Serenading In The Trenches

G/D     [055430]
C#m7b5  [x4545x]
D7      [05453x]
Gmaj7/B [x25432]
Bbdim7  [x12020]
D9      [05455x]
Gdim7   [x45353]

G/D
Thought I saw you at the finish line
 and you were burning a flag
D7                           G/D
and you were biding your time
Gdim7               Am7
Thought I saw you at the finish line
 and you were biding your time
D7                   D9
and you were biding your time and 
you were biding your time

G/D                        C#m7b5
Tripped on my compass as I fled on 
foot
D7                             
 Shed all my luggage, all your 
Gmaj7/B
fuck-me-boots
Bbdim7                 Am7
 Cute as a button on a wounded high 
horse
D7                         D9
Sink into the quicksand of desire 
and remorse

G/D
Pissed off and juiced up, with my 
back to the wall
D7                           G/D
Blindfolded, eager to give into the 
fall
Gdim7               Am7
Stripped of the structures that 
boggled my mind
D7                   D9
Sink into the quicksand, making up 
for lost time

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G/D
Serenading in the trenches / Do you 
wanna pretend we’re dead
D7                           G/D
Serenading in the trenches / Do you 
wanna make love in stead
Gdim7               Am7
Cute-ass casualties, clueless 
come-ons
D7                   D9
Our aborted mission, our 
self-indulgence

G/D
Bled out from paper cuts all over 
the news
D7                        
Softened the bruises with a 
   G/D
one-sided truce
Gdim7               Am7
Stripped of our passions, in a 
lukewarm embrace
D7                   D9
Sink into the quicksand of stale 
dignity and grace

G/D
Keep it up, keep on, try keeping up 
with myself
D7                           G/D
Old ideas, splinters, put that shit 
on the shelf
Gdim7               Am7
Slumbering limbo, laurels resting on
 me
D7                   D9
Sink into the quicksand of a 
ruthless memory

G/D
Serenading in the trenches / Do you 
wanna pretend we’re dead
D7                           G/D
Serenading in the trenches / Do you 
wanna make love in stead
Gdim7               Am7
Cute-ass casualties, clueless 
come-ons
D7                   D9
Our aborted mission, our 
self-indulgence

G/D                            
 Thought I saw you at the finish 
                    C#m7b5
line and you were burning a flag
and you were biding your time
D7                             
 Thought I saw you at the finish 
                    Gmaj7/B
line and you were biding your time
Bbdim7                         
 Thought I saw you at the finish 
                    Am7
line and you were biding your time
    G
and you were biding your time and 
you were biding your time

G/D
Serenading in the trenches / Do you 
wanna pretend we’re dead
D7                           G/D
Serenading in the trenches / Do you 
wanna make love in stead
Gdim7               Am7
Cute-ass casualties, clueless 
come-ons
D7                   D9
Our aborted mission, our 
self-indulgence

G/D
Oh what a beautiful boy child
D7                           G/D
Oh boy, the man of my dreams
Gdim7               Am7
Oh what a big boy, what a boy child
D7                   D9
Oh man, oh boy, what a dream
G/D                           
Oh boy, you’re preaching to the 
     D7                         
wrong choir I know what’s up, my 
  G/D
time is up
Gdim7               Am7      D7 
I know what’s up, my time is up
                  D9