Bright Eyes – Cartoon Blues (Ukulele)

   Em   
I listen to a lecture of nonsense till dawn 

       Bm
By a plagiary poet with dark glasses on

         Am
He said "how did you ever dream up that song?

     Bm            B       Em
The one where the baby dies."

              Em
I said "I'll tell you the secret which one's your good ear?

        Bm
Yeah, people are made up of water and fear

          Am
If there weren't women present we wouldn't be here

    Bm        B              Em
So lets make like we're friends"

        Em
And the pot turned to powder and soured the mood

         Bm
And the people I'd come with were gone from the room

      Am
So I asked like a child "may I be excused?"

  Bm     B           Em
And disobeyed them all

           Em
Into that late night latrine rain soaking through my shoes

   Bm
I tried walking backwards to get less confused

   Am
Working off a theory I could never prove

             Bm     B        Em
That it was life itself to blame

     Am               Em
And time ruined the world

        Am         Em
Like a failed revolution

   Am                  Em
A tumor we could not remove

       Csus2       Bm           Em
An old friend, a constant, the blues

        Em
Now my days are distractions, sit wringing my hands

  Bm
Solitaire, crosswords, and films on demand

          Am
When you turn from a cartoon back into a man

              Bm          B      Em
You start to smell that human smell

           Em
And so I sleep with the fan on to drown out the street

         Bm
And the noise rising up from the bar underneath

          Am
Well for that inconvenience all my drinks are free

       Bm        B        Em
So I guess it's just as well

          Em
Why do I envy the ending right from the start

     Bm
Just get it together to take it apart

 Am
Watching the horse as it follows the cart

   Bm          B        Em
I sweep up my broken spell

       Am                          Em
And I felt something changing the world

        Am       Em
Like a new constitution

    Am                   Em
A thief I would have to pursue

       Csus2          Bm          Em
At all times, at all costs, the truth

Em, Asus2, A#/Bbsus2, Bsus2, Csus2, C#/Dbsus2, Dsus2
End on: Em