Chords for The Auteurs - Government Bookstore

[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [D] Not the [Bb] hospital gown [F] you're wearing, [D] or the bad luck that [Bb] [C] dogs us down.
[Dm] What's done _ [Am]
is [Bb] done.
_ [F] _ [G] _ [Gm] [G] They've burned the old place [F] down.
_ _ [Em] Run [D] around in [Bb] the reference [F] section.
Tried [Dm] to catch the [Bb] attendance.
[C] I, [Dm] ten years, [C]
[Dm] on the night [Bb] shift.
[F] _ [G] _ Well, I [Gm] don't work [F] tonight.
_ _ _ [G] [D] All [C] my books are [D] alone.
[Dm] Since the [Bb] government [C]
first [F] off goes.
_ _ [Gm] All [C] my books are [D] [Dm] alone.
Since [Bb] the government [A]
first [Bb] off goes.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] While we met [Bb] in the [F] hotel lobby.
_ [D] The [Bb] executive read [C] aloud [Dm] the will.
[Am] No wake, no [Bb] eulogy.
[F] _
_ [G] From [C] the [Em] sympathetic [F] crowd. _ _
_ [G] All [C] my books are [Dm] alone.
Since [Bb] the government [C] first [F] off goes.
_ [Gm] All [C] my books are [Dm] alone.
Since [Bb] the government [A] first [Bb] off _ goes.
[F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ It's no good for the afternoon.
It's [Dm] that pepper and salt and [C] the village food.
[F] _ _ [G] _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, they closed [Bb] down the whole [F] main building.
_ [D] Bought it up [Bb] and the main [C] gate stay in [Dm] lock.
[C]
Used [Bb] to steal [F] things [G] from this now empty [F] shop.
_ _ _ [Gm] All [C] my books are [Dm] alone.
Since [Bb] the government [C]
first [F] off goes.
_ _ [G] All [C] my books are [D] alone.
[Dm] Since [Bb] the government [C]
first [F] off goes.
_ [Am] _ [Gm] All [C] my books are [D] alone.
[Dm] Since [Bb] the government [C]
first [F] off goes.
_ [C] _ [Gm] All [C] my books are [Dm] alone.
Since the [Bb] government [A] first [Bb] off _ goes.
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