Death Cab for Cutie – 20Th Century Towers (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em D Em D [Verse 1]
Em                  Bm        C
  We'll correct collegiate mistakes

  Em               Bm    C
A shower of formal ideals

Em                      Bm            C
  Completely soused the hearts on our sleeves

        Em                           Bm      C
As they drowned we could hear them screaming

C
"Oh, what a tragic way to see our final days"
Em Bm C [Verse 2]
Em             Bm          C
  I attempt to talk up the town

     Em                 Bm   C Em            Bm      C
"The answers are in the arches   of the 20th century towers

       Em                  Bm    C
And in comfortable cars in motion"

C                                            Em
 And yet it still remains, this incessent refrain:

        Bm            C          Em                     Bm  C
"You're just like the rest, your restlessness makes you lazy"
[Verse 3]
Em                Bm           C
  Keeping busy is just wasting time

         Em                    Bm     C
And I've wasted what little he gave me

C
  All around

Am           C                    Gma7
  I know the conscious choice was crystal clear

   D                  Fma7
To clean the slate of former years

     Am7           C
When I sang softly in your ear

    Gma7          D        Fma7
And tied these arms around you