The Splendid World 创作者：
Frontier Ruckus
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Intro 1

Daug

Asus4

Verse 1
Em Em 
 
This
year's robin's breast is not as red
D D 
 
The entire nest is underfed
G G 
 
D D 
 
Every bed I've made has broken
down
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 

Verse 2
Em Em 
 
The AA meeting is letting out
D D 
 
From the parking lot where
my mother let me try out
G G 
 
D D 
 
Driving my grandfather's car
when I was just fourteen
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 

Verse 3
If the splendid world
G G 
 
wants to end and rid us
D D 
 
I wish it'd just get on with it
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
and   forbid us
D D 
 
I can't keep track of what I own
F# F# 
 

Verse 4
A A 
 
My brightest day was
G G 
 
poisonous but agile
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
And then you decay in a way so  fragile
G G 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
Bb Bb 
 
In the sticky shade with an ice cream cone
D D 
 

Interlude 1

Daug

Asus4

Verse 5
Em Em 
 
Whatever happened to the little sailboat
D D 
 
We kept behind the shed
but only once made float?
G G 
 
D D 
 
I  used to climb upon it onto
the roof
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 

Verse 6
Em Em 
 
And now the earwigs climb the trashcan
D D 
 
I figure I'll become
a sort of watery man
G G 
 
Pissing in my night backyard
D D 
 
Distributing the proof
A A 
 

Verse 7
G G 
 
You can keep a record of all your meals
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
And the way that each day feels
G G 
 
D D 
 
Safe and well- preserved
in some hidden cavity
F# F# 
 

Verse 8
A A 
 
But all your private and
G G 
 
D D 
 
precious locales
F# F# 
 
All your hidden heavens and all your pals
G G 
 
D D 
 
Are gonna succumb
E E 
 
to the brutal gravity
Bb Bb 
 
Baby I know

Interlude 2

Daug

Asus4

Verse 9
G G 
 
The splendid world is immune to flattery
D D 
 
It burst me on the sidewalk
Bm Bm 
 
like a run- over battery
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
All my metallic innards
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
come pooling out

Verse 10
A A 
 
G G 
 
To try to name this is to be less famous
D D 
 
If I were dumber and detestable
Bm Bm 
 
I'd be more successful
G G 
 
But on the sharp scorched grass
A A 
 
there's nothing else to sing about
D D 
 
A A 
 