Destroyer – Farrar Straus And Giroux (Ukulele)

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Destroyer is Dan Bejar, one of the New Pornographers (usually referred to as "indie supergroup New Pornographers" and then followed by a mention of Neko Case). There aren't any chords/tabs for Destroyer songs online, which is just ridiculous; the man can write rock songs (or, in the case of "Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Sea of Tears)," melancholy pop/country songs) like nobody's business, and who doesn't like to rock out, now and again, in the grand indie style? Having said that, I hope I've been rocking (or popping) appropriately to this song. D
			F#m
It was back amongst the living

		Bm
Your smile was giving 

	G
Me a thrill

		D
Enough to come so close

		F#m
To closing the deal
The steal of the century
Bm
A century stolen from our hearts 

		G
To a house on the hill

			A
But if that is what it takes

			G
If that is what it takes

			A	G-Bm-G-Bm-G
If that is what it takes

	D
To be a stone

			F#m
A stone's throw from your throne

		Bm
No man has ever hung 

			    G
From the rafters of a second home

		D
No man has ever hung

			F#m
From the rafters of a second home
Bm G
	D
It's true 

	   F#m
I needed you more

		Bm
Back when I was poor

				G
The wealthy dowager, the patroness
She guessed it The answer wasn't yes
D
But her maxims were fine

			F#m
The ethos that flew about her mind

	Bm
Like swallows in search

		G
Of a burnt-down bell tower church

			A
But if that is what it takes

			G
If that is what it takes 

			A	G-Bm-G-Bm-G
If that is what it takes

	D
To be a stone

			F#m
A stone's throw from your throne

		Bm
No man has ever hung

				G
At the temporary age of twenty-four
(With) both feet on the floor
D					F#m
Listening to the bona fide stasis of sound
The eaves dripping
Bm				G
Yesterday's ill-timed August rain

		D				F#m
If there is such a thing as ill-timed August rain 
Bm G D-F#m-Bm-G (x2) D