Bright Eyes – Shakespeare In A Nutshell (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
     C
    Love is a not a contest

           G
    It's a   battle of will

              C
    William Shakespeare in a nutshell

         Em               G
    The Globe Theatre is burning still

Dm
    I don't wanna die in the moonlight

     G
    High upon this hill

               Dm
    It's not a hill I wanna die on

     G
    Safe in the duck blind, I still couldn't kill
[Chorus]
C  G
      Even though I was hidden

C                         G
      Even though I was freezin'

C                              G
      Even though I was secret

            Em                            D
      Like whispering "I love you" to a platinum non-blonde
Who wasn't real [Verse 2]
  C
Death is in a bombshell

         G
It isn't if, it's only when

 C
Posies in my pockets

         Em             G
While I run in circles with my friends

Dm                               G
All around these cities singing songs to pacifists

       Dm                          G
Saying sorry that my autograph is messy
Looks counterfeit [Instrumental] | C | G | C | G | | C | G | Em | D | [Verse 3]
       Dm
I have no one to depend on

 G
Gentile or Jew

         Dm
If I was forced to make an exception

          G
Well, I guess that would be you
[Instrumental] | C | G | Em | D | [Verse 4]
 C
God is just a concept

     G
A square in a circle hole

           C
Made me a dog, threw a chewed up frisbee

               Em            G
You want me to fetch but I wouldn't go

      Dm                     G
Notre Dame is on fire, just like my tiki drink

 Dm
Guy Fawkes wasn't a hero

          G
He was a mascot acting like a king
[Chorus]
C  G
      You do what you can

C  G
      Or you do what you can't
[Instrumental] | C | G | Em | D | [Verse 5]
        Dm
There's no fun, we can run from

   G
Monopoly or Clue

      Dm                            G
Mrs. Peacock in the study with the candlestick
Baby, tell me it wasn't you [Outro] | C |