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STARLINGS - ELBOW
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   G (3,5,5,4,3,3)   or (320033)
  Am (5,7,7,5,5,5)   or (x02210)
 G/D (x,x,0,4,3,3)   or (xx0022)
  Bm (7,9,9,8,7,7)   or (x24432)
   C (8,10,10,9,8,8) or (x32013)
n.c. (no chord)
INTRO:	|         G|        Am|         G|        Am|
	|         G|        Am|         G|        Am|
	  Ah________________________________________
	|         G|        Am|         G|        Am|
	  Ah________________________________________
	|       G/D|         G|         G|        Am|
	|       G/D|         G|         G|        Am|
	|         G|        Am|
VG1:	 How dare the premier ignore my invitations!?
	 AmHe'll have to go
	So Gtoo the bunch he luncheons with
	It's second on my list of things to Amdo
	GAt the top I'm stopping by your place of work and acting like
	I Amhaven't dreamed of you and I and marriage in an orange grove
	 GYou are the only thing in any room you're ever in
	 AmI'm stubborn, selfish, and too old
LINK:	|         G|        Am|         G|        Am|
	  Ah________________________________________
V2:	GI sat you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found
	 AmIs for oneself
	You Gpulled apart my theory with a weary and disinterested Amsigh
	So Gyes i guess i'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue
	 AmAnd nothing else
	But Gfind a man that's truer than
	Find a man that needs you more Amthan I
VG3:	Sit with me a while and let me listen to you talk about 
	Your Amdreams and your obsessions I'll be quite and confessional
	The Bmviolets explode inside me when i meet your eyes
	Then I'm Cspinning and i'm diving like a cloud of starlings.
	n.C.               (G/D)
	Darling is this love?
OUTRO:	|(G/D)     |         G|         G|        Am|
	|       G/D|         G|         G|        Am|
	|       G/D|         G|         G|        Am|
	|         G|        Am|         G|        Am|
	|         G|
-rigs-

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G/D

STARLINGS - ELBOW

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G (3,5,5,4,3,3) or (320033)

Am (5,7,7,5,5,5) or (x02210)

G/D (x,x,0,4,3,3) or (xx0022)

Bm (7,9,9,8,7,7) or (x24432)

C (8,10,10,9,8,8) or (x32013)

n.c. (no chord)

G Am G Am

G Am G Am

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Ah________________________________________

G Am G Am

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Ah________________________________________

G/D G G Am

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G/D G G Am

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G Am

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V1: How dare the premier ignore my invitations!?

He'll have to go

So too the bunch he luncheons with

It's second on my list of things to do

At the top I'm stopping by your place of work and acting like

I haven't dreamed of you and I and marriage in an orange grove

You are the only thing in any room you're ever in

I'm stubborn, selfish, and too old

G Am G Am

Ah________________________________________

V2: I sat you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found

Is for oneself

G Am

You pulled apart my theory with a weary and disinterested sigh

So yes i guess i'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue

And nothing else

But find a man that's truer than

Find a man that needs you more than I

V3: Sit with me a while and let me listen to you talk about

Your dreams and your obsessions I'll be quite and confessional

The violets explode inside me when i meet your eyes

Then I'm spinning and i'm diving like a cloud of starlings.

C G/D

n.. ()

Darling is this love?

G/D G G Am

OUTRO: |() | | | |

G/D G G Am

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G/D G G Am

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G Am G Am

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| |

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