Southern State Chords & Lyrics by Bright Eyes
Southern State
guitar chords lyrics
Capo 3
I play this on classical guitar. When playing A's and D's throw in occasional
hammers on the 2nd and 3rd fret.
D
Well the songs you sung spiraled
F#m
And hung 'round like echoes
Em A
Or ripples on a pond
D
So you circled the globe
F#m
Spent a year on the road
Em A
Without ever going home
D
More than a couple of days,
F#m
Then you�d leave right away
Em A
Run to a girl you barely know
D
But you like how she sings
F#m
And you can�t help but think
Em A
That there�s something that she knows and could teach you
Em A
While you�re sleeping in that southern state
Em A
Where the bars are filled with people you can�t hate
Em
But try as you try
A
You still can�t relate to them
Em A
And you drink that whiskey down
As they ask you,
Bm G D
�Are you who you say you are?�
Bm G D
Are you who you say that you are?
Bm G D
Are you who you say that you are, you�
D D
Are you who you say that you are?
Bm G D Em G
Are you who you say you are?
A
The fact that you can�t tell makes us like you even more
D F#m Em A
D
So now you�re trying again
F#m
Or just visiting friends
Em A
One had just had his heart broke
D
For the first time in his life
F#m
He realized there are times
Em A
When you can�t make it alone
D
But now you�re giving advice
F#m
As if you had the right
Em A
To use a word like �love�
D
It�s a negotiable term
F#m
What gets said�s not what�s heard
Em A
So it�s different then for everyone
Em A
But you're still hanging �round that college town
Em A
With your�your new life your new lover you�ve found
Em A
And you�re keeping her up at night, bringing her down
Em A
She�ll watch you drink yourself to death
But won�t ask you,
Bm G D
�is this really what you want?�
Bm G D
Is this really what you want?
Bm G D
Is this really what you is this what...
Bm G
Is this really what you want?
Bm G D Em G
Is this really what you want?
A D, F#m
Are you just sticking with it now because it�s all you�ve got?
Em A D, F#m
Are you just sticking with it now because it�s all you�ve got?
Em
Yeah that�s it, I think you�re sticking with me now
A
Because I�m all you�ve got
D, F#m, Em, A
