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Celebate Life

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE----------------------------------#
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e|-----D2--2--3--5--3--2-Dsus4------D-----Dsus4|D  
B|-----3----------------3----------|
G|-----2------------------2p-0--2--|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
The Ddust from a four-day affair Dsus4is now AlandingAsus4  
All Aover the flooAsus4r and your Dbrown legs
The gold plated leDsus4gs of my ArivalAsus4  
WhoAse eyes had no Asus4reason to Gfall
You led no Dcelibate Alife,   Gno skirt while Dchemicals Adanced in your Ghead
You stole the Dkeys to this Aride (and your Gfables... (pAause) are falling 
toniDght
Because of your struggle to make them
Their taste for your past time is fading
Remember the girls in the middle are always the first to fall off 
You'll learn to live like a mouse,
Searching the cracks in the floor to remember
All the dregs in the crowd you barely recall
Bridge
D     Dsus4  A      Asus4  A
 D      Dsus4 A      Asus4  A      Asus4  G
You led no Dcelibate Alife, Gno skirt while cDhemicals Adanced on your Ghead
You stole the Dkeys to this Aride and your fGables.A.. are falling tonDight

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Celebate Life

by The Shins

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Dsus4

Asus4

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#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D

e|-----2--2--3--5--3--2------------|

B|-----3----------------3----------|

G|-----2------------------2p-0--2--|

D|---------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------|

D Dsus4 A Asus4

The dust from a four-day affair is now landing

A Asus4 D

All over the floor and your brown legs

Dsus4 A Asus4

The gold plated legs of my rival

A Asus4 G

Whose eyes had no reason to fall

D A G D A G

You led no celibate life, no skirt while chemicals danced in your head

D A G A

You stole the keys to this ride (and your fables... (pause) are falling

tonight

Because of your struggle to make them

Their taste for your past time is fading

Remember the girls in the middle are always the first to fall off

You'll learn to live like a mouse,

Searching the cracks in the floor to remember

All the dregs in the crowd you barely recall

Bridge

D Dsus4 A Asus4 A

D Dsus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 G

D A G D A G

You led no celibate life, no skirt while chemicals danced on your head

D A G A D

You stole the keys to this ride and your fables... are falling tonight

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