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[Verse 1]
  CA couple of moGnths ago
I was out dDrinking with an old friAmend of mine
  CWGhat did he say to DmeAm  
  CHe said he’d lGike to cDurse his ex girlfriend jAmust one time
  CAnd that everyone’s hGonest DeventuAmally
  CA bunch of yeGars ago DI got tAmaken
By sComeone who saGid that shed gDet me stuff for fAmree
  CLots of tGalk, swDeet molasses bAmackstage passes
  CBut everyone’s hGonest DeventuaAmllyEm  
[Chorus]
  C    G    DSummers gAmone again
  C    GWatch the leDaves in tonkin sqAmuare
  C    GJust cause nDothing equals nAmothing
  FDoesn’t mean everything is fGair
[Verse 2]
  CI knew a gGuy who was tDrying hard to nAmever lie
  CHe knew the Gbible a-to-DzAm  
  CHe prayed before bGed at night
And thDought that he was lAmiving right
  CBut everyone’s hGonest DeventuaAmlly
  CA friend of mine in BGrooklyn was Ddoing herAmoin
  CAnd then he tGold me that he’d gDone cleanAm  
  CIt’s all the sGame to me
WDhat you do with yAmour body
  CBut everyone’s hGonest DeventuaAmllyEm  
[Chorus]
  C    G    DFall is hAmere again
  C    GWatch the leDaves in tonkin sqAmuare
  C    GBDetter put your mAmittens on
  FI hear its getting cold out tGhere
[Verse 3]
  CI try to lGive my life just lDike I’d always pAmictured it
  CBecome my oGwn self-fulfDilling prophAmecy
 CSet my sights lGow so I dDon’t feel like I have Amfar to go
  CBut everyone’s hGonest DeventuaAmlly
  CI had a gGirl who scDrewed around with sAmomeone else
  CShe let me kGnow almost immediateDlyAm  
 CAnd as soon as GI found out
I tDreated her like a broken tAmoy and threw her out
  CThat’s what she Ggot for being hDonestAm  Em  
[Chorus]
  C    G   DWinters here agAmain
  C    GNo more leDaves in tonkin sAmquare
  C   GODld men walk in cAmircles
  FThey cant find me anywhGere
[Interlude]
C G D Am
C G D Am
C G D Am
[Verse 4]
 CSometimes when I mGeet new people
I tDry too hard to be fAmriendly
  CSometimes I tGry too hard to be cDoolAm  
 CThey say its Ghorrible to Dbe living a lAmie
  CBut I’ve also hGeard it said that nDothing is tAmrueEm  
[Chorus]
  C    G   DWinter never cAmame
  C    GAin’t no more old mDen in tonkin sqAmuare
  C    GThey say its hDorrible to liAmve a lie
  FThen they say that nothing is tGrue
  FWhat can you do if nothing is tGrue?
  FJust between me and yGou
  FYou’re better off not thinking it thGrough
Not thinking it throCughG  D  Am  
[Outro]
C G D Am
C G D Am
F G C

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Everyones Honest

by Jeffrey Lewis

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[Verse 1]

C G

A couple of months ago

D Am

I was out drinking with an old friend of mine

C G D Am

What did he say to me

C G D Am

He said he’d like to curse his ex girlfriend just one time

C G D Am

And that everyone’s honest eventually

C G D Am

A bunch of years ago I got taken

C G D Am

By someone who said that shed get me stuff for free

C G D Am

Lots of talk, sweet molasses backstage passes

C G D Am Em

But everyone’s honest eventually

[Chorus]

C G D Am

Summers gone again

C G D Am

Watch the leaves in tonkin square

C G D Am

Just cause nothing equals nothing

F G

Doesn’t mean everything is fair

[Verse 2]

C G D Am

I knew a guy who was trying hard to never lie

C G D Am

He knew the bible a-to-z

C G

He prayed before bed at night

D Am

And thought that he was living right

C G D Am

But everyone’s honest eventually

C G D Am

A friend of mine in Brooklyn was doing heroin

C G D Am

And then he told me that he’d gone clean

C G

It’s all the same to me

D Am

What you do with your body

C G D Am Em

But everyone’s honest eventually

[Chorus]

C G D Am

Fall is here again

C G D Am

Watch the leaves in tonkin square

C G D Am

Better put your mittens on

F G

I hear its getting cold out there

[Verse 3]

C G D Am

I try to live my life just like I’d always pictured it

C G D Am

Become my own self-fulfilling prophecy

C G D Am

Set my sights low so I don’t feel like I have far to go

C G D Am

But everyone’s honest eventually

C G D Am

I had a girl who screwed around with someone else

C G D Am

She let me know almost immediately

C G

And as soon as I found out

D Am

I treated her like a broken toy and threw her out

C G D Am Em

That’s what she got for being honest

[Chorus]

C G D Am

Winters here again

C G D Am

No more leaves in tonkin square

C G D Am

Old men walk in circles

F G

They cant find me anywhere

[Interlude]

C G D Am

[Verse 4]

C G

Sometimes when I meet new people

D Am

I try too hard to be friendly

C G D Am

Sometimes I try too hard to be cool

C G D Am

They say its horrible to be living a lie

C G D Am Em

But I’ve also heard it said that nothing is true

[Chorus]

C G D Am

Winter never came

C G D Am

Ain’t no more old men in tonkin square

C G D Am

They say its horrible to live a lie

F G

Then they say that nothing is true

F G

What can you do if nothing is true?

F G

Just between me and you

F G

You’re better off not thinking it through

C G D Am

Not thinking it through

[Outro]

C G D Am

F G C

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