Los Campesinos! – Long Throes (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

[Intro] G D Bm x7 G A Bm A [Verse 1]
G                          D           Bm
God appeared to me, trying to ease my doubts

             G                       D             Bm
Told him everything's okay but I'm glad he reached out

         G                      D          C
Tell me how many hours in any single dull day

       G                           D              Bm
Can I pray to a league table but still it don't change?

     G                             A
And how many times in just one miserable life

           G                                A             Bm
Will they vote for the bastards who would sooner annex paradise?
[Chorus]
G                    D           Bm
   You stand unmoving while the world keeps turning

G                                D          Bm
   Thought your heart was broken, but it's only yearning

G                      D            Bm
   Union Flag is waving while the building's burning

G         A     Bm            A
Embers ablaze, long throes always
[Verse 2]
        G                        D              Bm
Do you tire of excuses that you make for your parеnts?

              G                                D        Bm
"They worked hard for their monеy", for your future inheritance?

        G                          D           C
You're all in agreement that the police are useless

      G                           D               Bm
They want them emboldened, baby, you want them bootless
[Bridge]
      G                          A
The punks on the playlist are crooning for kindness

        G                          A Bm
Asking "Why can't we all just get along?"

       G                              A
Me and my friends are sadists, backbreakers for spineless

          Bm                  A           G
Wish ‘em dead and then we'll put it in a song

     Bm                      A            G
Capital don't care, we're eating at the trough

     Bm                 A                 G
I'd like to teach the world to scream at all of the above

F#m                           A
Anxieties and maladies and falling out of love
[Chorus]
G                    D           Bm
   You stand unmoving while the world keeps turning

G                                D          Bm
   Thought your heart was broken, but it's only yearning

G                      D            Bm
   Union Flag is waving while the building's burning

G         A     Bm            A    D
Embers ablaze, long throes always