Destroyer – The Sublimation Hour (Guitar)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
       A                      A7
So you had the best legs in a business built for kicks,

             Bm                            F#
But was this changing of the guards really supposed to make you sick?

       D    E            D           E
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!

A                    A7
Medium Rotation, the Shock of the New,

      Bm                         F#
And a memo from Feldman saying, "everything is true."

       D     E           D           E
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
[Chorus]
      A          B    D         B
Don't spend your life conceiving

         A      B                       D       B
That the widows won't get sick of their grieving

      D              E
'Till everyone walks out.

           D                              E
Hey, isn't that what rock 'n' roll is all about, Princess?

  D                        E
Express your bloated self, willful and indignant,

       D                  Dm
In the face of somebody's lord!
[Instrumental] A A7 Bm F# D E D E x2 [Verse 2]
           A                     A7
You try to summon up the spirits live on Face the Nation,

Bm                          F#
But the Port Authority just taxed incantations.

       D     E      D              E
It's alright... The Sublimate Hour!

A7                           A7
Auction off The Temple. It's money well-spent.

               Bm                        F#
Hey, are those tears in your eyes as the wind cries, "enlargement"?

       D     E      D              E
It's alright... The Sublimate Hour!
[Chorus]
      A          B    D         B
Don't spend your life conceiving

         A      B                       D       B
That the widows won't get sick of their grieving

      D              E
'Till everyone walks out.

           D                              E
Hey, isn't that what rock 'n' roll is all about, Princess?

  D                        E
Express your bloated self, willful and indignant,

       D                  Dm
In the face of somebody's lord!
[Instrumental] A A7 Bm F# D E D E x2 [Verse]
   A                          A7
So put your hands together! I hear it's a must

           Bm                     F#
Until this phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust.

       D     E      D               E
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!

            A                         A7
I guess the streets will suffice till everybody makes nice,

              Bm                     F#
But there's a rumor going round even Destroyers have a price...

       D     E      D               E
It's alright... The Sublimation Hour!
[Outro]
      A          B    D         B
Don't spend your life conceiving
A B D B D E D E D E D Dm