Brand New Colony Chords by The Postal Service

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[C] _ I'll be the great fermented [E] bottle served [A] with a table set in [F] my finest, the perfect gentleman.
[C] _ I'll be the fire escape [E] that's bolted to [A] the ancient brick [F] where you will _ _ _ contemplate your [C] fate. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ I'll be the water wings [E] that save you if you [A] start drowning in [F] an elfin's head when your
judgment's on the [C] line.
I'll be the _ phonograph that [Em] plays your favorite [A] _ albums back as [C] you're lying there, drifting
off [G] to sleep.
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_ I'll be the platform shoes and do what [Am] Meredithy's done to you, you [C] won't have to strain [F] to look
into [C] my eyes.
I'll be your winter coat [E] _ buttoned to the [Am] _ _ throat with [F] a collar out so you won't catch [Am] cold.
_ _ I want to take [F] you far from the cynics in [C] this town, _ _ because you want [Am] to know we'll
cut our [F] bodies free from the tethers of [C] this scene, start a brand new [Am] colony _ _ where everything
will [F] _ change, we'll give ourselves [C] new names, _ identities _ _
[Am] erased, _ the sun will heat the [F] _ ground
_ _ under our [C] back feet in this brand new [G] colony.
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I want to take you _ _
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[C] far _ _ from the _
[G] _ cynics in this _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ town, _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ because you _ _ _ _
[C] want to know _ _ _
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[C] we'll _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] cut _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ our [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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bodies free _ _ _ _ _ from the [C] _ tethers of _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ this _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ scene, _ start a brand new colony where _ _ _ everything
will [F] change, _ _ _ _ _ we'll [C] _ give ourselves _ _ new _
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_ _ [F] names, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ identities _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ erased, the sun will heat the ground
under our back feet in this [F] brand new _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ colony. _ _ _ _ _
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