AGAINST ME!
Cavalier Eternel
Chorus:
A D A
Girl, I’m sorry, but I’m leaving.
E
We’re both at fault, we’re both to blame.
A D A
It wasn’t the other men, ‘cause there were other women.
E
This just isn’t love,
A G# F#
it’s just the remorse of a loss of a feelin’.
Transcription by: The Dan Johnston
A E A
Even if I stayed, it just wouldn’t be the same.
Verse:
A B C# D
e———————|
B———————|
G———————|
D————6—7—-|
A—7—9—4—5—-|
E—5—7————|
D A
Double this drink up into the tallest glass you’ve got,
B E
You know I’m not use to sleeping all alone. Gonna
E F F#
e———————|
B———————|
G———————|
D———————|
A—2—-3—-4——-|
E—0—-1—-2——-|
make it to the moon
A B D
tonight on a one way kamikaze flight. If I could get so high,
E
I’ll leave behind my problems,
Take then out with the empty bottles. Oh..
(repeat chorus)
Verse 2:
A B C# D
e———————|
B———————|
G———————|
D————6—7—-|
A—7—9—4—5—-|
E—5—7————|
D A
Me and this guitar are going swingin’ blind into the unknown.
B E
You know a song and a stage is all I ever needed of a home.
E F F#
e———————|
B———————|
G———————|
D———————|
A—2—-3—-4——-|
E—0—-1—-2——-|
some day I
A B D
will call from a payphone in a truck stop on the road and you’ll tell
E(let ring)
me how much better off you’ve been on your own. So..
(repeat chorus, slowly strumming last E and A)