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Thrift Store Chair
Songs From An American Movie Volume 1
Learning How To Smile
Lyrics By Art Alexakis
Music By Everclear
G
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G|------0--------0h2-2b-0-----------0--------0h2-2b-0-----|
D|----0------0h2------------------0-------0h2-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------3--------------------------|
Baby go to bed put out the light
We both know if we talk anymore
We're gonna end up in a great big fight
You can have your way again
Yeah you believe what you want to believe
You can walk all over me tomorrow
But tonight can we both pretend to sleep
Am C
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B|------------1--------------------1--------|
G|------2-------2----------------0---0------|
D|----2---2-------2----------0h2--------2---|
A|--0------------------3------------------3-|
E|------------------------------------------|
I think we are headed for a big fall
I think we are headed for a bad time
G
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B|------3---------------------------3------------1b-0-----|
G|------0--------0h2-2b-0-----------0--------0h2-2b-0-----|
D|----0------0h2------------------0-------0h2-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------3--------------------------|
Gonna go downstairs and sit in that chair you like
Am C
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B|------------1--------------------1--------|
G|------2-------2----------------0---0------|
D|----2---2-------2----------0h2--------2---|
A|--0------------------3------------------3-|
E|------------------------------------------|
Gonna put a John Prine record on
I think we need to slow it down for awhile
G
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B|------3---------------------------3------------1b-0-----|
G|------0--------0h2-2b-0-----------0--------0h2-2b-0-----|
D|----0------0h2------------------0-------0h2-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------3--------------------------|
Yeah I wish we never bought a king size bed
Yeah the only damn thing that it's ever been good for
Plenty room for the real good sex
Lay in the bed in the dark and all I can see
Yeah is the distance that grows between us
You seem so far from me
Am C
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B|------------1--------------------1--------|
G|------2-------2----------------0---0------|
D|----2---2-------2----------0h2--------2---|
A|--0------------------3------------------3-|
E|------------------------------------------|
I think we're headed for a real big fall
Yes we're headed for a bad time
G
e|------3---------------------------3---------------------|
B|------3---------------------------3------------1b-0-----|
G|------0--------0h2-2b-0-----------0--------0h2-2b-0-----|
D|----0------0h2------------------0-------0h2-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------3--------------------------|
Yeah gonna go downstairs
Sit by myself all alone in the middle of the night
Am C
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B|------------1--------------------1--------|
G|------2-------2----------------0----------|
D|----2---2-------2----------0h2------------|
A|--0------------------3--------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Gonna put a John Prine record on
Guess we need to slow it down for awhile
G
e|------3---------------------------3---------------------|
B|------3---------------------------3------------1b-0-----|
G|------0--------0h2-2b-0-----------0--------0h2-2b-0-----|
D|----0------0h2------------------0-------0h2-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------3--------------------------|
I'm going to go downstairs, smoke cigarettes in a thrift store chair you like
Am C
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B|------------1--------------------1--------|
G|------2-------2----------------0----------|
D|----2---2-------2----------0h2------------|
A|--0------------------3--------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Gonna put a John Prine record on, Yeah we need to slow it down for awhile
G
e|------3---------------------------3---------------------| x4
B|------3---------------------------3------------1b-0-----|
G|------0--------0h2-2b-0-----------0--------0h2-2b-0-----|
D|----0------0h2------------------0-------0h2-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------3--------------------------|
We need to slow it down for awhile
We need to slow it down for awhile
We need to slow it down for awhile
End on a G
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jonathon Wanna Be |
#1 by Jonathon Gangloff at Feb 28, 1974 at 9:31 PM EST |
| I like this song a lot. It's a very sad realization that a relationship isn't working out quite how he wants it to. I like the imagery of the king-size bed actually keeping them apart. The thrift store chair he sits in alone is the symbol of their past. They have come into some amount of success, and from that they bought the bed, thinking it would afford luxury. Instead, happiness exists only in their less prosperous past. Such a beautiful, sad story. | |
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Josh Average |
#2 by Josh Clayton at Mar 30, 1998 at 4:12 AM EST |
| I cannot believe this has ONE comment. ONE. At least that one comment is worthy. This is my favourite Everclear song, even though it only goes for two minutes. Ahhhhh. It's pretty straight-forward. It seems he has come to the realization that he's become helpless to the situation so he's just gonna sit in the thrift store chair. I can visualise the situation of him smoking in the chair in the backyard. | |
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«™†Rob†™» Average |
#3 by «™†Rob†™» at May 21, 2004 at 6:07 AM EST |
| the great thing about the band everclear is how in tune art alexakis is to the song that it actually portrays his emotions in every aspect of every detail. if the song is meant to reflect on better times, it makes you feel exactly that, as if the chords themselves trigger the better memories of the past. at the same time, most of his songs about his depressions due to drug addictions admittedly give the best experiences listening when high. he has a true talent to take you away from life, take you away from the "everyday occurrences that make you feel like letting go" and that "everything will be alright". kls had a great point," i can visualize...him smoking in the chair in the backyard". the thing is, art uses specific details, such relatable details, that make you feel as though you are in this song, as though you're in the room, watching him, feeling how he felt, going through what he went through when he was writing this song. just the fact that he's gone through so much and loved more than a lot will ever know, just being so swept up in the hurt and pain that all he can ever want is for no one else to go through the same, especially his daughter. I’ve never been in this situation, but listening to this song makes me feel like I just had a big fight, just need breathing room, and yet that sickening feeling that it might possibly be the end of the best thing in your life. That realization that its over and no way to stop it. its almost heartbreaking. 1 | |
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