Jeff Rosenstock – Staring Out The Window At Your Old Apartment (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

Personally I use barre chords for everything except the chorus and just pick the octaves (high then low) in the intro and early verses. Note the variation in the final chorus. [Intro] G B C Am (x2) [Verse 1]
G     B          C             Am
  Someone hung a decorative surfboard up

G       B      C           Am
  Where your records and movies belong

G      B              C         Am
  This light makes it nearly impossible

   Em               B             C           Am
To see if they fixed all the cracks in the wall
[Chorus]
G                                Em
  Staring out the window at your old apartment

 Am              D
Imagining the old you stumbling through

G                            Em
  Tacky renovations that the landlord wanted

   Am             D
To cash in on the boom

              G             C  Cm
And you don't know where to go now

           G          C  Cm
You've got nowhere to go now
[Verse 2]
G   B          C              Am
  I wish you'd come down and meet me here

G     B               C         Am
  I'm gridlocked, I'm not going anywhere

G      B      C   Am
  I've had a bad year
[Chorus]
G                                Em
  Staring out the window at your old apartment

 Am              D
Imagining the old you stumbling through

G                            Em
  Tacky renovations that the landlord wanted

   Am             D
To cash in on the boom
[Post-Chorus] (I mix this up a bit with some picking and palm muting to crescendo)
              G             C  Cm
And you don't know where to go now

           G          C  Cm
You've got nowhere to go now

          G             C  F
You don't know where to go now

           G          C  F
You've got nowhere to go now
[Bridge]
    Em         B/D#        C           Am
The city don't care if you live or you die

     Em         B/D#        C            Am
It's just gonna grow and it doesn't care why

       Em       B/D#        C                Am
You're tired of kicking and fighting through life

    Em        B/D#          C           Am
And left me alone on this cold winter night just
[Chorus] (variation)
G                                Em
  Staring out the window at your old apartment

 Am              D
Imagining the old you stumbling through

B                            Em
  Tacky renovations that the landlord wanted

   Am             D
To cash in on the boom
[Post-Chorus]
              G    B        C  Am
And you don't know where to go now

           G B        C  Am
You've got nowhere to go now

           G B        C  F
You've got nowhere to go now

          G    B        C  F
You don't know where to go now