T| Artist Name: Dresden Dolls A| Song Name : Girl Anachronism | ========================================================== | B| CHORD DEFINITIONS: | | / R| 3|----|-A#-|----|----|-G#-|----|----|----|----|----| .| 3|----|-g--|----|----|-d--|-D#-|----|-f--|-e--|-f--| C| 3|----|-D#-|-d--|-d--|-c--|-C#-|----|-D#-|-C#-|-d--| O| 2|-b--|-a--|-a--|-A#-|-g--|-G#-|-g--|-A#-|-a--|-A#-| M| 2|-a--|-D#-|-d--|-g--|----|-D#-|-e--|-f--|-D#-|-e--| | 2|-e--|----|----|----|----|----|-c--|----|----|----| T| 1|-A#-|-A#-|-A#-|----|----|----|-F#-|----|-a--|-A#-| A| 1|-e--|----|-e--|----|----|----|----|----|-e--|-f--| | N| | | INTRO: B| 4|-------c-| (Repeat several times) E| 3|-c-F-a---| R| .| C| "One Two Three Four!" O| / M| | AH! T| | / | N| | B| VERSE 1: B| ------- | R| You can tell .| | O| from the stars on my arms M| | and the cracks in my hips T| | / B| and the dents in my car N| A| and the blisters on my lips | | E| that I'm not the carefullest of girls R| .| you can tell | O| M| from the glass on the floor | T| and the strings that're breaking | | / N| and I keep on breaking more | B| and it looks like I am shaking | E| but it's R| .| C| just the temperature O| M| | and then again T| | B| if it were any colder I could disengage N| | B| if I were any older I would act my age | | R| but I don't think that you'd believe me .| | O| it's not the way I'm meant to be M| | T| it's just the way the operation made me | | N| / | | | E| VERSE 2: R| ------- .| C| And you can tell O| M| | from the state of my room T| A| that they let me out to soon | N| / A| and the pills that I ate | B| came a couple years too late. | R| .| And I've got some issues to break through | O| there I go again, M| | T| pretending to be you | B| make-believing that I N| | B| have a soul beneath the surface, | | R| trying to convince you it was accidentally on purpose. .| | / O| M| | 3|-f---f---f---G#--| T| 3|-c---c---c---e---| A| 2|-G#--f---G#--b---| B| 2|-------------G#--| N| 1|-G#--G#--G#--G#--| | | | | R| BRIDGE: .| ----- | O| M| I am not so serious | T| A| this passion is a plagiarism, | N| A| I might join your century, | | E| but only on a rare occassion. R| .| C| I was taken out O| M| | before the labour pains set in T| | B| and now I am the world's worst accident N| | B| I am the girl anachronism! | | / (2 x) R| .| | O| VERSE 3: M| ------- | T| And you can tell by the | | N| red in my eyes | B| and the bruises on my thighs, | | / R| and the knots in my hair .| C| and the bathtub full of flies, O| M| | that I'm not right now at all, T| A| there I go again, | N| A| pretending that I'll fall | | E| don't call the doctors, R| .| C| 'cause they've seen it all before, O| M| they'll say: | T| A| "Just let her crash and burn, she'll learn" | N| A| "the attention just encourages her." | | / | R| .| C| VERSE 4: O| ------- M| | And you can tell T| | B| from the full-body cast N| A| that you're sorry that you asked, | | / E| though you did everything you could, R| .| like any decent person would. | O| M| But I might be catching, so don't touch, | T| you'll start believing | | N| you're immune to gravity and stuff, | B| don't get me wet because | | R| the bandages will all come off. .| C| And you can tell O| M| | VERSE 5: T| ------- | | N| from the smoke at the stake | B| that the current state is critical. | | / R| Well it is the little things, for instance: .| | O| in the time it takes to break it, M| | she can make up ten excuses: T| | / B| "please excuse her for the day, N| A| it's just the way the medication makes her". | | AH! | R| / .| | O| 3|-f---f---f---G#--| M| 3|-c---c---c---e---| | 2|-G#--f---G#--b---| T| 2|-------------G#--| A| 1|-G#--G#--G#--G#--| | N| | BRIDGE: B| ----- | | R| I don't necessarily believe there is a cure for this, .| | O| so I might join your century, M| | T| but only as a doubtful guest. | | N| I was too precarious, removed as a caesarian, | | B| behold the world's worst accident: | R| OUTRO: .| ------ | O| M| I am the girl anachronism! | T| A| I am the girl anachronism! | N| A| I am the girl anachronism! | | E| I am the girl anachronism! R| .| C| I am the girl O| I am the girl