Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Milk Thistle (Guitar)

C              Bm
Milk thistle, milk thistle,

C      D    G
Let me down slow,

C       D    Em
Help me go slow,

        C          D
I've been carryin' on,

       C            G
I'm not scared of nothin',

           C          G
I'll go pound for pound,

      C         G
I keep death on my mind,

      C       D
Like a heavy crown.

     C     D
If I go to heaven,

      C         D
I'll be bored as hell,

      C       D
Like a little baby,

     Am             G
At the bottom of a well.

C           Bm
Fair child, fair child,

C   D       G
How are you man?

       C      D    Em
Did you fix that storefront?

       C           D
Did you start that band?

        C          G
Don't be scared of nothin',

      C         G
You go pound for pound,

            C           G
You'll bring peace to midnight,

      C        D
Like a spotted owl.

      C          D
I'll be rootin' for you,

       C        D
Like my favourite team,

       C      D
If somebody sweats you,

      Am             G
You just point 'em out to me.

Am
All the sights and sounds,

B11
This little world's too crowded now,

           C**     D          G (Hammering as usual)
And there's only one way out.

Am
An elevator ride,

B11
Through the tunnel towards the light,

       C**   D        G (Hammering)
And I’m nowhere bound,

          C   Em  D
Keep going up and down,

C  Em  G (H)
Up and down.

C          Bm
Newspaper, newspaper

     C     D  G
Can't take no more,

          C  D    Em
You're here every morning,

      C       D
Waitin' at my door.

        C          G
I'm just tryin' to kiss you,

       C       G
And you stab my eyes,

      C        G
Make me blue forever,

       C      D
Like an Island sky.

       C        D
And I'm not pretending,

        C      D
That it's all okay,

           C        D
Just let me have my coffee,

         Am              G (Hammering)
Before you take away the day.

C        Bm
Lazarus, Lazarus,

C      D     G
Why all the tears?

C   D    Em
Did your faithful chauffer

C         D
Just disappear?

      C          G
What a lonesome feeling,

     C           G
To be just waitin' round,

       C            G
Like some washed up actress,

    C      D
In a Tinseltown.

   C        D
But for the record,

       C          D
I'd come pick you up,

          C        D
We'll head for the ocean,

        Am                G (Hammering)
Just say when you've had enough.

Am
All the light and sound,

B11
This little world's too fragile now,

            C**    D         G (Hammering)
And there's only one way out.

Am
But if you let me slide,

B11
I'll do my best to make things right,

       C**  D        G (Hammering)
And I’m nowhere bound,

           C  Em   D
Keep going up and down,

C  Em   G
Up and down.

C             Bm
Milk thistle, milk thistle,

C   D      G
Let me down slow,

   C     D      Em
Just help me go slow,

         C         D
I've been hurrying on.

     C          G
I was poised for greatness,

     C         G
I was down and out

      C            G
I keep death at my heels

      C       D
Like a basset hound

    C       D
If I go to heaven,

      C        D
I'll be bored as hell,

      C        D
Like a crying baby,

     Am            G (No hammering)
At the bottom of a well.