Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Tachycardia (Guitar)

C   C   C   C   C
(last being loudest)

C       Em
It's a mass grave

Dm      C
A dollar-fifty resting place

C       Em
On the north face

Dm      G
It's a rope I've gotta climb

Am              G       F       Em
I'm a stone's throw from everyone I love and know

Am      Em      F       G
But I can't show up looking like I do

C       Em      Dm      C
In an old suit my hair is slicked up back nice and smooth

C       Em      Dm      G
In a courtroom, sweat rolling down my back

Am      G       F       Em
It's a bad dream.   I have it seven times a week

Am      G       F       Em
No it's not me.    But I'm the one who has to die

Em      Dm      C       C
(harmonica)

Em      Dm      G       Am
(harmonica)

G       F       F       G       G
(harmonica)

C       Em      Dm      C
Needs a cold draw to slow his tachycardia

C       Em      Dm      G
In a dark bar the world just melts away

Am      G       F       Em
And he feels fine If he can just lose track of time

Am      Em      F       G
It's a good sign when he can't stay awake

C       Em      Dm      C
On a slow day the rain against the windowpane 

C       Em      Dm      G
of the cafe She spills the coffee grounds

Am      G       F       Em
And the same thought hits her like cinder block

Am      Em      F       G                 C
Life's an odd job that she don't got the nerve to quit

C       Em      Dm      C
(harmonica and piano)

C       Em      Dm      G
(harmonica and piano)

Am      G       F       F
(harmonica and piano)

C           Em
Yeah it's just there

Dm      G       C       
At the bottom of those spiral stairs

C       Em      Dm
It's the World's Fair

G       C
The future's on display

A       G
In the still night

F       Em
They turned on the electric lights

Am      Em      
And the crowd cried out

F       G       C
Everyone looks so amazed

C       F       F       C       
(harmonica and piano)

C       G       G       Am
(harmonica and piano)

G       F       F       Em
(harmonica and piano)

Em
(harmonica fade)