Chords for Conor Oberst - Common Knowledge

[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] He's my friend, but he's no friend to me [G] _
_ _ [C] Ask him why, he'll tell you [G] casually _
_ _ [F] Washed up, bitter, broke and [G] busted Backstabbed everyone he [C] trusted
Says he sees what no one [F] else can see _ [G] If I had half his guts, I'd want [F] it
To chase that fatalistic comet [C] And die young in the dark, that's [F] poetry
But it [Dm] was not to be, no [G] it was not [C] for [Em] _ [F] _ [C] me He's [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] always sad, but I've never seen him cry
When _ he comes to, sure, he'll apologize [G]
Find _ [F] his car, assess the [G] damage
Still drunk, but he likes a [C] challenge Holds onto his mind just [F] like a kite
A _ [G] good strong wind will keep you [F] honest Fill you with some common [C] knowledge
Things when we were young we [F] never tried _ Just [Dm] figured we had time with [G] such a long _ _ [C] life
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ [C] Money clips, alligator shoes _ _ One more dance he's in that champagne room
_ [F] Well she moves like a chocolate [G] fountain Pouring, spilling all [C] around him
Makes him wonder what else [F] she can do _ [G] How bittersweet is love's illusion
[F] Feelings that cannot be proven [C] Trust me, you'll see my [F] aim is true
I _ [Dm] did this all for you I [G] suffered long for _ [C] you
So [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] many times he tried to play it straight _ _ Worked and worked until his body ached
[F] But a brand new life can lose its [G] luster Troubles tend to find each [C] other
Call it luck or you can [F] call it fate But [G] either way is how it [F] happened
Not the life that you imagined [C] So just go out with a bang like [F] Hemingway _
_ [Dm] Some will say you're brave [G] Some will [C] say [G] _ [Em] _ [F] _ [G] _ [C] you're old _ _