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The Thanks I Get 
Wilco
 DIs that the thanks I geGt
For loving you?D  
 DIs that the thanks I geGt
For telling you the truth?D  
   GYou say you wanna knAow
   EmWhere I go when I goG  
   EmYou say you wanna cGommunicate
A… (Riff)
But Amyou don’t hear a word I sayG  
DIs that the thanks I getG  
For lAoving yDou?
DNow I’m tired of the looks you gGive me when I get hoDme late
ADnd I’m getting tired of how you forGget the loving thiDngs I say
  GI treat you righAt
  EmI tuck you in at nighGt
  EmNow every time I gGo out and play
A… (Riff)
DWhy you think I realiGze?
  DThat the thanks I get Gfor lAoving yDou?
Now fEmaith and trust the strongest Bmparts of us
 EmThats ok but you mBmust believe in our loveA  
DWe can make it betterG  
DWe can make it better G  
DOh we can make it better, lets Gpull ourselves toEmgether
 DAnd start it again
(SOLO: D, G, D…)
  GI hold you tAight
  EmYou tuck me in at nGight
Em             G                       A… (Riff)
   Ahh-I don’t ever want to fight again
Feel I’ll go crazyG  
  DThats the thanks we get Gfor fAalling in lDove
 DWe can make it better.G..  (repeat 8x)
Oh, Dwe can make it better, lets pGull ourselves toEmgether
DAnd start it again.

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The Thanks I Get

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The Thanks I Get

Wilco

D G

Is that the thanks I get

For loving you?

D G

Is that the thanks I get

For telling you the truth?

G A

You say you wanna know

Em G

Where I go when I go

Em G

You say you wanna communicate

A… (Riff)

Am G

But you don’t hear a word I say

D G

Is that the thanks I get

A D

For loving you?

D G D

Now I’m tired of the looks you give me when I get home late

D G D

And I’m getting tired of how you forget the loving things I say

G A

I treat you right

Em G

I tuck you in at night

Em G

Now every time I go out and play

A… (Riff)

D G

Why you think I realize?

D G A D

That the thanks I get for loving you?

Em Bm

Now faith and trust the strongest parts of us

Em Bm A

Thats ok but you must believe in our love

D G

We can make it better

D G

We can make it better

D G Em

Oh we can make it better, lets pull ourselves together

And start it again

(SOLO: D, G, D…)

G A

I hold you tight

Em G

You tuck me in at night

Em G A… (Riff)

Ahh-I don’t ever want to fight again

Feel I’ll go crazy

D G A D

Thats the thanks we get for falling in love

D G

We can make it better... (repeat 8x)

D G Em

Oh, we can make it better, lets pull ourselves together

And start it again.

About The Thanks I Get Chords by Wilco

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