Los Campesinos! – A Heat Rash In The Shape Of The Show Me State Or Letters From Me To Charlotte (Guitar)

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Chords

but mainly on the studio version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4dTNNU9bdg
my best guess at how Tom plays some of these chords:
F:    x-8-10-10-10-8
F/Bb: 6-x-10-10-10-x
F/C:  8-x-10-10-10-x
[Intro] F Dm [Verse 1]
        F
She'd a bruise so black they watched it fade through the full spectrum of colours

     F
They kept it like a pet, a private joke they told no others

    F   Dm             F            Dm               F
And oh, how the tissue repaired and how it turned to yellow

    Dm              F                  Dm               F
And she found it disgusting, 'cause it didn't match her clothing

Dm                    F            Dm   F Dm F  Dm
He said that it's not yellow, it's   go-o-olden
[Chorus]
F/Bb   F  F/Bb     F               F/Bb F        F/Bb   F
          Walk out onto your front      lawn and face into the rain

F/Bb    F        F/Bb          F     F/Bb
  Shout into the wind, this'll never be the same
[Interlude] F F/Bb [Verse 2]
     F
They promised they'd be best of friends from now until forever

    F
But both were far too needy not to fall for the other

    F       Dm              F           Dm       F
And how the frequent public displays of sisterly affection

     Dm               F          Dm           F
They left her feeling safe, left him with an erection
[Chorus]
F/Bb   F  F/Bb     F               F/Bb F        F/Bb   F
          Walk out onto your front      lawn and face into the rain

F/Bb    F        F/Bb          F     F/Bb
  Shout into the wind, this'll never be the same
[Interlude] F F/Bb [Verse 3]
F                                                    Dm
   Her body barely visible, as bleach-white as the bedsheets

                                                                   F
As stiff as starched, only perceptible as her middle was still bra-anded

       F
With a heat rash in the perfect shape of the Show-Me State

     Dm
Your come-on lines sound disastrous

      Bb
Noise more foreboding than volcano or earthquake
[Chorus]
F   F/C                      F/Bb          F             F
    Walk out onto your front      lawn and face into the rain

               F/C                 F/Bb         F
Shout into the wind, this'll never be the same

F   F/C                      F/Bb          F             F
    Walk out onto your front      lawn and face into the rain

               F/C                 F/Bb
Shout into the wind, this'll never be the same
[Interlude] F F/Bb [Verse 4]
F
    Letter from me to Charlotte

        F
"They appropriated everything we ever loved

      F
And dressed it up in quotations and fluff

      F                   Gm                F
And I had a dream, though said with hand in pockets

  Gm              F          Gm            F
I mean it hand on heart, you held a gun to his head

Dm                     Gm                    Gm F
Pressed your thumbs to her throat," in these le-tters

Dm                 Gm  F
Letters from me to Charlotte
[Chorus]
F   F/C                      F/Bb          F             F
    Walk out onto your front      lawn and face into the rain

               F/C                 F/Bb         F
Shout into the wind, this'll never be the same

F   F/C                      F/Bb          F             F
    Walk out onto your front      lawn and face into the rain

               F/C                 F/Bb
Shout into the wind, this'll never be the same
[Outro]
F                   F/Bb
    This will never be the same

F                    F/Bb          F     F/Bb
    Things will never be the same again
F