Bloc Party – Rhododendrons (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em Bm Em Bm [Verse 1]
Em       Bm             G     Cmaj7
   On the hottest night of the year

Em       Bm             G          Cmaj7
   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

     Cmaj7
Of Napoleon in aquamarine

          Cm                      Em
He said, "Linus, put that blanket down

       Bm                           D
You've slammed your door too many times"

          G
He said, "Linus, put that blanket down

    C           Cmaj7
The world won't wait"
[Chorus]
Cmaj7               Bm
Boy, what you gonna do with your life?

D                   C
Boy, what you gonna do with your life?

Am                  Bm
Boy, what you gonna do with your life?

D                   Em
Boy, what you gonna do with your life?
[Post-chorus] Em Em [Verse 2]
Em        Bm              D      Em       G       Cmaj7
   When I was your age, I was comman–, commanding fleets

Em        Bm                  Em         G   Cmaj7
   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                                      D
What a horrible mess you're gonna make of your life

        C
Watched way too many American films

      Cmaj7
To be John Wayne, Brando or James Dean

Em
Waiting so long for your wrists to get thick

D                       Bm
Waiting so long for the next great party

C                                G
So many questions, so little to say

          Cmaj7
You don't need these weights
[Chorus]
Cmaj7               Em
Boy, what you gonna do with your life?

D                   C
Boy, what you gonna do with your life?

Am                  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

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

G            D                   Em
Never have to listen or answer to anyone

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

                D                               Em7
Relying on your fists and the quickness of your wit

                          Am7                    Bm
Are you bigger than these buildings and the grey around you?

                  D                     Em7
Is your pain more worthy than everybody else?
[Outro]
C                  Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em7
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

Am7                Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em7
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

C                  Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em7
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

Am7                Bm
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

D                  Em
Drunk again in the rhododendrons
C Bm D Em7 Am7 Bm D Em7 C Bm D Em7 Am7 Bm D Em7 C Bm D Em7 Am7 Bm D Em7 C Bm D Em7 Am7 Bm D Em7