"The Old Gold Shoe" by Lambchop
From the 2000 album Nixon
[Verse]
A Amaj7
The gold stereo
D E
Stretches out the sound
D E
Turns the plates until they're rounded
A Amaj7
The whole that you know
D E
Gets closer to the ground
D E
Closer to that thing you found
Bm Amaj7
For all our massive brains
Bm Amaj7
To call on choked remains
Bm
It's painful
E
It's certain
F
That something's bound to break
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(inside)
[Verse]
A Amaj7
This house is not alone
D E
I'm kicking 'round here somewhere
D E
So check behind the ancient speaker
A Amaj7
Like a pain, painful southern bliss
D E
Poured upon like caramel
D E
And garnished with some crushed pecans
Bb Amaj7
To grow is not to grind
Bb Amaj7
To mope is not to mind
Bb
The old cap
E
The geezer
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The 15 second teaser
[Verse]
A Amaj7
Behold and you know
D E
Everyone's a ringer
D E
He's not even a very good singer
A Amaj7
The dirt on the tracks
D E
Has hardened into clusters
D E
Earthen legs and honey mustard
Bb Amaj7
A storm is closing in
Bb Amaj7
Our leaves start to spin
Bb
It's getting
E
Much later
F
I wish I heard your radio
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(tonight)
[Verse]
A Amaj7
The people in the rain
D E
Are staring through our backs
D E
Wishing you had half a brain
A Amaj7
For all our little pain
D E
Tender is the mangle
D E
The science diet the ivory tangle
Bb Amaj7
The world goes away
D Amaj7
Each every stinking day
Bb
I'm getting
E
Much better
F E E7
This night's little upsetter
[Solo]
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[Verse]
A Amaj7
The kids out in the street
D E
Take their toys and break them
D E
Look at them, then walk away
A Amaj7
The guy on the cross
D E
Is holier than I
D E
But then again he's made from plastic
Bb Amaj7
For all our massive brains
Bb Amaj7
To call on choked remains
Bb
It's painful
E
It's certain
F
That something's bound to break
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(inside)