I Was Once a Loyal Lover Chords & Lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie
I Was Once a Loyal Lover
guitar chords lyrics
Hey World! Here is my interpretation of the chords in "I Was Once a Loyal Lover" by
Cab For Cutie off the Open Door EP. This is a song that all Death Cab fans should know how
play. I'm looking at the clock and it's 2:42am on a school night. I'm super tired but I
couldn't sleep until I got this song out there ( Forgive me if I made a mistake, I'm
asleep right now.) Please contact me if you have any questions. Enjoy! -K.D.
(A, F#m, E, D, Bm, Dm, A* (played with the B string opened), D* (played with the E
opened))
A
Will I have learned so very little
F#m D
When these bones are old and brittle?
A
I wait to talk when I should listen
F#m D
And cloud mistakes with false revisions
A
All my friends are forward-thinking
F#m D
Getting hitched and quitting drinking
A
And I can feel them pulling away
Fm D
As I'm resigned to stay the same
F#m E A E Bm
And you can't even begin to know
F#m E A E Bm Dm
How many times I've told myself "I told you so"
(play A, F#m, D)
A
I was once a loyal lover
F#m D
Whose lips did never seek another's
A
But now each love's more like a match
F#m D
A blinding spark that burns out fast
A
And they all conclude with the same sentence:
F#m D
" I've never met someone more self-centered
A
Who thinks that life with a nice girl's like
F#m D
Waiting for a bus to work"
F#m E A E Bm
And you can't even begin to know
F#m E A E Bm Dm
How many times I've told myself "I told you so"
F#m E A E Bm
And you can't even begin to believe
F#m E A E Bm Dm
There's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me
(play A, F#m, D) x2
F#m E
If you deem it so
D* A*
Just cut the cord and go
F#m E
You'll be fine
D* E
There's plenty of hills to climb
(play A, F#m, D) x2
F#m E A Bm
You can't even begin to know
F#m E A E Bm Dm
How many times I've told myself "I told you so"
F#m E A Bm
And you can't even begin to believe
F#m E A E Bm Dm
There's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me
(x2)
