Manchester Orchestra – I Was A Lid (Ukulele)

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Chords

These are just the basic chords if you want to see something quick for reference or do an acoustic version. For the lead, check out the other tab here on UG. Just move everything a fret up because that one is written in standard tuning. The lyrics here are just what I could make out because there's no official lyric sheet or anything. Am C x2

Am               C
I was a lid on a house we barely speak of

Am                   C
Folded again I could see myself inside

    Am                 C
And I was amazed how a God could know my first name

    Am                     C
And you were amazed at the difference in my speech 2, 3, 4

Am C

   Am                        C
So what of your words, did I know you would deceive me?

    Am                  C
And one better in for a calmness in my side

   Am                  C
So I made a way from a top east fractioned godspeed

   Am                   C
And what a debate do you still know my full name

Dm F Am Dm F C

    Am                                             C
And I was the one that decided to light you on fire

    Am                                                      C
And you were a tree with a root that was wrapped in my brain

   Am                                                    C
So build me a sign make me know that you speak of a light

    Am                                                       C
How dirty you plead, dirty you plead, dirty you plead, please

Dm                                      F                   Am                             
You know how you thought I ditched your house, I'm faking causes

Dm                             F                 C
And I needn't a word I am the saddest version yet

Dm                            F                 Am
So what is the price I pay to be this wrong and stop one?

Dm                            F               C
I was the man that claimed to see but now I'm not

Am C x2

Am                 C
I am afraid of the good and bad beneath me

   Am                     C
So give me a sign for the angels on my feet

Am                 C
I was a man yeah I swear I was a man

   Am                    C
So keep me alive for the angels in my feet

      Am               C
Cause I am a way for a man to rid his skin clean

   Am                     C
So send me a sign for the ones who need my seed

Dm F Am Dm F C

Dm         F                    Am
And I had a dream I killed our families

Dm               F                      C
And you were the one I hoped you'd blame

Dm           F               Am
And I felt a baby in your stomach

Dm            F                     C
I knew who he was but he had no name

(Acoustic or not, you can end it like this):
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