Bm

We watched the water rushing by

Em Bm

You said we should live in the moment

A D

Then I'd miss you all the time

Bm F#m

And I know no one will believe me

D G

But I don't want a second chance

Bm G

To be an object of desire

A D

If that means slipping through your hands

Bm D

If I had tried to make you mine

A D

You would have walked away

Bm A

I can't compete with memories

G D

They never have to change

D Dmaj7 Bm F#m G

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G Bm

This world is full of missing persons

G Bm

All of these unsolved mysteries

Em Bm

If someone says they know for certain

A D

They're selling something certainly

Bm F#m

So when I set myself to wonder

D G

All the questions that remain

Bm G

The only one that even matters

A D

Is when I'll see you're face again

Bm D

I keep looking back for artifacts

A D

To prove that you were here

Bm A

The sound that's been keeps echoing

G D

It never disappears

D Dmaj7 Bm F#m G

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