Biography:
shortstraw play music. music that sounds like puppies being born. music that sounds like protestors outside an abortion clinic. music that sounds like church bells ringing on a crisp sunday morning. music that sounds like angels playing scrabble. music that sounds like a married couple fighting through the thin wall of your apartment. now doesn't that sound nice?
shortstraw started out in 2007 as a two-piece thrash folk band consisting of the enigma that is oliver nathan and what most would call 'sarcastic', alastair thomas.
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From the album Good Morning, Sunshine
Intro: B B A E
Verse 1:
B
Went out just as best friends
B A
Come back and now we're known as these lovers
E B
Boldly going to sneak in after curfew
A
Gotta tiptoe past the grass to your window
E
Silently love
B B A E
Verse 2:
B
Went well until the bedroom
B A
You gotta try to work to keep these levels down
E B
This hullabaloo is going to wake your parents
B A
And I'm not ready to be introduced
E
While I'm inside you
Chorus:
E
Sorry for everything
E B B
Sorry for everything else too
E
Sorry for the missed appointments
E B
Sorry for the fact that you were late
B E
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B
Life can be so shitty sometimes
Verse 3:
B
All cards on the table
B A
It's getting hard to read your poker face
E
Your bluffing needs work
B
No church, no steeple
B A
Our love was never meant to fit the mould
E
It's getting hot in here
B B A E
(Holy sister)
B B A E
(It's getting hot in here)
Chorus:
E
Sorry for everything
E B B
Sorry for everything else too
E
Sorry for the disappointments
E B
Sorry for the fact that you're alone
B E
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B E
Life can be so shitty sometimes Life can be so shitty sometimes Repeat x2
E B
And I can be so shitty sometimes
B E E B
I can be so shitty sometimes I can be so shitty sometimes Repeat x2
From the album Good Morning, Sunshine
Intro: B B A E
Verse 1:
B
Went out just as best friends
B A
Come back and now we're known as these lovers
E B
Boldly going to sneak in after curfew
A
Gotta tiptoe past the grass to your window
E
Silently love
B B A E
Verse 2:
B
Went well until the bedroom
B A
You gotta try to work to keep these levels down
E B
This hullabaloo is going to wake your parents
B A
And I'm not ready to be introduced
E
While I'm inside you
Chorus:
E
Sorry for everything
E B B
Sorry for everything else too
E
Sorry for the missed appointments
E B
Sorry for the fact that you were late
B E
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B
Life can be so shitty sometimes
Verse 3:
B
All cards on the table
B A
It's getting hard to read your poker face
E
Your bluffing needs work
B
No church, no steeple
B A
Our love was never meant to fit the mould
E
It's getting hot in here
B B A E
(Holy sister)
B B A E
(It's getting hot in here)
Chorus:
E
Sorry for everything
E B B
Sorry for everything else too
E
Sorry for the disappointments
E B
Sorry for the fact that you're alone
B E
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B
Life can be so shitty sometimes
E B B E
Life can be so shitty sometimes Life can be so shitty sometimes Repeat x2
E B
And I can be so shitty sometimes
B E E B
I can be so shitty sometimes I can be so shitty sometimes Repeat x2
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