Bright Eyes – 1St World Blues (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D C G D [Verse 1]
G                           D
  Jersey's swerving like a bad friend

C
  Blew through the tollbooth

G                 D
  Never seen him again

G                           D
  East River's chock-full of made men

C
  Concrete shoes,

G                D
  not swimming, not walking
[Chorus 1]
     C                      G
It's on and on and on it's gone

     C                      G
From Manhattan to East Babylon

     C                                    G
You got the talking, walking, white boy blues

            Am                            D
You're just a tool that's never gonna get used
[Verse 2]
G                            D
  No hipsters, no spinsters Nobody's looking back

C
  All those babies snorting coke

G                              D
  While your older brother's smoking crack

G
  Check my blind side on the Highline

D
  Looking out on the West Side Highway

C
  I seen an old man out the subway

G                     D
  Drop dead like a poor drawn anime
[Chorus 2]
   C                G
On and on and on it's gone

   C               G
From Gowanus to Staten Island

   C                                   G
You got the texting, sexting, acting, first world blues

              Am                         D
You're just a tool that's never gonna get used
[Solo] G D C G D [Verse 3]
G                             D
  I was talking crazy down at Old Navy

C
  I was feeling despondent

 G     D
  at Hot Topic

G
  Cutting myself in the bathroom at The Gap

D
  With the red snapback Tucker Carlson hat

C                     G            D
  Banana Republic Ah, you'll learn to love it

G                       D
  Reaganomics was my favorite subject

C
  Yeah, algebra is great always made me feel safe

G                         D                    C
But comparative religions I could never get an A+

D
Plus
[Chorus 3]
   C                           G
It goes on and on and on it's gone

   C                 G
From Fairacres to Aksarben

   C                                          G
You've got the trust fund, Top Golf, rich kid blues

              Am                          D
You're just a tool that's never gonna get used

G
    God Damn

D
 It's never gonna be

C
Send my report card in the mail

G
 A plus

D
 A plus
[Outro] G D C G D G