Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Nikorette (Ukulele)

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Chords

This is a chord transcription from a promo copy of the album. The G chord Conor uses in rhythm (which is what I'm transcribing) isn't a standard shape. I will site it as a G it's a little different:
E|-3-|
A|-x-|
D|-0-|
G|-0-|
B|-3-|
e|-x-|
And on the D during the verses you should play around with the chord a bit, I like to the G string up with the rhythm. Just listen to the song and you'll understand. C
C                         F     C
I´m just trying to stay a human being

C                         F   C
Sitting in the sun eating ice cream

C                         F       C
Texting my friend about a bad bad dream

C                            F     C
Just had to tell someone who knows me

C                             F      C
But I don´t got time for this cuckoo clock

C                            F     C
And I don´t wanna go to your Mason Lodge

C                               F        C
There´s nothing more sad than a lynching mob

C                        F          C
Full of rational men who believe in God

G
But nothing makes sense when the wave rolls through

G                                      C
Nothing makes sense when the wave come through

G
So it could have been me or it could have been you

G                                   C
Whatever is in me is whatever is in you

C                                  F        C
My neighbor dreams big because his house is small

C                             F       C
Says all he needs now is some capital

C                          F        C
It´s a pirate world it´s a free-for-all

C                                    F         C
They take your bright ideas and they make them dull

C                               F        C
But everyone I see I think I´ve known before

C                           F       C
From the opera house to the grocery store

C                  F        C
My love for them I cannot ignore

C
Like a human voice in a quiet morgue

G
But I don´t want to wear no dead man´s suit

G                                  C
I don´t want to wear no dead man´s suit

G
I don´t want to wait until the moon gets blue

G                                         C
I don´t want to wait until the moon turns blue

Am                   G
Well it´s all just a fix

Am              G
Just one little hit

                  C
You'll hold it in

C                          F       C
Sitting on a plane chewing nicorette

C                        F       C
Paradise lost haven´t found it yet

C                          F     C
Will you talk me down if I get upset´

C                           F       C
Be the cool washcloth to my fevered head

G
Because I don´t want to dream if it won´t come true

G                                      C
I don´t want to dream if it don´t come true

G
If there´s something in me well I guess it´s in you

G                                              C
If there´s somewhere in me then I know it´s in you
Solo - Same verse progression.
Am                   G
Well it´s all just a fix

Am              G
Just one little hit

                  C
You´re holding in

C
You´ll hold it in

C
You´re holding in

C
You´ll hold it in

G
And I don´t want to dream if it won´t come true

G                                      C
I don´t want to dream if it don´t come true

G
If there´s something in me well I guess it´s in you

G
If there´s something in me well I guess it´s in you

D
Whatever happens to me it´s going to happen to you

D
Whatever happens to me it´s going to happen to you
C x3 End on D