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Anyway – Kerrigan-Lowedermilk
[Intro]
Dbsus2
I didn’t expect to see you here –
I mean outside, smoking.
I’m more of a nicorette girl thesGb2e days.
AbI’m joking.
DbsusI mean – I did quit.
But who feels like joking now?Gb  
Ab/GbI’ll see Gb2you your Abscowl
AbAnd raise you a furrowed brow.
Anyway.
Dbsus2Anyway.
Ab
Do you rememDbsusber how we used to read
AbRilke, Joyce?
And we bDbsusarely understood it,
But it gAbave us a voiceDbsus2  
Or a language…
AbI don’t read poetry anymore.
DbsusBut if I didDb2,
I’d be Absus2reading it tonight for sure.Bbm9  
Absus2Oh. Oh.Ab  Absus2  
I keep thinkinDbsus2g about how the timiAbng seems false.
How some dDbsus2ays seem faster than my Abfucking pulse.
And Dbsus2others go so slow.
Like this morninGb2g
Feels like a monAbsus2th ago.
Gb2/BbOh. Oh.Absus2  
Gb2/BbOh. Oh.Absus2  
Absus2I feel like I’m underwater.
I feel like I’m underwater.
I feel lAbike I’m underwater.
Anyway.
Dbsus2Anyway.
AbThere’s this building you pass
AbOn the subway to Queens.
AbIt’s on the L or the R or the one that’s green.
AbIt’s covered in tags,
AbBright hieroglyphics.
These fifteen-yearAb-olds –
They’re so fucking prolific.
I’m commDbsus2uting,
Dbsus2I’m eating my goddamn apple
And they’re secretly painting their Sistine Chapel.
But whatGb2/Bbever,Ab/Bb  Gb2/Bb  
Absus2It’s like Abthey knAbsus2ow their Gb2oddsAb/Gb.GbM9  
Db/FIf you're gonna die young,
Ebm7You'd better live Absus2like gGbsus2ods.Ab  Gbsus2  
AbGods.Gbsus2  
AbGods.Gbsus2  
And me?
Bbm11I’m not doing anything.
AbI’m not helping or cleaning.
I’m not even cryiBbm11ng.
I’m not doing anything.
She’d be so goddAbsus4amn helpful.
Well, fuck her for dying ’cause IAb/Gb,
I’m not writing her elegy.
Not Ab2me.
I’m not writing that down.Ab/Gb  
Ab7sus4They would scrawl her name Bbm11on a city wall
But I’m a Abfucking clown.
I’m making jokesGb2  
So I don’t drown.
I feel lGb2ike I’m underwater.
I feel lAbike I’m underwater.
I feel lGb2ike I’m underwater.
I feel lAbike I’m underwater.
Like the Gb2whole world is underwater.
Like I’m Abscreaming out underwater.
I feel lGb2ike I’m underwater these Abdays.
Gb2AnywDbsus2ays.
Anyway.
I didn’t expect to Dbsus2see you here.
I mean – thanks for coming.
I thought you’d oppose the use of rGb2eligious rites aAbs numbing.
Dbsus2I mean – it is dumb.
But what if she can hear them pGbray?Ab/Gb  
Gb2I mean Abwhat the fuck do we know?
AbWho are we to say?
AbIf there was anyway.
AnywDbsus2ay.

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Anyway

by Kerrigan and Lowdermilk

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dbsus2

Gb2

Dbsus

Ab/Gb

Db2

Absus2

Bbm9

Gb2/Bb

Ab/Bb

GbM9

Db/F

Ebm7

Gbsus2

Bbm11

Absus4

Ab2

Ab7sus4

Anyway – Kerrigan-Lowedermilk

[Intro]

Dbsus2

I didn’t expect to see you here –

I mean outside, smoking.

Gb2

I’m more of a nicorette girl these days.

I’m joking.

Dbsus

I mean – I did quit.

But who feels like joking now?

Ab/Gb Gb2 Ab

I’ll see you your scowl

And raise you a furrowed brow.

Anyway.

Dbsus2

Anyway.

Dbsus

Do you remember how we used to read

Rilke, Joyce?

Dbsus

And we barely understood it,

Ab Dbsus2

But it gave us a voice

Or a language…

I don’t read poetry anymore.

Dbsus Db2

But if I did,

Absus2 Bbm9

I’d be reading it tonight for sure.

Absus2 Ab Absus2

Oh. Oh.

Dbsus2 Ab

I keep thinking about how the timing seems false.

Dbsus2 Ab

How some days seem faster than my fucking pulse.

Dbsus2

And others go so slow.

Gb2

Like this morning

Absus2

Feels like a month ago.

Gb2/Bb Absus2

Oh. Oh.

Gb2/Bb Absus2

Oh. Oh.

Absus2

I feel like I’m underwater.

Anyway.

Dbsus2

Anyway.

There’s this building you pass

On the subway to Queens.

It’s on the L or the R or the one that’s green.

It’s covered in tags,

Bright hieroglyphics.

These fifteen-year-olds –

They’re so fucking prolific.

Dbsus2

I’m commuting,

Dbsus2

I’m eating my goddamn apple

And they’re secretly painting their Sistine Chapel.

Gb2/Bb Ab/Bb Gb2/Bb

But whatever,

Absus2 Ab Absus2 Gb2 Ab/Gb GbM9

It’s like they know their odds.

Db/F

If you're gonna die young,

Ebm7 Absus2 Gbsus2 Ab Gbsus2

You'd better live like gods.

Ab Gbsus2

Gods.

Ab Gbsus2

Gods.

And me?

Bbm11

I’m not doing anything.

I’m not helping or cleaning.

Bbm11

I’m not even crying.

I’m not doing anything.

Absus4

She’d be so goddamn helpful.

Ab/Gb

Well, fuck her for dying ’cause I,

I’m not writing her elegy.

Ab2

Not me.

Ab/Gb

I’m not writing that down.

Ab7sus4 Bbm11

They would scrawl her name on a city wall

But I’m a fucking clown.

Gb2

I’m making jokes

So I don’t drown.

Gb2

I feel like I’m underwater.

Gb2

I feel like I’m underwater.

Gb2

Like the whole world is underwater.

Like I’m screaming out underwater.

Gb2 Ab

I feel like I’m underwater these days.

Gb2 Dbsus2

Anyways.

Anyway.

Dbsus2

I didn’t expect to see you here.

I mean – thanks for coming.

Gb2 Ab

I thought you’d oppose the use of religious rites as numbing.

Dbsus2

I mean – it is dumb.

Gb Ab/Gb

But what if she can hear them pray?

Gb2 Ab

I mean what the fuck do we know?

Who are we to say?

If there was anyway.

Dbsus2

Anyway.

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