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Yo La Tengo
Beanbag Chair
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
Lovely song, listen to get the flow.
intro:
G Bm C D
e|------------------------|
B|--8---8-7---7--5---5----|
G|----7-----7------5---/7-|
D|--7-----7------5-----/7-|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------| x2
GI've spent my life Ctrying to undersDtand
GJust how my life led to Cwhere I Dam
CBut it Dleaves a bitter tasteC  
And Dfeels like such a Gwaste
I Bmam so Ctotally Dvague
Betray the Gdark Bmline, Csee if I Dcare
I Gloved Bmyou Cwhen I was Dyoung
But no Gmore
AmSo Cburn down the Dfireman's Gfair
[intro x2]
GMemory plays its Ctricks on Dme
In Gmy mind's eye, CI claim to Dsee
CI'm losing Devery race I runC  
Making Dmisery out of Gfun
BmSo Cbulldoze the Dnew road 
they're GdriBmving
CSlash the beanbag Dchair
You Gheld Bmme for Cso very Dlong
But no Gmore
AmSo Cburn down the Dfireman's Gfair
[intro x2]
FHow many type of Gthings do we think we need?
FBut that doesn't make them Gtrue
FI'm a little afraid I'm Gfalling far and free
FI'll leave that up to GyouBm  C  D  
That's up to GyouBm  C  D  
So won't you Gfind Bmme Ctotally Dvague
A drain has GdieBmd, Csee if I Dcare
I Gloved Bmyou Cwhen I was Dyoung
But no Gmore
AmSo Cburn down the Dfireman's GfairBm  C  D  
Fireman's GfairBm  
CBurn down the Dfireman's GfairBm  C  D  
Fireman's GfairBm  
CBurn down the Dfireman's Ffair
G
Chords Used:
          EADGBe
G:        320003  
Bm:       224432      
C:        032010
D:        000232
Am:       002210
F:        133211
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Beanbag Chair

by Yo La Tengo

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Yo La Tengo

Beanbag Chair

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)

Lovely song, listen to get the flow.

intro:

G Bm C D

e|------------------------|

B|--8---8-7---7--5---5----|

G|----7-----7------5---/7-|

D|--7-----7------5-----/7-|

A|------------------------|

E|------------------------| x2

G C D

I've spent my life trying to understand

G C D

Just how my life led to where I am

C D C

But it leaves a bitter taste

D G

And feels like such a waste

Bm C D

I am so totally vague

G Bm C D

Betray the dark line, see if I care

G Bm C D

I loved you when I was young

But no more

Am C D G

So burn down the fireman's fair

[intro x2]

G C D

Memory plays its tricks on me

G C D

In my mind's eye, I claim to see

C D C

I'm losing every race I run

D G

Making misery out of fun

Bm C D

So bulldoze the new road

G Bm

they're driving

C D

Slash the beanbag chair

G Bm C D

You held me for so very long

But no more

Am C D G

So burn down the fireman's fair

[intro x2]

F G

How many type of things do we think we need?

F G

But that doesn't make them true

F G

I'm a little afraid I'm falling far and free

F G Bm C D

I'll leave that up to you

G Bm C D

That's up to you

G Bm C D

So won't you find me totally vague

G Bm C D

A drain has died, see if I care

G Bm C D

I loved you when I was young

But no more

Am C D G Bm C D

So burn down the fireman's fair

G Bm

Fireman's fair

C D G Bm C D

Burn down the fireman's fair

G Bm

Fireman's fair

C D F

Burn down the fireman's fair

Chords Used:

EADGBe

G: 320003

Bm: 224432

C: 032010

D: 000232

Am: 002210

F: 133211

by Artylandia

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