Amanda Palmer – Death Thing (Guitar)

Am                    C             F   C
Let's try to end on a pleasant note

Am                          C              F    C
You've ended endless things and you how it goes

Am                         C                            F
You'd lick your wounds but they're in a jar on the shelf

Am                    G              F        C
You lick a stamp on a letter to your old self

                                                  F
You always liked being good at things, didn't you

Am                    C                     F  C
Isn't it funny what a person can get used to

       Dm                          F
And now, just look what you've done

  Dm               C                      F
I hope you're happy, 'cause you've beaten everyone

  Dm                              C                F
I think it's fair to say that the word is all over town

       Am
Did he answer? (No)

C
Did he answer? (No)

          F
Did he answer? (No)

           Am
Not even a whisper? (No)

            C
So it's over? (Yes)

             F
Now you know the drill

           Am
You're the expert

           C
You're the expert

           F
You're the expert

Dm              F                                   C     Dm  F
Congratulations,  you've really got this death thing down

Am                    C                         F
You're really good at making introverted people come

Am                  C                    F
First grade, fourth place, standing broad jump

Am                     C
Violent and velvet painting

F
Slaughtering and ego-taming

    Dm
You clocked one thousand hours, baby

C                          F     Am
You could master all of them

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You can take your everlasting love and you can have it

C                F
Though you don't always get to pick what you get good at

C  Dm             F
Now, look how far you've come

Dm                   C
You used to need them

                  F    C        F
And now you could lose every one

Dm                          C
Without even blinking an eye

         F                 C
So go on, put on your crown

Am
Did she answer? (No)

        C
Did she answer? (No)

        F
Did she answer? (No)

            Am
Not a single heartbeat? (No)

        C
So it's over? (Yes)

       F              Dm  C
So you know the drill

G
You're the expert

Dm             F                              C         Dm  F
Congratulations, you've really got this death thing down

                                       C  Dm  F
You've really got this death thing down

                                   C  Dm  F
You've really got this death thing down

                                  C   Dm  F
You've really got this death thing down

C     Dm  F
Jai Guru Deva

G
Om

F            Dm                    F          E
Yeah, you've really got this death thing down