Camera Obscura — My Maudlin Career Tab

Camera Obscura — My Maudlin Career

Tabbed by: Logan Smith (loganws@yahoo.com)

Intro: D — Em (x3)


    D
You kissed me on the forehead
          Em
Now these kisses give me consussion
D
We were love at first sight
         Em
Now this crush is crushing
  F#m                                              Em
I retraced your steps through the city of romance lazily
  F#m
I took to the desert with your harshest words
         Em
And they saved me

     D                        Em
I'll bail you out again; I've got the readies
    D                         Em
I'm not a child; I know we're not going steady
     F#m
Your pain's gigantic
                       Em
But not as big as your ego
  F#m
I promise not to abandon you
              Em
Please let me go


Interlude:

D — Em (x2)


  D
I harbored worried feelings
               Em
Like they were worth protecting
D
You say I'm too kind and sentimental
               Em
Like you could catch affection
        F#m
In your eyes there's a sadness enough
                   Em
To kill the both of us
          F#m
Are those eyes overrated?
                                Em
They make me want to give up on love

      D
I'll brace myself for the loneliness
            Em
Say hello to feeling that I detest
     D
This maudlin carrer must come to an end
        Em
I don't want to be sad again
      D
This maudlin career must come to an end
        Em
I don't want to be sad again
      D
This maudlin career must come to an end
        Em
I don't want to be sad again


Interlude:

F#m — Em (x2)


      D
This maudlin career must come to an end
        Em
I don't want to be sad again
      D
This maudlin career must come to an end
        Em
I don't want to be sad again


Outro:

F#m — Em (x2)

D — Em (x2)

F#m — D (x2)


This is roughly the tinkly piano part that plays through the whole song.
There's some variation, but this is the basic pattern:

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