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Long Division

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[Verse 1]
Gmaj7His head was a city Gof paper buildings
Gmaj7And the G/Bechoes G/Athat G/Eremained Gmaj7of old friends and lovers
GTheir features bleeding G/Btogether G/Ain his G/Ebrain
[Pre-Chorus]
CAnd once it Bmstarted was harder to Ctell them Bmapart
[Verse 2]
Gmaj7He was always distracted Gby the very mention G/Bof an G/Aopen G/Edoor
[Pre-Chorus]
C'Cause he had Bmsworn not to be Cwhat he'd been BmbeforeG  
[Hook]
To be a Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindGer
To be a Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindGer
[Verse 3]
Gmaj7The television Gwas snowing softly as she G/Bhunted G/Afor her G/Ekeys
Gmaj7She said she never envisioned Ghim the type of person capaG/Bble of G/Asuch deG/Eceit
[Interlude]
C    Bm    C    Bm
[Verse 4]
Gmaj7And then they carried on like Glong division
As it was G/Bclear with G/Aevery G/Epage
[Pre-Chorus]
That they were Cfurther Bmaway from a Csolution that would BmplayG  
[Hook]
Without a Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindGer
Without a Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindEmer
Without a Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindGer
Without a Gremain, Gmaj7remain, G6remain, Gremainder
[Pre-Chorus]
CHe had Bmsworn not to be Cwhat he'd been Bmbefore
[Outro]
To be the Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindGer
To be the Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindEmer
To be the Gmaj7remain, G5remain, Gremain, Em/GremaindGer
To be the Gremain, Gmaj7remain, G6remain, Gremainder
To be the Gremain, Gmaj7remain, G6remain, Gremainder
To be the Gremain, Gmaj7remain, G6remain, Gremainder

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Long Division

by Death Cab for Cutie

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Gmaj7

G/B

G/A

G/E

Em/G

[Verse 1]

Gmaj7 G

His head was a city of paper buildings

Gmaj7 G/B G/A G/E Gmaj7

And the echoes that remained of old friends and lovers

G G/B G/A G/E

Their features bleeding together in his brain

[Pre-Chorus]

C Bm C Bm

And once it started was harder to tell them apart

[Verse 2]

Gmaj7 G G/B G/A G/E

He was always distracted by the very mention of an open door

[Pre-Chorus]

C Bm C Bm G

'Cause he had sworn not to be what he'd been before

[Hook]

Gmaj7 G5 G Em/G G

To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder

Gmaj7 G5 G Em/G G

To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder

[Verse 3]

Gmaj7 G G/B G/A G/E

The television was snowing softly as she hunted for her keys

Gmaj7 G G/B G/A G/E

She said she never envisioned him the type of person capable of such deceit

[Interlude]

C Bm C Bm

[Verse 4]

Gmaj7 G

And then they carried on like long division

G/B G/A G/E

As it was clear with every page

[Pre-Chorus]

C Bm C Bm G

That they were further away from a solution that would play

[Hook]

Gmaj7 G5 G Em/G G

Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder

Gmaj7 G5 G Em/G Em

Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder

Gmaj7 G5 G Em/G G

Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder

G Gmaj7 G6 G

Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder

[Pre-Chorus]

C Bm C Bm

He had sworn not to be what he'd been before

[Outro]

Gmaj7 G5 G Em/G G