Cold War Kids – Coffee Spoon (Ukulele)

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Written By Dom Wise YouTube: MrDomWise Twitter: DomOfTheYear Verse 1:

        C
I can argue with the mime

I can argue with the mime he is reading me the riot act

          Em                Am      Em
every line

( Em - C - D )

       C
every lawyer in his prime

every lawyer in his prime gets nostalgic for the bar's

            Em              Am    Em
naivete to crime

Chorus: Am

G                         Am
    ascetics wring their hands

G                   Am
    this decadent misuse

G                   Am
    inside my china room

G                                              
    you are my coffee spoon

C Em Am Em ( Em - C - D ) C Em Am Em Verse 2:

      C
my indulgence is a joke

and while everybody laughs I'm clipping coupons

            Em
saving my breath

        C
I was celebrating Lent

with a candle in a tent when you came and snatched me up

             Em
out of retirement

         C
now I'm buying finer clothes

in department store windows throwing credit cards down

                     Em
I never raised my voice

I never raised my voice Chorus: Am

G                           Am
    ascetics wring their hands

G                      Am
    this decadent misuse

G                      Am
    inside my china room

G                                              
    you are my coffee spoon

C Em Am Em ( Em - C - D ) C Em Am Em