Biography:
Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter born February 15, 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska. He began his recording career in 1993 at the age of 13 and has since produced an enormous amount of material. Conor was deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner. His first two albums "Water" and "Here's to Special Treatment" were both released in 1994. Rolling Stone referred to him as "rock's boy genius." His project Bright Eyes, with Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, produced several critically-acclaimed records.
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Other songs:
- Cape Canaveral
- Danny Callahan
- One Of My Kind
- You Are Your Mother's Child
- A Little Uncanny
- Afterthought
- Anytime Soon
- Artifact1
- Barbary Coast Later
- Common Knowledge
- Counting Sheep
- Desert Island Questionnaire
- Double Life
- Eagle On A Pole
- Empty Hotel By The Sea
- Enola Gay
- Gossamer Thin
- Governers Ball
- Hundreds Of Ways
- Lax
- Lonely At The Top
- Lua
- Mamah Borthwick A Sketch
- Napalm
- Next Of Kin
- Night At Lake Unknown
- No One Changes
- No Ones Gonna Change For You
- Overdue
- Salutations
- Standing On The Outside Looking In
- Sugar Street
- Tachycardia
- The Rain Follows The Plow
- The Rockaways
- Till St Dymphna Kicks Us Out
- Time Forgot
- Too Late To Fixate
- You All Loved Him Once
- You Are Your Mothers Child
- Zigzagging Toward The Light
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Best guess at the intro
[Intro Riff] x2
G C D G
e|-b10-b10-b10-b10--b9-b9-b9-b9--3--b9-b9-b9-b9--------2---------------3----|
B|-b10-b10-b10-b10--b9-b9-b9-b9--3--b9-b9-b9-b9----1---3---------------3----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------3--4-2-0-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2------------0h2---------|
A|-------------------------------2-----------------3-------------------2----|
E|-------------------------------3--------------------------------- 3--3----|
[Or a more simple intro]
G C D G x2
[Verse]
G
You started drinking the Kool-Aid
C
We were taking the bait
D
We were talking big talk
G
Never playing it safe
G
Looking good as Jane Fonda
C
On a Vietnam tank
D
Can't get something for nothing
G
Have to energize your base
[Pre Chorus]
C
But she was young enough
C
She was blonde enough
C G
She was about a perfect ten
C
Had millions of admirers
C D
but not a single friend
[Chorus]
G C
And it's a, it's a little uncanny what she managed to do
D C G
Become a symbol for a pain she never knew
[Intro Riff]
G C D G
[Verse]
G
You know old Ronnie Reagan
C
He was a shoe salesman's son
D
He got himself in the movies
G
He impressed everyone
G
He thought trial by fire
C
Was America's fate
D
He made a joke of the poor people
G
And that made him a saint
[Pre Chorus]
C
But he was tan enough, he was rich enough
C G
He was handsome like John Wayne
C
And there was no one at the country club
D
Who didn't feel the same
[Chorus]
G
But it's a, it's a little uncanny
C
What he managed to do
D C G
Got me to read those Russian authors through and through
[Intro Riff]
G C D G
[Verse]
G
I miss Christopher Hitchens
C
I miss Oliver Sacks
D
I miss poor Robin Williams
G
I miss Sylvia Plath
G
Every morning's a desert
C
Every night is a flood
D
They say a party can kill you
G
Well sometimes I wish it would
[Pre Chorus]
C
But I'll get strong enough, I'll be man enough
C G
To keep myself in check
C
'Cause all my friends that flew to town
C D
Said that's what they expect
[Chorus]
G
But it's a, it's a little uncanny
C
What they managed to do
D C G
Made me admit to things I knew were never true
[Intro Riff] x2
G C D G X2
G C G
[Intro Riff] x2
G C D G
e|-b10-b10-b10-b10--b9-b9-b9-b9--3--b9-b9-b9-b9--------2---------------3----|
B|-b10-b10-b10-b10--b9-b9-b9-b9--3--b9-b9-b9-b9----1---3---------------3----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------3--4-2-0-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2------------0h2---------|
A|-------------------------------2-----------------3-------------------2----|
E|-------------------------------3--------------------------------- 3--3----|
[Or a more simple intro]
G C D G x2
[Verse]
G
You started drinking the Kool-Aid
C
We were taking the bait
D
We were talking big talk
G
Never playing it safe
G
Looking good as Jane Fonda
C
On a Vietnam tank
D
Can't get something for nothing
G
Have to energize your base
[Pre Chorus]
C
But she was young enough
C
She was blonde enough
C G
She was about a perfect ten
C
Had millions of admirers
C D
but not a single friend
[Chorus]
G C
And it's a, it's a little uncanny what she managed to do
D C G
Become a symbol for a pain she never knew
[Intro Riff]
G C D G
[Verse]
G
You know old Ronnie Reagan
C
He was a shoe salesman's son
D
He got himself in the movies
G
He impressed everyone
G
He thought trial by fire
C
Was America's fate
D
He made a joke of the poor people
G
And that made him a saint
[Pre Chorus]
C
But he was tan enough, he was rich enough
C G
He was handsome like John Wayne
C
And there was no one at the country club
D
Who didn't feel the same
[Chorus]
G
But it's a, it's a little uncanny
C
What he managed to do
D C G
Got me to read those Russian authors through and through
[Intro Riff]
G C D G
[Verse]
G
I miss Christopher Hitchens
C
I miss Oliver Sacks
D
I miss poor Robin Williams
G
I miss Sylvia Plath
G
Every morning's a desert
C
Every night is a flood
D
They say a party can kill you
G
Well sometimes I wish it would
[Pre Chorus]
C
But I'll get strong enough, I'll be man enough
C G
To keep myself in check
C
'Cause all my friends that flew to town
C D
Said that's what they expect
[Chorus]
G
But it's a, it's a little uncanny
C
What they managed to do
D C G
Made me admit to things I knew were never true
[Intro Riff] x2
G C D G X2
G C G
