The Handsome Family – Weightless Again (Guitar)

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Transcribed by MericanSoil Similar to some of the previous transcriptions, but many of the chords were omitted/overlooked from the earlier attempts. This should be pretty spot on… [Intro](played the same way as verse) Am Am D Dm Am Am G D Am, G D Am [Verse 1]
                 D   Dm                Am
We stopped for coffee in the redwood forest

G      D       Am      G          D       Am
Giant dripping leaves, spoons of powdered cream

               D    Dm              Am
I wanted to kiss you, but I wasn't sure how

G           D  Am   G          D       Am
Like those indians lost in the rain forest

                  D        Dm         Am
Forced to drag burning wood wherever they went

G         D     Am         G      D       E    E7
They all had forgo___tten how to start a fire
[Chorus]
C           Am            E      E7
This is why people OD on pills

     C    Am                  E       E7
And jump from the golden gate bridge

C                 Am          E
Anything to feel weightless again
[Instrumental] Am Am D Dm Am Am G D Am, G D Am [Verse 2]
                   D   Dm                    Am
Those poor lost indians, when the white man found them

G          D Am      G     D     Am
Most died of TB, the rest went insane

          D     Dm                 Am
In our motel room you're drinking slice and gin

G        D    Am  G       D     Am
Reading Moby Dick on the other bed

               D      Dm            Am
Remember the first time we slept together?

G        D        Am   G         D          E    E7
You said it felt like when you learned to float
[Chorus]
C           Am            E      E7
This is why people OD on pills

    C      Am                  E       E7
And jump from the golden gate bridge

C                Am            E
Anything to feel weightless again  [stop]