The Soul Crushing Northeast
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Verse:
G C
I had a bad day today.
G Bm Bbm
I couldn't even park my car.
Am Em
And I'm walking 67th by myself
Am Cm
It never did me good to talk to anybody.
G C
I wanna drink this away
G Bm Bbm
but I'll just get ditched at the bar
Am Em
and I'll end up drinking whiskey by myself.
Am Cm
I'm getting used to not drinking with anybody.
PREChorus:
Cmaj7
They say a broken heart's reserved
G
for puppy love and bad divorces.
Cmaj7
They never say a thing about
G E
feeling it all the time
F Am
when you just can't start your life on time.
[Refrão]
G
We've been nowhere.
C
We've done nothing.
Em D7
Wasted all my time.
Am
And you can goddamn have it all from
F
Brooklyn to Niagra Falls,
C
text messages in minimalls,
D7
expensive drinks and social calls.
G C G Bm Bbm Am Em Am Cm
Verse:
G C
I got my back staBbmed today
G Bm Bbm
inside a freshly opened wound.
Am Em
I keep forgetting history repeats itself.
Am Cm
Should know better than to trust, like, anybody.
G C
I get the bad brains so much these days
G Bm Bbm
that I don't even know what for anymore.
Am Em
So I sit in my apartment by myself
Am Cm
trying to work up the courage to go do something.
PREChorus:
Cmaj7
Sit around, (unintelligible)
G
Fucking lonely, back and fourth (?)
Cmaj7
They never say a thing about
G E
Feeling it all the time
F Am
when you just can't start your life on time.
Chorus:
G
We've been nowhere.
C
We've done nothing.
Em D7
Wasted all my time.
Em D G Bbm
This goes for anyone who's confused with what I'm doing with my life.
G C
I'm going to recover my soul.
G C
I will recover my soul.
G C G C Cmaj7
I will recover, and you should recover your soul.
G
Or else you'll go nowhere
C
You'll do nothing.
Em D
You'll just sit there
C
wasting time
Em D
in business meetings,
G
online shopping,
Cmaj7
and you will die fucking boring.
Chorus:
G
We've been nowhere.
C
We've done nothing.
Em D7
Wasted all my time.
Am
And you can goddamn have it all from
F
Brooklyn to Niagra Falls,
C
text messages in minimalls,
D7
expensive drinks and business calls.
G C
How to play The Soul Crushing Northeast
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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