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PLEASE NOTICE: i deserve little credit for this work! this is based on the great 
tab posted  by user "onlymodestmouse" so go check that out for riffs and stuff too! 
i changed only a little bit. dont think its very true to how its originally played, 
but as a beginner I find this easy to play, and sounding alright! for Fmaj7 i just go: x123xx
 Tuning: Standard EADGBe
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INTRO:
And it's tBmrue we named our cGhildren after townsA, that we'd never been to
And it's tBmrue that the clouds just hung arGound,
Like blacAk Cadillacs outside a funeral
CHORUS:
And we were Amdone, done, done with all the Fmaj7fuck, fuck, fucking around!C  
       GYou were so Amtrue to yourself, you were trFmaj7ue to no one else
Well CI should put you in the ground.G  
I've got the tiAmme, i got the hours, i got the dayFmaj7s, i got the weeks
I could say Cto myself I've got worGds but I can't speak but I was
AmDone, done, done with all the Fmaj7circ, circ, circling 'rounCd.G  
BRIDGE:
  BbI didn't die and I ain't complaining
I Fain't blaming you.C  G  
  AmI didn't know that the words you said to me meant more
Fmaj7to me than they ever could you.C  G  
  BbI didn't lie and I ain't saying I Ftold the whole truth.C  G  
  AmI didn't know that this game we were playing even
Fhad a set of rules.C  G  
VERSE:
   BmWe named our chGildren after toAwns, that we'd never been to
And it's tBmrue that the clouds just hung aGround,
Like blAack Cadillacs outside a funeral
And we were laBmughing at the stars while our fGeet clung tight to the gAround.
So pleBmased with ourselves for usiGng so many verbs and noAuns.
But we were all still just
CHORUS:
AmDumb, dumb, dumber than the Fmaj7dirt, dirt, dirt on the ground!C  G  
AmWell, wings on flames, kings with no names,
Fmaj7well this place just ain't Cgot right air right now.G  
You were so Amall over town but still so Fmaj7crayola brown, well you should
Crun 'round yourself right now.  GAnd we were,
Amdone, done, done with all the Fmaj7fuck, fuck, fucking around.C  G  
END ON: Am

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Black Cadillacs

by Modest Mouse

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Fmaj7

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PLEASE NOTICE: i deserve little credit for this work! this is based on the great

tab posted by user "onlymodestmouse" so go check that out for riffs and stuff too!

i changed only a little bit. dont think its very true to how its originally played,

but as a beginner I find this easy to play, and sounding alright! for Fmaj7 i just go: x123xx

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

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INTRO:

Bm G A

And it's true we named our children after towns, that we'd never been to

Bm G

And it's true that the clouds just hung around,

Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral

CHORUS:

Am Fmaj7 C

And we were done, done, done with all the fuck, fuck, fucking around!

G Am Fmaj7

You were so true to yourself, you were true to no one else

C G

Well I should put you in the ground.

Am Fmaj7

I've got the time, i got the hours, i got the days, i got the weeks

C G

I could say to myself I've got words but I can't speak but I was

Am Fmaj7 C G

Done, done, done with all the circ, circ, circling 'round.

BRIDGE:

I didn't die and I ain't complaining

F C G

I ain't blaming you.

I didn't know that the words you said to me meant more

Fmaj7 C G

to me than they ever could you.

Bb F C G

I didn't lie and I ain't saying I told the whole truth.

I didn't know that this game we were playing even

F C G

had a set of rules.

VERSE:

Bm G A

We named our children after towns, that we'd never been to

Bm G

And it's true that the clouds just hung around,

Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral

Bm G A

And we were laughing at the stars while our feet clung tight to the ground.

Bm G A

So pleased with ourselves for using so many verbs and nouns.

But we were all still just

CHORUS:

Am Fmaj7 C G

Dumb, dumb, dumber than the dirt, dirt, dirt on the ground!

Well, wings on flames, kings with no names,

Fmaj7 C G

well this place just ain't got right air right now.

Am Fmaj7

You were so all over town but still so crayola brown, well you should

C G

run 'round yourself right now. And we were,

Am Fmaj7 C G

done, done, done with all the fuck, fuck, fucking around.

END ON: Am

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