A Plague On All Other Boys
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Intro: C#
[Verso 1]
C#
Hey Jane
Watching over you in Nebraska
C#
The flood planes
Move over the farms, a disaster
C#m
The sun heats
Air until it swirls in tornadoes
B G#
But you move solemnly along
C#
She says
You will be the consummate scholar
C#
And she says
Do you know the world is your oyster?
C#m
The man says
Come and we will climb Mount Olympus
B G#
But all you want is to be there
D#m G#
in the presence of her smile
D#m G#
In the presence of her smile
C# F#
In the presence of her smile
C# G#
[Verso 2]
C#
We are
Circling over clouds, we are tethered
C#
Wondering
When you're gonna hit bumpy weather
C#m
Your heart skips
Every time you detect her fragrance
B
She's out there
G# D#m G#
Stinking up the late evening air with other boys
D#m G#
A plague on other boys
C# F#
How this feeling does annoy you
C# G#
A plague on other boys
[Ponte]
C# A#m B F# |(2x)
[Verso 3]
C#
They say
How can you know love, you're a minor?
C#
And you say
What else could I know, this defines me?
C#m
I start
Growing, I'm a mess, I'm defeated
B G#
My grade point average went to hell
C#
Watching
Listening for a cultural movement
C#
Get strong
Lenses to see into the future
C#m
March on
Washington if she's in the vanguard
B
Base your
G# D#m G#
Politics on what she's got written on a flag
D#m G#
What she's written on a flag
C# F#
What she's written on a flag
C# G#
My body's mine and you're a ___drag
D#m G#
What she's written on a flag
D#m G#
What she's written on a flag
C# F#
People are good and walls are madness
C# G#
She wrote it on a ___flag
Outro:
C# A#m B
Ten long years it took to shake the memory
F#
The pain, humiliation
C# A#m
But then suddenly you realized
B
You're free
F#
To fraternize again
C# A#m B
She got married, stayed in town and raised a home
F#
See her at Thanksgiving
C# A#m B
There's a roped up part of every human heart
F# C#
For the first one you love
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C#. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.