Vampire Weekend – Sympathy (Guitar)

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        Em     C           Bm6/G#         C#7           Am6/F#        B7
e|------0------0------|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0------1------|-------------12-------------------------10----------------|
G|------0------0------|----------11--------------10----------9--------------8----|
D|------2------2------|-------12---------------9----------10--------------7------|
A|------2------3------|----11---------------11----------9---------------9--------|
E|--------------------|-------------------9---------------------------7----------|

[Intro] N.C. I think I take myself too serious, it's not that serious

Em
Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah

C                               Em
Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah

Bm6/G# C#7 Am6/F# B7 Em [Verse 1]

 Em
Alone in someone's bedroom, she firmly took my hand

The isolation ended, I began to understand

       C
In the ping-pong match of constant desire, I was never gonna get ahead

                            Em
'Cause I was lookin' in the mirror

[Chorus 1]

Bm6/G#             C#7
Now we've got that sympathy

     Am6/F#          B7
What I'm to you, you are to me

      Em
Let's go

(Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah) [Verse 2]

  Em
Judeo-Christianity, I'd never heard the words

Enemies for centuries, until there was a third

       C
In the ping-pong match of constant desire, I was never gonna get ahead

                            Em
'Cause I was lookin' in the mirror

[Chorus 2]

Bm6/G#             C#7
Now we've got that sympathy

     Am6/F#          B7
What I'm to you, you are to me

      Em
Let's go

[Verse 3]

  Em
Diego Garcia, surrounded by the waves

Lonely in the ocean, but in every other way

                C
It was full of love

                      Em
In the warmest fellow-feeling

[Chorus 3]

Bm6/G#             C#7
Now we've got that sympathy

     Am6/F#          B7
What I'm to you, you are to me

      Em
Let's go

(Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah) [Verse 4]

  Em
I didn't have your sympathy, but I knew where to start

Explaining to you patiently that the one who broke my heart

                  C
Would have broken yours

                             Em
And thrown the pieces in the river

[Chorus 4]

Bm6/G#             C#7
Now we've got that sympathy

     Am6/F#          B7
What I'm to you, you are to me

      Em
Let's go

[Bridge]

Em
Sympa-

(Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)

C                                Em
Sympa-

(Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)

      Em
Let's go,     let's go

(Sympa-)

C             Em
Sympa-, let's go

Bm6/G#  C#7  Am6/F#  B7
Sympa-

Em
Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah

[Verse 5]

Em
Desperate for an enemy, but too afraid to kill

Use the pain of someone else and triumph for their will

              C
And spill the blood

                   Em
Of the arrogant mosquitoes

[Chorus 5]

Bm6/G#             C#7
Now we've got that sympathy

     Am6/F#          B7
What I'm to you, you are to me

      Em
Let's go

(Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah) (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah)