Alternative Girlfriend Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][Dsus4][D][C][A]
[D]

[Verse 1]
You're in an [D]all-girl band
[Dsus4]band[Cm][D]
Your futon's second [C]hand[Dsus4][D]
Your parents understand
[Dsus4]but you don't[D] care
I [C]have [D]a job in [C]a shop[D]
I'm an [C]un [D]dercover [C]cop
[D]I make sur[C]e the[D] customers[C]
aren't [D]thieves[C][D][C]
[A]Old at being young
[Em]Youn[A]g at being old[Em]
[A]Everything's on [Em]hold

[Verse 2]
within our evolution
[D]You're [F]my al[Em]ternative girlfriend
[A]I l[D]ove you[F],
now [Em]you cannot pre[A]tend[Bm]
There's nothing left that won't cross
[G]over

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][Dsus4][D][Dsus4][C][D][A][D]

[Verse 3]
Last night we [D]slept on the lawn
You woke up and I was gone
Back to [Dsus4]the dream [D]I
[Dsus4]dream to [C]lea[D]ve[C][D]
My [C]life [D]with her is [C]a bore[D]
A [C]worn-out meta[D]phor
metaphor
[Dsus4]No more s[D]urprises up[C]
it's [D]sleeve[C][D][C]
[A]We're old at being [Em]young[A]
Young at being [Em]old
[A]Everything's been [Em]sold

[Verse 4]
to other's revolutions
[D]You're [F]my al[Em]ternative girl[A]friend
[D]I love [F]you, now [Em]you cannot
pre[A]tend[Bm]
There's nothing left that
won't [G]cross over

[Verse 5]
[G][Em]
You [D]live above your dad's
four-car [C]garage
[D]garage
With your vinyl and imaginary [C]entour[G]age
[D]If [Dsus4]I pull up i[D]n a U-Haul,
pack [Dsus4]pack up q[G]uick
So we can [D]get out of this town
'cause it [C]makes [G]me sick
[F]

[Interlude 2]
[D][Dsus4][D]

[Verse 6]
[D]You're [F]my al
[Em]ternative girl[A]friend
[D]I love [F]you, now [Em]you cannot pretend
[A]The[Bm]re's nothing left that won't cross[G][Em][D][Dsus4][D][Dsus4]
[D]ove[Dsus4]r[C][D]

[Outro 1]
[D][Dsus4][D][A][D][Dsus4][D][Dsus4][D]
[C][D][C]
[D][D]