Lady Gay Approximately Car Seat Headrest

Lady Gay Approximately

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Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 12/8
Key: Bm
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Bm
Former dove comes back to the house
     Aadd9
With blood on its wings and a bone in its mouth
          Em                Bm
He was on drugs or something

[Verse 2]
Bm
Mother asks about his health
    Aadd9
And doesn't know which of them needs the most help
         Em               Bm
Call the cops or something

[Chorus]
Em                      Aadd9/C#
Everything stands on communication
Em                             Aadd9/C#
If you can't talk then there's no      escaping
Em
Even if you could talk,
Aadd9/C#
no      escaping this
Em
If it's a breakdown,
     Aadd9/C#
then why     won't it break?
             G6/D
Why won't it break?

[Verse 3]
G    Bm
 And they both tremble silently
    Aadd9
And wait, and wait,
                     Em
and finally he finds something
Some words

[Verse 4]
Bm  Bm
  I heard what you said when I turned my back
             Aadd9
How could it possibly still hurt?
This is where we've been at
          Em                        Bm
Since the fourth grade choir recital

[Chorus]
Em                       F#m
I picked my battles just like you said
     Em                    F#m
Some days I decide I would rather be dead
Em                  F#m
It's the dead one you  get
Em                  F#m
It's the dead one you  get
Keep the rest for myself

[Bridge]
G        Em                F#m
 Still I could not let you go 
  Em                F#m      G
Before you knew the way back home
          Em               F#m           Bm
Something happened to me before you were born
You appeared in a spark of light
       Aadd9
Saying "I   am the one who wants this life
          Em              Bm
If you'll have me, I will come"

[Verse 5]
    Bm
I'd prayed to God to give me this grace
  Aadd9
A place for this pain, a smiling face
           Em
That could feel this with me

[Verse 6]
Bm        Bm
  And you came in a coat of many colors
    Aadd9
The shine of your feathers was like no other
       Em
Please wear it again,
we swear we won't hurt you
   Bm
We swear we won't hurt you this time

[Verse 7]
Bm Aadd9 Em
Bm           Bm
  And you're telling me not to say the name
                Aadd9
But also you're looking into my eyes and asking "Am
 Em
I  dead?"
              Bm
No, you're my son

[Outro]
Bm                       Aadd9
"Am, am, am, am, am, am, am,  am, am, am, am,
    Em
am I  dead?"
            Bm
No, you're my son
                         Aadd9
"Am, am, am, am, am, am, am,  am, am, am, am,
    Em
am I  dead?"
            Bm
No, you're my son
Em F#m G

Bars

[Verse 1]
| Bm | - | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | - | Bm    | - |

Former dove comes back to the house
With blood on its wings and a bone in its mouth
He was on drugs or something

[Verse 2]
| Bm | - | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | - | Bm    | - |

Mother asks about his health
And doesn't know which of them needs the most help
Call the cops or something

[Chorus]
| Em | Aadd9/C# | Em | Aadd9/C# |
| Em | Aadd9/C# | Em | Aadd9/C# |
| -  | G6/D     | -  |

Everything stands on communication
If you can't talk then there's no      escaping
Even if you could talk,
no      escaping this
If it's a breakdown,
then why     won't it break?
Why won't it break?

[Verse 3]
             | G     |
| - | Bm | - | Aadd9 |
| - | Em | - |

And they both tremble silently
And wait, and wait,
and finally he finds something
Some words

[Verse 4]
             | Bm    |
| - | Bm | - | Aadd9 |
| - | Em | - | Bm    |
| - |

I heard what you said when I turned my back
How could it possibly still hurt?
This is where we've been at
Since the fourth grade choir recital

[Chorus]
      | Em | F#m | Em |
| F#m | Em | F#m | Em |
| F#m | -  |

I picked my battles just like you said
Some days I decide I would rather be dead
It's the dead one you  get
It's the dead one you  get
Keep the rest for myself

[Bridge]
          | G     | -   |
| -   | - | Em    | -   |
| F#m | - | Em    | F#m |
| G   | - | Em    | F#m |
| Bm  | - | Aadd9 | -   |
| Em  | - | Bm    | -   |

Still I could not let you go
Before you knew the way back home
Something happened to me before you were born
You appeared in a spark of light
Saying "I   am the one who wants this life
If you'll have me, I will come"

[Verse 5]
| Bm | - | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | - |

I'd prayed to God to give me this grace
A place for this pain, a smiling face
That could feel this with me

[Verse 6]
         | Bm    | - |
| Bm | - | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | - | Bm    | - |

And you came in a coat of many colors
The shine of your feathers was like no other
Please wear it again,
we swear we won't hurt you
We swear we won't hurt you this time

[Verse 7]
| Bm | - | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | - | Bm    | - |
| Bm | - | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | - | Bm    | - |

And you're telling me not to say the name
But also you're looking into my eyes and asking "Am
I  dead?"
No, you're my son

[Outro]
| Bm | -   | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | -   | Bm    | - |
| -  | -   | Aadd9 | - |
| Em | -   | Bm    | - |
| Em | F#m | G     |

"Am, am, am, am, am, am, am,  am, am, am, am,
am I  dead?"
No, you're my son
"Am, am, am, am, am, am, am,  am, am, am, am,
am I  dead?"
No, you're my son

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