New Pornographers- Loose Translation
Intro- A (Electric)
Verse 1
A D Bm G
One holy ghost for a home made girl in a green t-shirt that read
D E
I quote, "What price damnation now?"
A D Bm G
In the schools of thought and the halls of state with the leap of faith
D E D E
the loose translation must have lost her, it must have cost her..
Chorus 1
Bm G D A
to go back..to the civilization caught between here and the real one
Bm G E G, A (x4)
just to say what you'd begun to say once.
Interlude A, D, Bm, G, D, E
Verse 2
A D Bm G
We've been enrolled in the wrong schools all through the pride of fall,
D E
the falling price of education
A D Bm G
There have been no clues in the last few days, in the steps retraced,
D E D E
the education must have cost her. It must have caused her...
Chorus 2
Bm G D A
to go back to the civilization caught between here, and the real one
Bm G E G, A (x4)
just to say what you'd begun to say once..
Outro
D E A,D,Bm,G D E
The education must have cost her......(The loose translation must have lost her
D E
It must have lost her, yeah.....!) (x2)
-tabbed by John Baer