Chords for Ezra Furman - "Point Me Toward The Real"
Tempo:
117.05 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Em
F#m
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[E]
[A] [E]
In [A] the front seat of your [Em] convertible car I'm [C#] awaiting your [A] return
Watching sunshine flash and [Em] my cigarette ash Till the [D] corporate logo [A]
burns
[D] Psychiatry Institute
It's [A] my first day free, I've [Em] got nowhere to be So [D] I'm coming home with [A] you
Just [C#m] a quick stop off at [D] the drugstore I'm [B] not ready
[A] [E]
In [A] the front seat of your [Em] convertible car I'm [C#] awaiting your [A] return
Watching sunshine flash and [Em] my cigarette ash Till the [D] corporate logo [A]
burns
[D] Psychiatry Institute
It's [A] my first day free, I've [Em] got nowhere to be So [D] I'm coming home with [A] you
Just [C#m] a quick stop off at [D] the drugstore I'm [B] not ready
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
In [A] the front seat of your [Em] convertible car I'm [C#] awaiting your _ [A] return
Watching sunshine flash and [Em] my cigarette ash Till the [D] corporate logo [A] _ _
burns
[F#m] You picked me up at [C#m] the County Cook _ [D] Psychiatry Institute
[F#m] _ _
It's [A] my first day free, I've [Em] got nowhere to be So [D] I'm coming home with [A] you _
_ _ _ Just [C#m] a quick stop off at [D] the drugstore I'm [B] not ready
So [D] I'll wait in the car for [E] you
You _ _ _ _ [A] asked me who I [Em] might like to see On my [D] first night back [A] outside
_ But my friends are few and [Em] my lover is through And my _ [D] family's _ [A] horrified
_ [F#m] We ride along in [C#m] the silent dusk While the [D] moon even gets drunk and [F#m] high
_ It's [A] a cold white stone up [Em] in heaven alone And I've [D] seen its darker [A] side _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] You ask again and [D] the words come out [B] so easy They [D] bypass my conscious [E] _ mind _ _ _ _
_ [A] Point me toward the [D] real _ motherfuckers Point me toward the real _ _ ones
I've been lied to [F#m] and abused [Bm] Time to try to [D] heal
Cut [A] me loose, cut [Em] me _ _ [F#m] loose Let me get hurt, [G] let me _ [D] feel
Cut my bound [Bm] and free _ [D] and Point me toward the real
[A]
Now [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ ever since I was [G] a little child I have [D] felt the same old [A] fear
The eye alone will freeze while [G] the world proceeds [D] I'll be forever stuck right [A] _ here
[F#m] But I can't live the [C#m] old way, that way [D] nearly left me [F#m] dead
I [A] need someone new who [G] can tell me the truth And I [D] don't care who it [A] is _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] I want the knife in [D] deep _ [B] And I want [D] someone to give it [E] a _ twist
We're _
_ [A] _ coming into [Em] the city now And [D] I've only said it [A] once
It's a phrase so clean [Em] I don't know what it means But [D] it's more than I've said in [A] _ months
_ [F#m] You never had [C#m] to make the [D] cops finally pick me [F#m] up _
_ [A] You wanna know where [Em] I'm trying to go Where I'll [D] be not where I [A] want _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] I'll say it one more [D] time You nod [B] and smile
And [D] it's better than all the [E] _ _ _
_ _ drugs
_ [A] Point me toward the [D] real _ [A] motherfuckers Point me toward the [D] real
_ _ _ [A] _ I've been lied to [F#m] and abused [Bm] _ Time to try to [D] heal
Cut [A] me loose, cut [Em] me _ _ [F#m] loose See what freedom [G] might _ [D] reveal
Cut my bound [Bm] hands clean _ [D] Point me toward the real
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In [A] the front seat of your [Em] convertible car I'm [C#] awaiting your _ [A] return
Watching sunshine flash and [Em] my cigarette ash Till the [D] corporate logo [A] _ _
burns
[F#m] You picked me up at [C#m] the County Cook _ [D] Psychiatry Institute
[F#m] _ _
It's [A] my first day free, I've [Em] got nowhere to be So [D] I'm coming home with [A] you _
_ _ _ Just [C#m] a quick stop off at [D] the drugstore I'm [B] not ready
So [D] I'll wait in the car for [E] you
You _ _ _ _ [A] asked me who I [Em] might like to see On my [D] first night back [A] outside
_ But my friends are few and [Em] my lover is through And my _ [D] family's _ [A] horrified
_ [F#m] We ride along in [C#m] the silent dusk While the [D] moon even gets drunk and [F#m] high
_ It's [A] a cold white stone up [Em] in heaven alone And I've [D] seen its darker [A] side _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] You ask again and [D] the words come out [B] so easy They [D] bypass my conscious [E] _ mind _ _ _ _
_ [A] Point me toward the [D] real _ motherfuckers Point me toward the real _ _ ones
I've been lied to [F#m] and abused [Bm] Time to try to [D] heal
Cut [A] me loose, cut [Em] me _ _ [F#m] loose Let me get hurt, [G] let me _ [D] feel
Cut my bound [Bm] and free _ [D] and Point me toward the real
[A]
Now [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ ever since I was [G] a little child I have [D] felt the same old [A] fear
The eye alone will freeze while [G] the world proceeds [D] I'll be forever stuck right [A] _ here
[F#m] But I can't live the [C#m] old way, that way [D] nearly left me [F#m] dead
I [A] need someone new who [G] can tell me the truth And I [D] don't care who it [A] is _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] I want the knife in [D] deep _ [B] And I want [D] someone to give it [E] a _ twist
We're _
_ [A] _ coming into [Em] the city now And [D] I've only said it [A] once
It's a phrase so clean [Em] I don't know what it means But [D] it's more than I've said in [A] _ months
_ [F#m] You never had [C#m] to make the [D] cops finally pick me [F#m] up _
_ [A] You wanna know where [Em] I'm trying to go Where I'll [D] be not where I [A] want _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] I'll say it one more [D] time You nod [B] and smile
And [D] it's better than all the [E] _ _ _
_ _ drugs
_ [A] Point me toward the [D] real _ [A] motherfuckers Point me toward the [D] real
_ _ _ [A] _ I've been lied to [F#m] and abused [Bm] _ Time to try to [D] heal
Cut [A] me loose, cut [Em] me _ _ [F#m] loose See what freedom [G] might _ [D] reveal
Cut my bound [Bm] hands clean _ [D] Point me toward the real
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