The Aphorist Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]We're all mow [C#m]ing esoteric[C]
pat[Bm]terns in the [G]grass
[Bm]A fast and fading [Am]echo of
ancient [Em]Nazca Man
Who carved his [C#m]lines upon the [C]desert [Bm]floor
In hopes to [G]catch the [Bm]eye
of some for[Am]gotten [Em]god
To de[C#m]light a passing [C]Thunderbird
[Bm]Or win patro[G]na[Bm]ge of a sky-jaguar knit [Am]knit of stars

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Em]
[C#m][C][Bm]
[Am][Em][C#m][C]
[Bm][G][Bm][Am]
[Em]

[Verse 2]
Shouted slo[C#m]gans of leap
[C]ers give me [Bm]megrims
Why didn't I [G]smash the copi[Bm]er
when I [Am]was through?[Em]
Self-doubt [C#m]is is a sta[C]lking fie[Bm]nd[G]
Narciss[Bm]ism is a [Am]killer
That and [Em]no healthcare
[C#m]Dumb aphorist em[C]brace
[Bm]obscurants
And write in [G]Ogham for [Bm]your [Am]final lines

[Interlude 2]
[Am][Em][C#m][C][Bm]
[G]
[Bm][Am][Bm][Em]
[C#m][C][Bm][G][Bm][Am]
[Em]

[Verse 3]
There's the failed [C#m]lawyer haunt
[C]ing teen-punk [Bm]shows
shows
He'll ex[G]plain his [Bm]top five for
[Am]'09 and what to ea[Em]t
If you ever [C#m]saw his bald-skull he[C]ad
[Bm]head
You'd be [G]certain he'd [Bm]been dead [Am]for weeks

[Interlude 3]
[Am][Bm][C][D][Bm][D][Bm][F#][Am]
[Bm]
[C][D][Bm][D][Bm][F#][Am]
[Em][F#][Em][Am][Bm]
[Em][F#][Em][Am][Bm]
[C][F#][Em]

[Verse 4]
And that's [C#m]the story of the [C]happy
[Bm]thief who [G]provided con[Bm]tent
To that [Am]ceaseless chill-out stream
[Em]stream
His body will [C#m]be found soa[C]ked in
[Bm]Lumino[G]l aftershave
Room of [Bm]knives, Lebanon, Fly[Am]ing [Em]J
I didn't know [C#m]him ve[C]ry we[Bm]ll
But I [G]think of [Bm]him whenev
[G]er my [Am]mind drifts

[Outro 1]
[Am][Em]