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Villagers - Fool (Track 5, Album: The Art Of Pretending To Swim)
Standard Tuning / No Capo
[Intro]
 Em   Bm2x
[Verse 1]
EmLike any modern dog
BmI choose what I can see
EmFrom any infomercial to the Bmbodies on the street
AmAnd for now I keep my head down
BmBut one day I will precede
   AmMy reputation
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a Cfool, love
For the Gburden
Of the Bmpromise of eternal life in Cheaven
Of the Bmkind of anaesthetic for the Amjourney
To where there's Bmno need to Amworry
 Em   Bm2x
[Verse 2]
And the Emworld is passin' by you
But you'll Bmmiss it if you blink
And the Emfuture has been written
But the Bmpen ran out ink
And the Amdopamine is dripping back
InBmto the kitchen sink
   AmSend your location
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a Cfool, love
For the Gburden
Of the Bmpromise of eternal life in Cheaven
Of the Bmkind of anaesthetic for the Amjourney
To where there's Bmno need to Amworry
[Bridge]
  DSo here is my Gbleeding Cheart
DWill you be my Gfalling Cstar?
DWill you take the Gpain Caway?
C
 Em   Bm2x
Am Bm
[Verse 3]
There's Emmoney in the morning
And I'm Bmlooking at my screen
And Emfail to accept that there's Bma problem to the sceneAm, too
      Bm  AmThere's a problem
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a Cfool, love
For the Gburden
Of the Bmpromise of eternal life in Cheaven
Of the Bmkind of anaesthetic for the Amjourney
To where there's Bmno need to Amworry
'Cause I'm a Cfool, love
For the Gburden
Of the Bmpromise of eternal life in Cheaven
Of the Bmkind of anaesthetic for the Amjourney
To where there's Bmno need to Amworry
[Outro]
 Em   Bm3x
Em Em

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Fool

by Villagers

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Villagers - Fool (Track 5, Album: The Art Of Pretending To Swim)

Standard Tuning / No Capo

[Intro]

Em Bm

[Verse 1]

Like any modern dog

I choose what I can see

Em Bm

From any infomercial to the bodies on the street

And for now I keep my head down

But one day I will precede

My reputation

[Chorus]

'Cause I'm a fool, love

For the burden

Bm C

Of the promise of eternal life in heaven

Bm Am

Of the kind of anaesthetic for the journey

Bm Am

To where there's no need to worry

Em Bm

[Verse 2]

And the world is passin' by you

But you'll miss it if you blink

And the future has been written

But the pen ran out ink

And the dopamine is dripping back

Into the kitchen sink

Send your location

[Chorus]

'Cause I'm a fool, love

For the burden

Bm C

Of the promise of eternal life in heaven

Bm Am

Of the kind of anaesthetic for the journey

Bm Am

To where there's no need to worry

[Bridge]

D G C

So here is my bleeding heart

D G C

Will you be my falling star?

D G C

Will you take the pain away?

Em Bm

Am Bm

[Verse 3]

There's money in the morning

And I'm looking at my screen

Em Bm Am

And fail to accept that there's a problem to the scene, too

Bm Am

There's a problem

[Chorus]

'Cause I'm a fool, love

For the burden

Bm C

Of the promise of eternal life in heaven

Bm Am

Of the kind of anaesthetic for the journey

Bm Am

To where there's no need to worry

'Cause I'm a fool, love

For the burden

Bm C

Of the promise of eternal life in heaven

Bm Am

Of the kind of anaesthetic for the journey

Bm Am

To where there's no need to worry

[Outro]

Em Bm

Em Em

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