Common Knowledge Chords by Conor Oberst

_ [Gm] _ Hmm, [G] interesting. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Do you have any regrets?
Of course, lots of regrets, but [G] it doesn't really matter now.
[F] _ _ Did you [Bb] plan to have children? _ _
[G] I think so.
I was always a little [F] afraid of what the future held, you know.
It seemed like a kind of a cruel world to [Fm] bring someone innocent into.
_ [Bb] But maybe, _ [Db] I don't really think about that too much [F] now.
What is the last thing you can remember before the event occurred?
I guess I was working on a music video, of all things.
_ [G] [C] Scene 4, take 2.
Mark.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] He's my friend, he's no friend to me.
[G] _ _ _ [C] Ask him why, he'll tell you casually.
[G] _ _ _ [F] Washed up bitter, broke and [G] busted.
Backstabbed everyone he [C] trusted.
Says he sees what no one [F] else can see.
_ [G] And 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] [Em] for [F] _ [C] me.
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] He's [C] always sad, but I've never seen him cry.
_ When he comes too sure, he'll apologize.
[G] _ _ _ [F] Find his car, assess the [G] damage.
Still drunk, but he likes a [C] challenge.
Holds onto his mind just [F] like a kite.
_ _ [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] Where 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 aim [F] is true.
_ I [Dm] did this all for you.
I [G] suffered long _ _ [C] for you.
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] [C] So 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 call [F] it fate.
_ _ [G] But either way is how it [F] happens.
Not the life that you imagined.
[C] So just go out with a bang like [F] Hemingway.
_ Some [Dm] will say you're brave.
[G] Some will [C] say [G] _ [F] _ [G] _ _
[C] you're pained.
_ _ You were a kind species,