These Girls

Intro:

G Bm C G (D)



G                                
In one of those they say we must 
Bm
watch your name drop over and over 
again

C                             
No-one knows the reason nothing 
  G     D
stays

G                         Bm
And maybe she's long gone breaking 
backs in too many middle states

C                                 
No-one knows the difference all 
  G   D
the way



C                         
So open your lungs, they're 
            D
bleeding, cover your bones, give it 
right back

C                         
'Cause these girls are done 
             D
believing, holding their breath 
until they collapse



G                               
Split lips, gone swollen faces, slip
Bm
 down the ice on Western Avenue

C                                 
And I've been to slower places, 
          G            D
seen colder days, we can stay

G                                
You know enough for me to trust, so 
Bm
crush it up, put me back together

C                                 
But if you have to make us pay, 
         G                 D
what can I say? Just keep me away.



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C                              D
Three names and one condition, count
 the ways to put it all back

C                                
Long lines and bold predictions, 
D
holding your breath until the impact



    G              C            
And don't leave me out, keep my 
Em                             D
place under the ground for the air 
we're breathing

    G               C         Em 
And don't fuck around, simple 
                               D
words will make the darker places 
less deceiving



Em     Bm
Slow ~ down
        C                          
Talking loud to lonely faces, time 
    D
can tell these days are not worth 
saving

Em     Bm
Slow ~ down

        C                          
Waiting for the cold to stop still 
       D
close enough to lose the thaw, 
waging a war on words you forgot to 
say



[Harmonica in G]

6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 -4 4 6 6 5 6 -6 6 
5 -4 -4 4 4 5 -5 5 4 3 345 -4 4 -4 4

6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 -4 4 6 6 5 6 -6 6 
7 -7 7 6 -6 6 5 -5 5 5 4 -5 5 -5 5 4
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[Guitar chords during harmonica]
G Bm C G (D)
G Bm C G (D)



G                                 
No matter what, she's done with 
  Bm
us, so give up, there's nothing you 
can say

C                                 
Forget me in times like these, 
       G         D
just get away, far away from my

G                           Bm
Old pain and new addiction, nothing 
strong, nothing left to mix with 
this

C                                 
Just slow roads and open spaces 
   G                    D
with nothing left to fix, so please



C                                  
Open your lungs, they're bleeding, 
D
cover your bones, give it right back

C                         
'Cause these girls are done 
             D
believing, holding their breath 
until they collapse

C                             
These girls are done believing, 
  D
these girls are done believing

C                             
These girls are done believing, 
  D
these girls are done believing



    G              C            
And don't leave me out, keep my 
Em                             D
place under the ground for the air 
we're breathing

    G           C             Em 
And don't fuck around, simple 
                               D
words will make the darker places 
less deceiving, don't leave me out



G C Em D
G C Em D