The Weakerthans – Aside (Guitar)

G
Measure me in metered lines

      Bm
And one decisive stare

      D                               C
The time it takes to get from here to there

    G
My ribs that show through t-shirts

             Bm
And these shoes I got for free

         D
I'm unconsoled

       C
I'm lonely, I am

      D               C     Bm       A
So much better than I used to be

G
Terrified of telephones

    Bm 
And shopping malls and knives

D                               C
Drowning in the pools of other lives

G
Rely a bit too heavily

   Bm 
On alcohol and irony

    D
Get clobbered on 

   C 
By courtesy

    D                  C         Bm           A
In love with love and lousy poetry

G                        C
And I'm leaning on this broken fence

         Em                 C
Between past and present tense

           G              C
And I'm losing all those stupid games

         Em              C
That I swore I'd never play

           Em    D     G       D         C   G       D         C
But it almost feels okay

Bm                     D
Circumnavigate this body

Em            D        C
Of wonder and uncertainty

Bm                             D
Armed with every precious failure

Em        D          C
And amateur cartography

    D            C                     Bm       A
I spread those maps out on my bedroom floor

G                        C
And I'm leaning on this broken fence

         Em                 C
Between past and present tense

           G              C
And I'm losing all those stupid games

         Em              C
That I swore I'd never play

           Em    D              G       D         C
But it feels okay    And I'm leaving with goodbye

G             D       C
And I'm losing but I'll try

Em              D
With the last ways left

Em              D
To remember sing

Em              D         G
My imperfect offering