Long Island Blues - Julian Casablancas - Lyrics Chords

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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ I see a drug bust in your _ _ eyes.
[F] There are bruises _ on [C] your _ thighs.
_ _ [F] I can tell you're trying [C] to _ hide all [F] the _ [E] darkness.
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_ _ _ You [C] got _ sawdust on your toes. _ _ _
[F] From that sports bar down [C] the _ road,
you [F] have beer glass in [C] your feet. _
You [F] say kiss [Dm] me _ [G] on the cheek. _ _ _
Some _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
people get paid to _ talk.
_ Some [F] people get paid [C] to listen. _ _
[F] Some people _ _ buy [C] a ticket
_ and [F] can't _ [Am] wait [Dm] _ for [G] _ intermission. _ _
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[C] Just like some might love you blindly.
_ _ _ [F] Some will love you [C] with _ conditions. _
_ [F] Some will love you like [C] an unloved _ child [E] loves _
_ [Dm] family.
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Now [C] she's tempted _ by the _ syringe.
_ [F] Try to rhyme a word [C] with orange.
_ _ [F] I'm a cheap and [C] ugly sinner
_ _ to whose _ [E] soul [D] love is [G] so foreign. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ So _ if [F] you're _ sideways _ _ _ _
and if you want to [C] go my way
_ _ before a meteoric _ _ shower, _ _
_ this idea should be _ _ devoured.
_ _ _ Whether you're locked up [F] in the tower _
_ _ _ or if you charge them [C] by the _ _ _ hour, _
in whose eyes you [G] were a _ _ flower,
_ you'll get the _ aftertaste of [C] life got sour. _ _ _
_ _ Will you finish [F] what you _ started?
_ _ [G] _ Travel the seas you [C] never _ _ _ _ [Am] parted?
_ Remember things you [G] _ _ _ _ disregarded? _ _
_ _ Communicate with the [C] _ _
departed?
_ _ _ _ Believe in things you [F] thought weren't _ founded? _ _
_ Prepare to always [C] be _ _ astounded?
_ _ _ Or keep your dreams and [G] visions grounded? _
_ _ _ It took a while, but then [C] I _ found _ _ _ it.
_ _ No one _ inspired _ you in _ time, _
[F] so you left your [C] love _ behind
_ _ [F] in a world that [C] can _ _ discourage
one [F] who's [Am] young [D] and [G] full of _ _ _ _ courage.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] You said you'd start at the bottom,
_ _ [F] but instead you start [C] at the top. _ _ _
[F] Be careful _ what [C] you wish for on [F] your _ [E] life,
it [C] just [G] might _ drop.
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[C] It's a lonely _ _ life at the bottom.
_ [F] It can be lonely _ too [C] at the top. _ _
_ [F] Make sure your _ [C] heart is singing
_ right [F] until [D] the day [G] it _ stops. _ _ _ _ _ _
They [C] all say _ dream, but what they mean
_ _ is [F] be specific _ _ [C] or _ _ obscene.
_ [F] It's _ time to [C] find some time to [F] fail
at [E] what [Dm] makes you [G] most _ happy. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Sometimes you concentrate _ on lovers
_ [F] to forget _ _ _ [C] everything else.
_ _ _ [F] Sometimes _ _ you [C] hate each other
to [F] _ [E] forget you _ [G] hate yourself. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So _ if [F] you're _ sideways, _
_ _ _ and if you wanna [C] go my _ _ way, _
before a [G] meteoric _ _ shower,
_ _ _ decide the earth should [C] be _ _ devoured. _ _
_ Whether you're locked up [F] in the tower,
_ _ _ _ or if you charge in [C] by the _ hour,
_ _ tell me you'll always be [G] a _ flower.
_ _ Forget the _ aftertaste of [C] life got _ sour.
_ _ _ _ Will you finish [F] what you _ started _ _
[G] before you celebrate with [C] a _ cigarette?
_ _ [Am] _ _ Remember things you [G] _ _ _ disregarded.
_ _ _ _ _ Communicate with the [C] _ _ departed. _ _ _ _
Prepare to always [F] be _ _ astounded.
_ _ _ _ Believe in things you [C] thought weren't _ founded. _ _
_ Don't keep those dreams and [G] visions _ grounded.
_ _ _ _ It took a while, but [C] now I've found it.
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