The Wonder Years – A Song For Ernest Hemingway (Guitar)

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[Intro] Ab Bb Eb Gm Ab Bb [Verse]
Eb                Gm
The sky goes from concrete to charcoal

Cm  Eb           Ab
I'm laying on my back on the roof

F           Gm    Ab
Gonna shoot these clouds full of holes

Eb                                     Bb
I need some fucking light to pour through

Eb                      Gm
Cause December's got me up against the ropes

Cm  Eb           Ab
And I don't know how to get loose

F               Gm  Ab
I can't get feeling back in my toes

Eb                           Bb
From walking in circles with you

Bb         Ab            F
Like we're lost Canadian geese

F           Cm              Bb
I should be south of here already
[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb
I'll be your dead bird, you'll be my bloodhound

Eb                D           C#
You're just doing what you're told

C#                   Ab
Pick my body off the ground

Ab                Bb
I'll be your dead bird...
[Verse]
Eb                   Gm
I'm staring at Hemingway's shotgun

Cm       Eb          Ab
And I'll picture him drinking alone

F                                      Eb
He's forgetting things that he wouldn't have before

Eb                       Bb
His eyes are starting to go

Eb                            Gm
And I heard all about how his plane went down

Gm    Cm        Eb     Ab
After Christmas in the Congo

F          Gm  Ab               Eb
Read about his own death in the paper

Eb Bb
I bet it was freeing to know

Ab                                F
When you destroy everything worth chasing

Cm                       Bb
There's no where left to go
[Full Chorus]
Ab                      Bb
I'll be your dead bird, you'll be my bloodhound

Eb                D           C#
You're just doing what you're told

C#                   Ab
Pick my body off the ground

Ab                  Bb
I'll be your dead bird

Bb                Eb
Hanging from your mouth

Eb           D           C#
You're doing like you're told

C#              Ab
Gonna make your master proud

Ab           Bb
It's good to know

F
I didn't die for nothing
[Bridge]
Eb     Gm         Ab            Bb       Cm
December's got me backed into a corner again

Cm Gm             F
My ears are back, my teeth are showing

Eb          Gm                   Ab        Bb              Cm
I'm combing through the wreckage trying to find where I've been

Cm          Gm            F
I still get phantom pains but from a safer distance
[Full Chorus]
Ab                      Bb
I'll be your dead bird, you'll be my bloodhound

Eb                D           C#
You're just doing what you're told

C#                   Ab
Pick my body off the ground

Ab                  Bb
I'll be your dead bird

Bb                Eb
Hanging from your mouth

Eb           D           C#
You're doing like you're told

C#              Ab
Gonna make your master proud

Ab           Bb
It's good to know
N.C I didn't die for nothing [Bridge]
Eb     Gm         Ab            Bb       Cm
December's got me backed into a corner again

Cm Gm             F
My ears are back, my teeth are showing

Eb          Gm                   Ab        Bb              Cm
I'm combing through the wreckage trying to find where I've been

Cm          Gm
I still get phantom pains

F                Eb
I didn't die for nothing