Dan Mangan – Xvi (Guitar)

Am
Wrestling the days 

          C
since the staff crept away,

      Em
sorta sleeping awake

         Am
and just WAITING, waiting, 

    D
I'm just going to wait 

          Dm
‘til they say it's okay

        G7
to ring that bell again. 

         Am
You see, hook line and SINKER,

    C
I'm in for the ride, 

       Em
got my eye on the prize 

      Am
and I know if I show that 

    D
I'm willing to try 

   Dm
to do it their way – 

G7
I know what you'd say,

          Am
you'd say I threw the family

C
UNDER THE BUS

         Em
as if I hoped it would CRUSH us like 

  Am
I don't care. I do care, 

  D
I swore and I swear, 

       Dm
I was thinking of you, 

G7
always did and I do. 

       Am
I just see things so different, 

  C
I just had to try. 

       Em
Like the market's middle child, 

          Am
we're not winning or losing, 

     D
it's such sweet denial. 

Dm
Up to the chin, 

       G7
but if we just buy in, 

         Am
we could thrive in the gutters

    C
and out on the towns 

          Em
and we're DOUBLING DOWN 

             Am
‘cause we're DYING OF BOREDOM,

        D
there's nothing to do. 

    Dm
See IF YOU HATE THE MAN,

    G7
THE MAN HATES YOU TOO. 

          Am
Don't you think I have moments? 

          C
Sure, I'd love to take charge. 

          Em
‘Cause we all see the farce, 

             Am
but we don't mention, mention 

    D
the castle of cards. 

    Dm
And what's there to say? 

G7
Let them eat cake?