The Milk Carton Kids – Permanent (Ukulele)

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Standard tuned a whole step down. Chords: Am 002210 C x32010 Fmaj7/C x33210 G 320001 Intro: C G Am G Fmaj7/C G Fmaj7/C C Am G Fmaj7/C C Verse 1:
Fmaj7/C                          C
I think i'm going to work construction 

             G              Am
Just to make something of myself 

        Fmaj7/C                  C              G
I can't live off these childhood trophies on my shelf 

  Fmaj7/C              C 
I want to get my hands dirty 

                 G             Am
I want to feel a burning in my legs 

       Fmaj7/C           C              G
I want more than the receipt for what i paid 
Chorus:
        Am        G
Because everybody loves something new 

               Fmaj7/C             C
'cause you can open it and plug it in 

       Am                G
And it feels like a good night's sleep 

                       Fmaj7/C       C
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment 

                  G          Am                G               Fmaj7/C
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to 

           G
who's listening 

C         G           Am          G       Fmaj7/C     C
I'm still looking for something a little more permanent 
Verse 2:
Fmaj7/C       C
I am not a poet 

            G                 Am
Show me the easy way and i'll do it 

             Fmaj7/C                 C              G
No one could ever say that i've been trying way too hard 

Fmaj7/C                C
Everything that i have ever owned 

    G         Am  G
Got dusty and old 

     Fmaj7/C              C                 G
So i threw it out just to make myself some room 
Chorus:
         Am          G
I'm like everybody i love something new 

               Fmaj7/C             C
'cause you can open it and plug it in 

       Am                G
And it feels like a good night's sleep 

                       Fmaj7/C       C
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment 

                  G          Am                G               Fmaj7/C
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to 

           G
who's listening 

C         G           Am             G    Fmaj7/C   C
I'm still looking for something that I can die with 
Verse 3:
Fmaj7/C               C
If my luck is running out 

             G                 Am
Please don't let it be so with love 

G           Fmaj7/C               C             G
It's been a long year but i'm not ready to give up 

Fmaj7/C           C
Even if I lay ten million bricks 

         G                            Am
And they break through the summer haze 

G            Fmaj7/C         C                       G
Someone will come around and bulldoze them down some day Ohhhhh
Chorus:
        Am        G
Because everybody loves something new 

        Fmaj7/C          C
You get rid of what came before 

       Am                G
And it feels like a long hot shower 

                     Fmaj7/C                 C
Like getting in your bed when the sheets are warm 

                 G                Am               G          Fmaj7/C
So they can keep construction and they can keep em coming and I wont be 

   G
listening 

      C G     Am          G          Fmaj7/C  G
Cause I found something a little more permanent 

        C G     Am           G    Fmaj7/C  C
Oh yes, I found someone that I can die with
C G Am G Fmaj7/C C [email protected]