Chords for Jeffrey Lewis - My Girlfriend Doesn't Worry
Tempo:
95.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [F] [C]
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry [F] about the things that [C] always trouble me.
She says, why [Em] are you so grumpy?
[F] Let's just both sit here [G] quiet and calmly.
[C] And you probably [G] should be thinking first [F] about how glad you'll be [G] if you do some work and [C] about our relationship.
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry about [F] the vision Mao Zedong [C] had for China.
Was [G] agrarian reform for the better or a cynicism part of our culture?
Why [C] did people fight and die [G] for their freedom?
Was utopia [Em] a lie [G] as a concept?
Is [C] the Western model really [G] our future?
Is there nothing any better to work toward?
And [C] is progress only [G] science and action?
Does it truly have a moral dimension?
[C] Was the century a [G] dream before failure?
[F] Have we settled for [G] this present existence?
[C] Was it only [Em] necessary for peasants?
[F] Would I really give [Em] up ego involvement?
[C] Is there any global [Em] movement for justice [F] in a world of only [G] self or survival?
[C] Because it's obvious we're [G] going to serfdom if [F] we accept the barbary [G] of the system.
But [C] would I really want to work [G] in a factory?
Would [F] I really make my art [G] for a leader?
[C] Would Mao be into some of [G] our music?
Or [F] is everything just horror [G] and power?
These are massive, giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts saturating [G] my thinking.
But I [C] think that she'll just think it's [G] annoying, so I won't bring [F] it up.
[C]
She says that doesn't make [G] any sense.
You should just [F] think about your art and [G] your friends and about our [C] relationship.
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't question [F] the psychology of [C] Charles Manson.
What does it say about the [G] human condition?
[F] Why are people so [G] receptive to listen?
[C] Why is confidence alone [G] such a magnet?
And [F] it's unfair the way that some [G] people have it.
And [C] they seem to do the things [G] that they want to.
We all [F] just get away with all that [G] we can do.
Because [C] it's only sexiness that has [G] any value.
And [F] all society just falls [G] by the wayside
into [C] the hierarchy of cults [G] and of harems.
And [F] it's genetics to be [G] masters of victims.
[C] And does hedonism go [G] with corruption?
Why are [F] we drawn to dramas of [G] domination?
These are [C] massive, [G] giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts that [Em] I'm thinking.
But [C] I think that she'll just think [G] I'm annoying, so I won't [F] bring it up.
[C]
She says why are you [G] thinking of him?
You should [F] just think about your [G] family and friends and [C] about our relationship.
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't wonder while [F] driving about the emptiness [C] of human existence.
How can we make any decision [F] if it's only [G] arbitrary opinions?
[C] And why should [G] anyone have a baby [F] create another brain [Em] of dissatisfaction
[C] if we're only [G] biological robots [F] with a program to [G] just mostly feel [C] anxious?
Except for [G] moments of brief distraction [F] while fulfilling simple [Em] functions like eating,
[C] while being ordered to [G] enjoy reproducing.
[F] But how can doing what you're [G] told be fulfilling?
[C] All is misery or [G] patent delusions [F] to just fill ourselves with [G] comforting nonsense.
[C] All terrified of [G] seeing it clearly [F] and then dying out with [G] no resolution.
[C] All tumbling down a [G] mountain to nothing while [F] feeling greedy and [G] mean and unhappy.
[C] Basically a [G] meaningless fungus.
[F] Obviously [G] boring and pointless.
[C] And we'll probably have a [G] baby despite this and [F] be responsible for [G] someone's confusion.
[C] Why subject them to a long [G] life of work or [F] feel horrible if they [G] should die young
or [C] feel horrible if we [G] die and leave them the [F] only happiness is [G] if something's funny.
[C] But what [G] does funniness [F] even mean?
[G]
[C] These are massive, [G] giant, troubling, [F] consuming burdens [G] weighing on my thinking
[C] but I think that she'll [G] just think I'm annoying and [F] I don't want to lose her.
[C]
She says, why are you talking [G] so much?
[F] How come you never talk [G] about us?
[C] Let's just think quiet and [G] nice thoughts and about [F] our relationship.
[C] [G] [F]
[C]
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry [F] about the things that [C] always trouble me.
She says, why [Em] are you so grumpy?
[F] Let's just both sit here [G] quiet and calmly.
[C] And you probably [G] should be thinking first [F] about how glad you'll be [G] if you do some work and [C] about our relationship.
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry about [F] the vision Mao Zedong [C] had for China.
Was [G] agrarian reform for the better or a cynicism part of our culture?
Why [C] did people fight and die [G] for their freedom?
Was utopia [Em] a lie [G] as a concept?
Is [C] the Western model really [G] our future?
Is there nothing any better to work toward?
And [C] is progress only [G] science and action?
Does it truly have a moral dimension?
[C] Was the century a [G] dream before failure?
[F] Have we settled for [G] this present existence?
[C] Was it only [Em] necessary for peasants?
[F] Would I really give [Em] up ego involvement?
[C] Is there any global [Em] movement for justice [F] in a world of only [G] self or survival?
[C] Because it's obvious we're [G] going to serfdom if [F] we accept the barbary [G] of the system.
But [C] would I really want to work [G] in a factory?
Would [F] I really make my art [G] for a leader?
[C] Would Mao be into some of [G] our music?
Or [F] is everything just horror [G] and power?
These are massive, giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts saturating [G] my thinking.
But I [C] think that she'll just think it's [G] annoying, so I won't bring [F] it up.
[C]
She says that doesn't make [G] any sense.
You should just [F] think about your art and [G] your friends and about our [C] relationship.
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't question [F] the psychology of [C] Charles Manson.
What does it say about the [G] human condition?
[F] Why are people so [G] receptive to listen?
[C] Why is confidence alone [G] such a magnet?
And [F] it's unfair the way that some [G] people have it.
And [C] they seem to do the things [G] that they want to.
We all [F] just get away with all that [G] we can do.
Because [C] it's only sexiness that has [G] any value.
And [F] all society just falls [G] by the wayside
into [C] the hierarchy of cults [G] and of harems.
And [F] it's genetics to be [G] masters of victims.
[C] And does hedonism go [G] with corruption?
Why are [F] we drawn to dramas of [G] domination?
These are [C] massive, [G] giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts that [Em] I'm thinking.
But [C] I think that she'll just think [G] I'm annoying, so I won't [F] bring it up.
[C]
She says why are you [G] thinking of him?
You should [F] just think about your [G] family and friends and [C] about our relationship.
[G] [F] [C]
My girlfriend [G] doesn't wonder while [F] driving about the emptiness [C] of human existence.
How can we make any decision [F] if it's only [G] arbitrary opinions?
[C] And why should [G] anyone have a baby [F] create another brain [Em] of dissatisfaction
[C] if we're only [G] biological robots [F] with a program to [G] just mostly feel [C] anxious?
Except for [G] moments of brief distraction [F] while fulfilling simple [Em] functions like eating,
[C] while being ordered to [G] enjoy reproducing.
[F] But how can doing what you're [G] told be fulfilling?
[C] All is misery or [G] patent delusions [F] to just fill ourselves with [G] comforting nonsense.
[C] All terrified of [G] seeing it clearly [F] and then dying out with [G] no resolution.
[C] All tumbling down a [G] mountain to nothing while [F] feeling greedy and [G] mean and unhappy.
[C] Basically a [G] meaningless fungus.
[F] Obviously [G] boring and pointless.
[C] And we'll probably have a [G] baby despite this and [F] be responsible for [G] someone's confusion.
[C] Why subject them to a long [G] life of work or [F] feel horrible if they [G] should die young
or [C] feel horrible if we [G] die and leave them the [F] only happiness is [G] if something's funny.
[C] But what [G] does funniness [F] even mean?
[G]
[C] These are massive, [G] giant, troubling, [F] consuming burdens [G] weighing on my thinking
[C] but I think that she'll [G] just think I'm annoying and [F] I don't want to lose her.
[C]
She says, why are you talking [G] so much?
[F] How come you never talk [G] about us?
[C] Let's just think quiet and [G] nice thoughts and about [F] our relationship.
[C] [G] [F]
[C]
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_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry [F] about the things that [C] always trouble me.
She says, why [Em] are you so grumpy?
[F] Let's just both sit here [G] quiet and calmly.
[C] And you probably [G] should be thinking first [F] about how glad you'll be [G] if you do some work and [C] about our relationship.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry about [F] the vision Mao Zedong [C] had for China.
Was [G] agrarian reform for the better or a cynicism part of our culture?
Why [C] did people fight and die [G] for their freedom?
Was utopia [Em] a lie [G] as a concept?
Is [C] the Western model really [G] our future?
Is there nothing any better to work toward?
And [C] is progress only [G] science and action?
Does it truly have a moral dimension?
[C] Was the century a [G] dream before failure?
[F] Have we settled for [G] this present existence?
[C] Was it only [Em] necessary for peasants?
[F] Would I really give [Em] up ego involvement?
[C] Is there any global [Em] movement for justice [F] in a world of only [G] self or survival?
[C] Because it's obvious we're [G] going to serfdom if [F] we accept the barbary [G] of the system.
But [C] would I really want to work [G] in a factory?
Would [F] I really make my art [G] for a leader?
[C] Would Mao be into some of [G] our music?
Or [F] is everything just horror [G] and power?
These are massive, giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts saturating [G] my thinking.
But I [C] think that she'll just think it's [G] annoying, so I won't bring [F] it up.
_ [C] _
She says that doesn't make [G] any sense.
You should just [F] think about your art and [G] your friends and about our [C] relationship.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't question [F] the psychology of [C] Charles Manson.
What does it say about the [G] human condition?
[F] Why are people so [G] receptive to listen?
[C] Why is confidence alone [G] such a magnet?
And [F] it's unfair the way that some [G] people have it.
And [C] they seem to do the things [G] that they want to.
We all [F] just get away with all that [G] we can do.
Because [C] it's only sexiness that has [G] any value.
And [F] all society just falls [G] by the wayside
into [C] the hierarchy of cults [G] and of harems.
And [F] it's genetics to be [G] masters of victims.
[C] And does hedonism go [G] with corruption?
Why are [F] we drawn to dramas of [G] domination?
These are [C] massive, [G] giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts that [Em] I'm thinking.
But [C] I think that she'll just think [G] I'm annoying, so I won't [F] bring it up.
_ [C] _
She says why are you [G] thinking of him?
You should [F] just think about your [G] family and friends and [C] about our relationship.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't wonder while [F] driving about the emptiness [C] of human existence.
How can we make any decision [F] if it's only [G] arbitrary opinions?
[C] And why should [G] anyone have a baby [F] create another brain [Em] of dissatisfaction
[C] if we're only [G] biological robots [F] with a program to [G] just mostly feel [C] anxious?
Except for [G] moments of brief distraction [F] while fulfilling simple [Em] functions like eating,
[C] while being ordered to [G] enjoy reproducing.
[F] But how can doing what you're [G] told be fulfilling?
[C] All is misery or [G] patent delusions [F] to just fill ourselves with [G] comforting nonsense.
[C] All terrified of [G] seeing it clearly [F] and then dying out with [G] no resolution.
[C] All tumbling down a [G] mountain to nothing while [F] feeling greedy and [G] mean and unhappy.
[C] Basically a [G] meaningless fungus.
[F] Obviously [G] boring and pointless.
[C] And we'll probably have a [G] baby despite this and [F] be responsible for [G] someone's confusion.
[C] Why subject them to a long [G] life of work or [F] feel horrible if they [G] should die young
or [C] feel horrible if we [G] die and leave them the [F] only happiness is [G] if something's funny.
[C] But what [G] does funniness [F] even mean?
[G] _
[C] These are massive, [G] giant, troubling, [F] consuming burdens [G] weighing on my thinking
[C] but I think that she'll [G] just think I'm annoying and [F] I don't want to lose her.
[C] _
She says, why are you talking [G] so much?
[F] How come you never talk [G] about us?
[C] Let's just think quiet and [G] nice thoughts and about [F] our relationship.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry [F] about the things that [C] always trouble me.
She says, why [Em] are you so grumpy?
[F] Let's just both sit here [G] quiet and calmly.
[C] And you probably [G] should be thinking first [F] about how glad you'll be [G] if you do some work and [C] about our relationship.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't worry about [F] the vision Mao Zedong [C] had for China.
Was [G] agrarian reform for the better or a cynicism part of our culture?
Why [C] did people fight and die [G] for their freedom?
Was utopia [Em] a lie [G] as a concept?
Is [C] the Western model really [G] our future?
Is there nothing any better to work toward?
And [C] is progress only [G] science and action?
Does it truly have a moral dimension?
[C] Was the century a [G] dream before failure?
[F] Have we settled for [G] this present existence?
[C] Was it only [Em] necessary for peasants?
[F] Would I really give [Em] up ego involvement?
[C] Is there any global [Em] movement for justice [F] in a world of only [G] self or survival?
[C] Because it's obvious we're [G] going to serfdom if [F] we accept the barbary [G] of the system.
But [C] would I really want to work [G] in a factory?
Would [F] I really make my art [G] for a leader?
[C] Would Mao be into some of [G] our music?
Or [F] is everything just horror [G] and power?
These are massive, giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts saturating [G] my thinking.
But I [C] think that she'll just think it's [G] annoying, so I won't bring [F] it up.
_ [C] _
She says that doesn't make [G] any sense.
You should just [F] think about your art and [G] your friends and about our [C] relationship.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't question [F] the psychology of [C] Charles Manson.
What does it say about the [G] human condition?
[F] Why are people so [G] receptive to listen?
[C] Why is confidence alone [G] such a magnet?
And [F] it's unfair the way that some [G] people have it.
And [C] they seem to do the things [G] that they want to.
We all [F] just get away with all that [G] we can do.
Because [C] it's only sexiness that has [G] any value.
And [F] all society just falls [G] by the wayside
into [C] the hierarchy of cults [G] and of harems.
And [F] it's genetics to be [G] masters of victims.
[C] And does hedonism go [G] with corruption?
Why are [F] we drawn to dramas of [G] domination?
These are [C] massive, [G] giant, troubling, consuming [F] thoughts that [Em] I'm thinking.
But [C] I think that she'll just think [G] I'm annoying, so I won't [F] bring it up.
_ [C] _
She says why are you [G] thinking of him?
You should [F] just think about your [G] family and friends and [C] about our relationship.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
My girlfriend [G] doesn't wonder while [F] driving about the emptiness [C] of human existence.
How can we make any decision [F] if it's only [G] arbitrary opinions?
[C] And why should [G] anyone have a baby [F] create another brain [Em] of dissatisfaction
[C] if we're only [G] biological robots [F] with a program to [G] just mostly feel [C] anxious?
Except for [G] moments of brief distraction [F] while fulfilling simple [Em] functions like eating,
[C] while being ordered to [G] enjoy reproducing.
[F] But how can doing what you're [G] told be fulfilling?
[C] All is misery or [G] patent delusions [F] to just fill ourselves with [G] comforting nonsense.
[C] All terrified of [G] seeing it clearly [F] and then dying out with [G] no resolution.
[C] All tumbling down a [G] mountain to nothing while [F] feeling greedy and [G] mean and unhappy.
[C] Basically a [G] meaningless fungus.
[F] Obviously [G] boring and pointless.
[C] And we'll probably have a [G] baby despite this and [F] be responsible for [G] someone's confusion.
[C] Why subject them to a long [G] life of work or [F] feel horrible if they [G] should die young
or [C] feel horrible if we [G] die and leave them the [F] only happiness is [G] if something's funny.
[C] But what [G] does funniness [F] even mean?
[G] _
[C] These are massive, [G] giant, troubling, [F] consuming burdens [G] weighing on my thinking
[C] but I think that she'll [G] just think I'm annoying and [F] I don't want to lose her.
[C] _
She says, why are you talking [G] so much?
[F] How come you never talk [G] about us?
[C] Let's just think quiet and [G] nice thoughts and about [F] our relationship.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _