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Strangers

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(These are the official lyrics from Car Seat Headrest's Bandcamp page save for a
couple of chorus verses that I swapped places around.)
For the F you can play Fmaj13sus2 to match the overall melody:
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[Intro]
A G
A G
G F
G Em7
[Verse 1]
AIf I can Gfit my dreams
AYou say the same things Gover and over
GInto an AB FAB rhyme scheme
GYou say the same things Em7over and over
ALove is a way of Gpassing on our genes
ALove is because we want to Gfurther our genes
GGod is a scientist, he's juFst found out about us
He's Gpublished a study but he donEm7't know much about us
[Chorus]
AWhen I die I Gwon't beGmaj7/F#come a ghost Em7  
Because I’ll F#mhave nowhere to haunt
AFuck this town and Gfuck my Gmaj7/F#dirty handsEm7  
When you're strange if they lF#mike you then they gotta be stranAgerG  Gmaj7/F#  Em7  F#m  
But they're just straAngersG  Gmaj7/F#  Em7  F#m  
[Verse 2]
ASociety wants me to fuGck, well fuck 'em
ACar Seat is a geGnetic stop sign
GI sleep lying Fnext to a mirror
GCar Seat is a Em7menace to the public
ALove is a way of Gadvancing our species
ALove is because we want to Gkeep up our species
GGod is a director, he's Fjust found out about us
He's Gtalked to our agents but he doEm7n't know much about us
[Chorus]
AWhen I die I Gwon't beGmaj7/F#come a ghost Em7  
Because I’ll F#mhave nowhere to haunt
AFuck this town and Gfuck my Gmaj7/F#dirty handsEm7  
When you're strange then the F#mcritics gotta be strAangerG  Gmaj7/F#  Em7  F#m  
But they're just strAangersG  Gmaj7/F#  Em7  F#m  
[Bridge]
They're just strAangersG  Gmaj7/F#  Em7  F#m  
A G Gmaj7/F# Em7 F#m
[Outro]
D A F#m Esus4 E
D A F#m Esus4 E
DCar Seat's nervous and the Alights are bright
F#mWhen I was a kid I fell in Esus4love with Michael EStipe
I took Dlyrics out of context and thoughtA  
"He must be speaking to me"Esus4  E  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  
DI won't last too much Alonger
I'm F#malready starting to Erun out of places for Dfaces in my head
They're aF#mll starting to look the sEsus4ameE  
DI won't last too much Alonger
I'm F#malready starting to Erun out of places for Dfaces in my head
They're aF#mll starting to look the sEsus4ameE  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  
DooAhoohoF#moh …Esus4  E  Esus4  E  
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