Bloc Party – Rhododendron (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Em       Bm               G      C    Em
   On the   hottest night of the year

       Bm                G           C
Lying      in a patch of rho-, rhododendrons

  Em
A bottle of whisky under my arm

Bm
Trying to count a sky full of stars

  G
I dream of order, I dream of fleets

     C
Of Napoleon in aquamarine

         Em
He said "Linus, put that blanket down

       Bm
You've slammed your door too many times"

         G
He said "Linus, put that blanket down

    C
The world won't wait"
[Chorus]
C                   Bm
Boy, what you gonna do with your life

D                   C
Boy, what you gonna do with your life

C                   Bm
Boy, what you gonna do with your life

D                   C
Boy, what you gonna do with your life
[Verse 2]
    Em              Bm            G                C       Em
When I was your age,     I was comman-, commanding fleets

       Bm                      G            C
When I     was your age, I was soaked in victory

            Em
And now you can't keep a job and you can't keep a wife

       Bm
What a horrible mess you're gonna make of your life

        G
Watched way too many American films

      C
To be John Wayne, Brando or James Dean

Em
Waiting so long for your wrists to get thick

Bm
Waiting so long for the next great party

G
So many questions, so little to say

          C
You don't need these weights
[Chorus]
C                   Bm
Boy, what you gonna do with your life

D                   C
Boy, what you gonna do with your life

C                   Bm
Boy, what you gonna do with your life

D                   Em
Boy, what you gonna do with your life
[Bridge]
                     C                    Bm
So you want to be an artist, want to be a singer

             D                              Em
Want to be remembered for what you could create

                    D                     Bm 
So you want to be a cowboy, ride into the distance

              D                      Em
Never have to listen or answer to anyone

                    C                        G
So you want to be a boxer, surviving on your instincts

                D                               Em
Relying on your fists and the quickness of your wit

                          Am                      G
Are you bigger than these buildings and the grey around you?

                  D                     Em
Is your pain more worthy than everybody else
[Outro]
C                  Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

C                  Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

C                  Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

C                  Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em
Drunk again in the rhododendrons