The Postal Service – Nothing Better

Standard Tuning:

Intro
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D – G – Bm – A – G – Bm – A – F#m
D – G – Bm – A – G – Bm – A – F#m

Verse
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D
Will someone please call a surgeon
G Bm A
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
G A F#m
That your’re deserting for better company?

D
I can’t accept that it’s over…
G Bm A
I will block the door like a goalie tending the net
G A F#m
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry

Chorus
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D G A F#m
So, just say how to make it right
D G A F#m
And, i swear i’ll do my best to comply

Bm G A D Bm
Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
Bm G A F#m Bm
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together

D – D – D – D

Verse
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D G Bm
I feel must interject here you’re getting carried away feeling sorry for
A G A (F#m
yourself With these revisions and gaps in history
D
So let me help you remember
G Bm A
I’ve made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear
G A F#m
I’ve prepared a lecture on why i have to leave

Chorus
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D G A F#m
So, please back away and let me go
D G A F#m
I can’t my darling i love you so… Oh oh

Bm G A D Bm
Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
Bm G A F#m Bm
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together

Bm G A D Bm
Don’t you feed me lines about some idealistic future
Bm G A F#m Bm
Your heart won’t heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures

Bm / G – A – D – Bm
Bm / G – A – F#m – Bm

Bm / G – A – D – Bm
Bm / G – A – F#m – Bm

Outro
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D G Bm G
I admit that i have made mistakes and i swear
Bm A (A7)
I’ll never wrong you again

D G Bm A
You’ve got a lure i can’t deny,
G A F#m
But you’ve had your chance so say goodbye
D
Say goodbye