The Hold Steady – Sideways Skull (Guitar)

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[Intro] G# | G# | G# | G# | G# | G# | G# | G# | [Verse 1]
    A
She ordered me Newcastle
And handed me a Marlboro Stuck a dove in my right hand
     G#
She took a quick picture
But even when we squinted I didn't look so much like Robert Plant [Verse 2]
             A
She flew a flag she made from a bedsheet
A sideways skull and a lopsided pentagram
     B
Said   asymmetrical's way more diabolical

     A                                       E
You don't want to make it look too perfect, man

      B
The trick is not getting cynical

            A                          E
She had a hairbrush mic and a fantasy band

    A                                   E
She opened up with We Are The Champions

      A                         E
Went right into Under my Wheels

        A                             N.C.
I was trying to figure out how I feel
[Chorus]
E                         D
    Faded denim with the buttons and badges

     A
    Laminates and backstage passes

     E                           D                A
    Jacket held together by the rock band patches

E                               D
    They let her smoke but she can't have matches

           B
    After last week's pyro disaster

E                              D                  A
    She'd like me better if I didn't wear glasses
[Instrumental] G# | G# | G# | G# | [Verse 3]
                A
She said we're gonna do a show at The Pyramids
She said she needs to take a call from her lawyers
     G#
Introduced me to the dudes that she's calling her crew
An assortment of sad self destroyers
         A
Sitting six to a table in the room off the kitchen
Telling stories about things they imagined
     B
Like after the show we got roofed on the Reeperbahn

 A                       E
Woke up in a video cabin

       B
I was rolling my eyes at the ritual lies

  A                               E  A  N.C.
Okay, maybe half of that happened
[Chorus]
         E
    She bites down on the the caplet

              D
    And the blood comes from her mouth

               A
    But it's hard to fully rock in a halfway house

E                                     D                    A
    The band would be better if they weren't such burnouts

E                              D
    The Beatle boots and the glam rock top hat

B
    Isn't gonna make any difference

E                        D             A
    It never works when no one listens
[Instrumental] E | E7 | C | Bm A | G# | E | E7 | C | Bm A | G# | Bm A | G# | [Chorus]
E                         D
    Faded denim with the buttons and badges

     A
    Laminates and backstage passes

     E                           D
    Jacket held together by the rock band patches

A
    They let her smoke but she can't have matches

     E
    Bites down on the capsule and

          D
    The blood comes from her mouth

              B
    But it's hard to really rock in a halfway house

E                             D            A
    The pesky problem of the tepid turnout
[Chorus]
                 E
    I said I've got a band too

                       D
    We're called The Price of Progress

           A
    We've got a reputation as New Hampshire's hardest

E                                D
    Our singer's psycho and our fans are violent

    A
    Once they let me loose we're probably touring Europe

E                            D
    Morning meetings in the room off the kitchen

B
    New medication for the same old depression

E                        D             A
    It never works when no one listens

                   E                          D      A
    But it's sure nice to meet some fellow musicians