Alvvays – Pomeranian Spinster (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
A
  Don't wanna be nice

A                  E
  I don't wanna be nice

A
  I don't want your advice

A                  E
  On the run in my tights

A
  I'm going to get what I want

A                     E
  I don't care who it hurts

A
  Took the lessons that I've learnt

A                E
  Once shy twice burned
[Verse 2]
A
  Don't wanna belong

A                  E
  I'm not nodding along

A
  I don't care if you write me

A                E
  Please don't invite me

D
  Hummingbird get what you want

D                        E
  And flutter off for a little while

A
  Light settled on the doorstep

A              E
  You took the four steps
[Chorus 1]
D
Mine

               D
Should've been mine

                E
Had I just said something

              A
If I wasn't polite

             D
Stuck out my hand

               D
Grabbed it and ran

                        E
And you wouldn't have accosted

                     A
All according to the plan
[Verse 3]
A
  Don't wanna belong

A                  E
  I'm not nodding along

A                                            A
  I don't care if I'm wrong, you unfortunate boy

              E
You've gone A-W-O-L

D
  Hummingbird get what you want

D                      E
  And flutter off to a different flower

A
  Lace up and the light's out

A               E
  You took that ride out
[Chorus 2]
D
Mine

               D
Should've been mine

                E
Had I just said something

              A
If I wasn't polite

             D
Stuck out my hand

               D
Grabbed it and ran

                         E
And your looking took it forward

                          A
And you're looking to the plan

               D
Woke up in the rain

             D
Woke up in a sweat now

                   E
You're living in a condo

                 A
And you wanna forget
[Post-Chorus]
E
There was a time

         D            A
When someone could've said

    E
You can't recreate

        D               A
All the things that are read
[Bridge] // You can stay on A or change between A and D
A    (D)      A
  Pomeranian spinster

A      (D)      A
  Glass slipper never fit it

A       (D)            A
  Took a while but I'm trying to get over it

A      (D)     A
  Presbyterian ministers

A       (D)           A
  Travel in packs and never split

A         (D)         A
  They deviate in the tiniest concepts

         F#m   |F#m   |F#m   |E    |
La-la-la-la
Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |Bm |
Dmaj7
  I heard you ask me to smile

Dmaj7
  Detour right off of the road

E
  Don't ever ask me to smile

Dmaj7
  Which dress is she going to wear?

Dmaj7
  What's to be done with her hair?

G#dim
  Don't ever ask me to smile

Dmaj7
  You'll spend the rest of your days

Dmaj7
  Taking your foot off the brake

E
  Foot on the brake foot on the
[Solo] Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |G#dim | Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |E |(Woo) Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |G#dim | Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |E |
Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |G#dim |
(fade out)