Intro: E G#m F# E G#m F# B
Verse 1:
B
Memories flood back like photographs
G#m F# B E
All bright and out of focus, all drab with muted colors
B
The whole world smells like True Blue
B
The only brand my grandma smokes
G#m
And the faintest hint of Coppertone
F# E
I'm watching shorebirds circle in real close
C#m E
(I know you're gonna go, just please leave me a note)
C#m E
(I left because you asked me to)
G#m F# E
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go
G#m F# E
I wanna die in the suburbs
G#m F#
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone
E G#m F# B
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs
Verse 2:
B
These northeast winters make boys into men
G#m
Staring out at snow-ploughed mountains
F# B
In the parking lots of churches
B
The city just felt worn out
B
No strength to pick our hearts off the ground
G#m
We watched the '92 Birds
F# E
Take the field without Jerome Brown
C#m
(We keep quiet when it gets bad)
E
(We don't talk about the setbacks)
C#m E
(They only hear it when your voice cracks)
G#m F# E
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go
G#m F# E
I wanna die in the suburbs
G#m F#
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone
E G#m F#
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs
Bridge:
E C#m
I wanna die in the suburbs, I wanna die in the suburbs
E C#m F#
I wanna die in the suburbs, I wanna die in the suburbs
E
I wanna die in the suburbs
E
(You start remembering...)
C#m
I wanna die in the suburbs
C#m
(...the anniversaries of the bad things)
E
I wanna die in the suburbs
E
(You start remembering...)
G#m F# B
I wanna die in the suburbs
B
(...the anniversaries of the bad things)
B
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go
G#m F#
I wanna die in the suburbs
E G#m F#
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone
E G#m F#
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs
B
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go
G#m F#
I wanna die in the suburbs
B F#
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone
B G#m F#
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs
E
I wanna die in the suburbs