Silver Jews – Self-Ignition (Ukulele)

C             Am
Oh self ignition, 

F                    G*
i can feel her suitcase sensing mine

C                         Am
she was her own permission,

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miss nineteen ninety ninety ninety nine nine nine nine

Am           C          Am           C     (chords are half time)
charles james sofa, and a household truce

      G                                             G
and there every wednesday night beneath the counter booth

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i woke up in a house i could understand

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the descendants of defendants were making demands.

C                      Am
gently thinking backwards 

           F                                 G*
on the psychedelic promises god made to me in the dark

C                                        Am
some of these kids don't have words

                 F                                G*
they're as helpless as parakeets in a park

   C              Am          C           Am  (chords are half time)
i couldn't believe it, when i saw that you wrote

          G                                            G
that a burning passenger shouldn't ruin the boat

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if dreams are your body telling you it's confused

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then i've got a dream i think you can use

 C                  Am
all lace and fiction

           F                                       G*
in the lawless rooms where you finally lost your health

C                          Am
i read the evening edition

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and the pumpkin on the porch is trying to heal itself

Am          C             Am         C      (same as above)
i don't like magic, and i don't like tricks

          G                                G
having a helluvah time believing we exist

Dm              F               C        G
the mailman dreams he's paul revere

Dm                   F                     C       G
he wants the whole town to buy him a beer