Intro: F Am C G
Verse 1:
F Am
How you tapped on a box of blue american spirits
C G
At anyway cafe a little under a month
F Am C
Before the ashes and management capital files filled the streets
F Am
How we wove through the cones walking home
C G
To the place on atlantic you shared with your hilarious sister
F Am C
Kicking off your black flats, demolished and laughing
(
G )
C F
I keep what i can of you
G C
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
F
You in my new order t-shirt
G
Holding a cat and a glass of beer
Verse 2:
F Am C
When you rescued me from the customs cops in hawaii
G F
When i shut down the place with my japanese novelty bomb
Am C G
And your dad came along
F Am
How you had me lay down for a temperature check
C G
With the cool of your hand on the back of my neck
F Am C
When i said, 'i think i'm finally going crazy for real'
C F
I keep what i can of you
G C
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
F
You in my new order t-shirt
G
Holding a cat and a glass of beer
C F
I flicker through
G
I carry them with me like drugs in a pocket
C F
You in a kentucky aquarium
G
Talking to a shark in a corner
Bridge:
Am Em
You in a bath on the phone
F G Am
Telling somebody that maybe they're better off leaving
Em F
Than staying in it alone
G
Am Em
You in a bath on the phone
F G Am
Telling somebody that maybe they're better off leaving
Em F
Than staying in it alone
Verse 3:
F Am
When you cried at the beach and recovered in seconds
C G
And said everything's fine, but i knew that it wasn't
F Am C
Then you stayed out of reach of me for almost a year
(
G )
F Am
How you looked like a poster of a '70s movie
C G F
Standing outside at the base of your magazine skyscraper
Am C G
Waiting for me to go drinking downtown
C F
I keep what i can of you
G C
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
F
You in my new order t-shirt
G
Holding a cat and a glass of beer
C F
I flicker through
G
I carry them with me like drugs in a pocket
C F
You in a kentucky aquarium
G
Talking to a shark in a corner
C F
I keep what i can of you
G C
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
F
You in my new order t-shirt
G
Holding a cat and a glass of beer
C F
I flicker through
G
I carry them with me like drugs in a pocket
C F
You in a kentucky aquarium
G
Talking to a shark in a corner