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Nikorette Tab

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band


This is a chord transcription from a promo copy of the album. The G chord Conor uses in 
it's a little different:

E|-3-|
A|-x-|
D|-0-|
G|-0-|
B|-3-|
e|-x-|

And on the D during the verses you should play around with the chord a bit, I like to 
the G string up with the rhythm. Just listen to the song and you'll understand.




                              
I´m just trying to stay a human being
                            
Sitting in the sun eating ice cream
                                
Texting my friend about a bad bad dream
                                 
Just had to tell someone who knows me

                                   
But I don´t got time for this cuckoo clock
                                 
And I don´t wanna go to your Mason Lodge
                                       
There´s nothing more sad than a lynching mob
                                  
Full of rational men who believe in God


But nothing makes sense when the wave rolls through
                                      
Nothing makes sense when the wave come through

So it could have been me or it could have been you
                                   
Whatever is in me is whatever is in you

                                          
My neighbor dreams big because his house is small
                                    
Says all he needs now is some capital
                                  
It´s a pirate world it´s a free-for-all
                                             
They take your bright ideas and they make them dull

                                       
But everyone I see I think I´ve known before
                                  
From the opera house to the grocery store
                          
My love for them I cannot ignore

Like a human voice in a quiet morgue


But I don´t want to wear no dead man´s suit
                                  
I don´t want to wear no dead man´s suit

I don´t want to wait until the moon gets blue
                                         
I don´t want to wait until the moon turns blue

                   
Well it´s all just a fix
              
Just one little hit
                  
You'll hold it in

                                 
Sitting on a plane chewing nicorette
                               
Paradise lost haven´t found it yet
                               
Will you talk me down if I get upset´
                                  
Be the cool washcloth to my fevered head


Because I don´t want to dream if it won´t come true
                                      
I don´t want to dream if it don´t come true

If there´s something in me well I guess it´s in you
                                              
If there´s somewhere in me then I know it´s in you

Solo - Same verse progression.

                   
Well it´s all just a fix
              
Just one little hit
                  
You´re holding in

You´ll hold it in

You´re holding in

You´ll hold it in


And I don´t want to dream if it won´t come true
                                      
I don´t want to dream if it don´t come true

If there´s something in me well I guess it´s in you

If there´s something in me well I guess it´s in you

Whatever happens to me it´s going to happen to you

Whatever happens to me it´s going to happen to you

 x3

End on D