A Few Older Ones

A            D                  F#m
Your grandpa died when you were nine
          E               A
They said he had lost his mind
          D              F#m
You have learned way too soon
           E                    A 
You should never trust the 
    D    F#m    E
pantaloon
              A             F#m
You are tired, you are hurt
                 E              
A moth ate through your favorite 
       D
shirt
                    A         F#m 
And all your friends fertilize the
                 E
 ground you walk
E/G# D    A
Lose your mind


[Verse 2: Joseph]
    A                 D
I'm never what I like

I'm double-sided
F#m                  E
And I just can't hide

I kinda like it
A                   D
When I make you cry
                     F#m           
Cause I'm twisted up,    I'm 
    E
twisted up, inside my mind


[Verse 3: Joseph, Crowd, Joseph & 
Crowd]
Bb         F      Dm C F      
Down in the forest,    we'll 
             Dm C
sing a chorus
Bb             F   Dm    C
One that everybody knows
Bb        F        Dm      C
Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
Bb           F            Dm  C
Singing songs that nobody wrote
Bb         F    Dm C F        
Down in the forest,  we'll 
          Dm C
sing a chorus
Bb             F   Dm    C
One that everybody knows
Bb        F        Dm      C
Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
Bb           F            Dm  C
Singing songs that nobody wrote


[Verse 4: Joseph]
C                           G
 I'm standing in front of you
                           Am
 I'm standing in front of you
     G               F
 I'm trying to be so cool
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                               G   
 Everything together trying to be 
  C
so cool
C                           G
 I'm standing in front of you
C                           G
 Oh, I'm standing in front of you
                           Am
 Oh, I'm trying to be so cool
                               G   
 Everything together trying to be 
  C
so cool
           G     C
 Trying to be so cool, yeah yeah, 
yeah yeah


[Verse 5: Joseph]
G
I'll tell 'em
G     G              G
Why won't you let me go
D             G          C
Do I threaten all your plans?
    Bm       D
I'm insignificant

Please tell 'em
G   C                 G
You have no plans for me
  D           G       C
I will set my soul on fire
 Bm           D
What have I become?
           G
I'll tell 'em


[Bridge: Joseph]
   G                         D/F#
Hello, we haven't talked in quite 
some time
  Em                      C       
I know I haven't been the best of 
    G
sons
  G                               
Hello, I've been traveling in the 
D/F#
deserts of my mind
    Em                C
And I haven't found a drop


[Verse 6: Joseph]
G
I tried desperately to run through 
the sand
      D/F#
As I hold the water in the palm of 
my hand
 Em
'Cause it's all that I have, and 
it's all that I need
         C
And the waves of the water mean 
nothing to me
G
But I tried my best and all that I 
can
         D/F#
To hold tightly onto what's left in 
my hand
Em
But no matter how, how tightly I 
will strain
    C
The sand will slow me down, and the 
water will drain

G
I'm just begin dramatic, in fact
                D/F#
I'm only at it again

As an addict with a pen

Who's addicted to wind
       Em
As it blows me back and forth

Mindless, spineless, and pretend
    C
Of course I'll be here again

See you tomorrow
                     G
But it's the end of today

End of my ways

As a walking denial
    D/F#
My trial was filed

As a crazy suicidal headcase
         Em
But you specialize in dying
                             C
You hear me screaming, "Father!"

And I'm lying here just crying
                       G     D/F# 
So wash me with your water
   Em    C



[Outro: Joseph, Crowd, Joseph & 
Crowd]
C
 We're broken

 We're broken
G
 We're broken
              Am      G
 We're broken people, oh
              F            G   C
 We're broken people, oh, yeah
C
 We're bro-