alt-J – Pusher (Guitar)

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No capo. [Verse 1]
          F
If you're willing to wait

        A
for the love of your life,

Dm                 F       (F)
please wait by the line...

    (F)
And you know

           A                Dm
Dismissive prisms rainbow
But my native optimism isn't broken
       F      (F)
by the light
[Verse 2]
    (F)                  
The idea of life without company

        (F)
Crashed suddenly

                       A
It crashed through the ceiling on me

    Dm               F     (F)
And pinned me to the pine

   (F)         A
And layer upon layer

   Dm
Of hope and doubt

                           F
Will crush bones to oil in time
[Chorus]
D   A     D      Em D   A     G        
Are you a pusher or are you a puller?

  Em      (Em)   D       A      G
I pull the weight towards me

    D A        D    Em   D      A       G
And I lack the zest of a lemon, looking forward

  Em     Em     G     D       G
Unless I have a woman pushing me
[Verse 3]
    F                  A
A canopy of red-billed quelea

Dm              F
Passed over the blue

  (F)
A five hour flock,

    A
Not one dives down,

   Dm           F       (F)
To tell you the truth

(F)
As night falls

    A
A quelea crawls

    Dm                   F     (F)
And whispers on his last wing

    (F)
"So abundant are we,

     A
Left alone I shall be,

      Dm                 F
But a waited phone never rings..."
[Chorus]
D   A     D      Em D   A     G        
Are you a pusher or are you a puller?

  Em      (Em)   G       D      G
I pull the weight towards me

    D A        D    Em   D      A       G
And I lack the zest of a lemon, looking forward

  Em     Em     G     D       G
Unless I have a woman pushing me

D   A     D      Em D   A     G    
Are you a pusher or are you a puller?

D        A    D         Em D       A      G      
We could hold hands for 15 minutes in the sauna

D        A    D     Em    D           A    G      
We could hold hands for a pool length underwater

Em    Em       G    D    G
I can push and pull
Her [Outro]
          F
If you're willing to wait

        A
for the love of your life,

Dm                 F      
please wait by the line...
End on F