The Weakerthans – Exiles Among You (Guitar)

E E/Eb B A
(x2)

E                       E/Eb           A
Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her

E                             E/Eb            A
And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm

E                            E/Eb               A
She's barely coasting into a paycheck, stuck on empty

E                                 E/Eb      A
Her blue eyes frozen green in the low-lit ATM

  F#m                       A
I need a way to measure the distance

  F#m               C#m
I need a way to say why

       A
Out of breath or out of key

F#m         C#m        E E/Eb B
Her voice resonated in me

A            E E/Eb B
Wish on everything

A               E E/Eb B
Pray that she remains

A                     C#m           Esus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful

E                       E/Eb           A
Her body is a difficult sister and she loves her

E                             E/Eb            A
And hides her somewhere in herself, safe from harm

E                              E/Eb          A
Her night shift is over, she's writing you a postcard

   E                            E/Eb          A
To say that she's okay and it's raining there again

   F#m                        A
My fury's rising faster than bus fares

      F#m             C#m
Could someone clarify why

           A
There's no structured narrative?

E            C#m       E E/Eb B
No neat storyline to explain

A            E E/Eb B
Wish on everything

A               E E/Eb B
Pray that she remains

A                     C#m           Esus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful

A            E E/Eb B
Wish on everything

A               E E/Eb B
Pray that she remains

A                     C#m           Esus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful

E          E/Eb            B
Wishes and prayers are the way

A
Wish on everything

E                 E/Eb    B
That we leave the lonely alone

A
Pray that she remains

E            E/Eb     B
And push the wounded away

A                     C#m           Esus2
Proud and strange and so hopelessly hopeful

    E                                                    G#m
She shoplifts some Christmas gifts and a bracelet for herself

                      C#m            B               A
And considers phoning home, has some quarters in her hand

        E                                              G#m
But she sits down on the sidewalk and bites her bottom lip

                    C#m          B                 A
And spends the afternoon willing traffic lights to change

E G#m C#m B A
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