The Decemberists – Midlist Author (Guitar)

E            G#m
Fell upon a Tuesday

D            C#m             A
When I had just got down to work

E                   F#m  A  B
And everything went grey

E                 G#m
So I caught a bus Wednesday,

D             C#m           A
Thought a vacation well-deserved

E                 F#m  A  B
And all my edges frayed

A            Am
Address your letters to:

E         G#m
Midlist author (Midlist author)

C#m               B                         F#m
You're never the best but you're never the worst

E         G#m
Why even bother? (even bother?)

C#m              B                       F#m
You'll never be last but you'll never be first

     A                              Am
Have another taste of fame when they mispronounce your name

E  G#m  D          C#m                A     E   F#m  A  B
          When they mispronounce your name

E                   G#m
Strolled along the seaside

D            C#m             A
Amid all the vulgar dreary crowds

E                       F#m  A  B
And a boy cries for his dog

E               G#m
Stolen by a riptide (stolen by a riptide)

D            C#m               A
His mother explains he surely drowned

E                  F#m  A  B
As he weeps upon a log

A           Am
And all my readers sing, oh:

E         G#m
Midlist author (Midlist author)

C#m               B                        F#m
You're never the best but you're never the worst

E         G#m
Why even bother? (even bother?)

C#m              B                        F#m
You'll never be last but you'll never be first

      A                                Am
Maybe one more glass of wine will make everything seem fine

E  G#m  D         C#m                   A     E  F#m  A  B
           Maybe everything will seem fine

C#m                 E
And nobody's taking chances

C#m                      E                A
Did all those dwindling advances get you down

             B
They get you down

E          G#m
Shuffling homeward,

D             C#m            A
I check the receiver on the phone

E              F#m  A  B
No messages returned

E                 G#m
So I started up a new thing (started up a new thing)

D                   C#m                 A
Something ‘bout the sea, a boy, and his dog

E                        F#m  A  B
And these were the first words

A         Am
Dedication TK...

E        G#m
Midlist author (Midlist author)

C#m              B                         F#m
You're never the best but you're never the worst

E         G#m
Why even bother? (even bother?)

C#m              B                        F#m
You'll never be last but you'll never be first

       A                      Am
Maybe novel 22 will make them all remember you