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Capo on 3. 
Credit to domoneill92 for the verses, but I wanted to get one up with the chorus (I think) right. 
Hit me with your input. In the first line of the chorus, I'm torn between an F#m and a G following the D. 
Intro: 
G Em Am C D
GThree brides before breakfast. ThEmese rails just wrecked us. 
AmMy right hand on my heart while my Cleft hand sDnaps your necklace.
GEach day gets a little more scary. EmWe're holding on, in a way, but just barely. 
AmMoms and Dads are rationing their cCash for the coDmmissary. 
But GI can't sEmtart without gCoing aDll the Bmway - Emit's a Amhabit someone Dgave me. 
The Gnursemaid of the blank page. A caEmnary of the American eclipse. 
A proCfiteer picking up pDink slips.
G Em Am C D
GThis wish just to go back, hey... whEmen I know wasn't ever, ever happy! 
AmShow me my best memory - it's pCrobably sDuper crappy. 
GNine years down in Texas, with Emsluts of both sexes, 
Amliars, lumps, and drug addicts, and dCrunks; I loDve my friends, 
but GI can't sEmtop without Cgoing Dall the Bmway, aEmnd I've Ambeen that way since D'83.
GThe midwife of the jetlife. Oh, Emgenie with a golden spliff. 
A Cprostitute paid in Dpink slips.G  
GI crashed my Cadillac in the valley of mirrors. WEmhen the call came, there was nobody here. 
AmWhen they came from the communists, I kissed them on the lips. 
Then they Ccame for the singers, in a Dhaze of pink slips.Bm  Em  Am  D  
GI guess I was just dreaming and drifting, Emartificially lifted. 
AmOnly happy until the age of Cten is still a gDift, 
but we Gcan't go Emback to those   C"2D27"     BmdaysEm. 
It's just a dAmream we all were hDaving. 
GHey, mariner in the dirt trade. Oh, poEmstman of the post-apocalypse - 
from ACcademy Awards to pinDk slips!
GAnd I showered my Corvette with Moët for years, but now I'm stEmanding
 in the rain drinking the champagne of beers. 
They say, Am"Who's that shadow sneaking off behind the pier? 
He was rCushed and then he was rattled, but now he's finDally in the clear to be a 
Grefugee from the rat race, in his white tEmuxedo and his sad-face. 
A Ammusic group that your dad plays, siGnging songs about Dautumn days. 
GHe's the laureate of the Granite State, and Emnow he doesn't even write, he just riffs. 
And they'll cCover up his coffin with pinDk slips.G  

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Pink Slips

by Okkervil River

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo on 3.

Credit to domoneill92 for the verses, but I wanted to get one up with the chorus (I think) right.

Hit me with your input. In the first line of the chorus, I'm torn between an F#m and a G following the D.

Intro:

G Em Am C D

G Em

Three brides before breakfast. These rails just wrecked us.

Am C D

My right hand on my heart while my left hand snaps your necklace.

G Em

Each day gets a little more scary. We're holding on, in a way, but just barely.

Am C D

Moms and Dads are rationing their cash for the commissary.

G Em C D Bm Em Am D

But I can't start without going all the way - it's a habit someone gave me.

G Em

The nursemaid of the blank page. A canary of the American eclipse.

C D

A profiteer picking up pink slips.

G Em Am C D

G Em

This wish just to go back, hey... when I know wasn't ever, ever happy!

Am C D

Show me my best memory - it's probably super crappy.

G Em

Nine years down in Texas, with sluts of both sexes,

Am C D

liars, lumps, and drug addicts, and drunks; I love my friends,

G Em C D Bm Em Am D

but I can't stop without going all the way, and I've been that way since '83.

G Em

The midwife of the jetlife. Oh, genie with a golden spliff.

C D G

A prostitute paid in pink slips.

G Em

I crashed my Cadillac in the valley of mirrors. When the call came, there was nobody here.

When they came from the communists, I kissed them on the lips.

C D Bm Em Am D

Then they came for the singers, in a haze of pink slips.

G Em

I guess I was just dreaming and drifting, artificially lifted.

Am C D

Only happy until the age of ten is still a gift,

G Em C D Bm Em

but we can't go back to those "227" days.

Am D

It's just a dream we all were having.

G Em

Hey, mariner in the dirt trade. Oh, postman of the post-apocalypse -

C D

from Academy Awards to pink slips!

G Em

And I showered my Corvette with Moët for years, but now I'm standing

in the rain drinking the champagne of beers.

They say, "Who's that shadow sneaking off behind the pier?

C D

He was rushed and then he was rattled, but now he's finally in the clear to be a

G Em

refugee from the rat race, in his white tuxedo and his sad-face.

Am G D

A music group that your dad plays, singing songs about autumn days.

G Em

He's the laureate of the Granite State, and now he doesn't even write, he just riffs.

C D G

And they'll cover up his coffin with pink slips.

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