We Used to Vacation
by
Cold War Kids
Am
C (#5)/G#
C/G
F#m (flat 5)
The run they do between these sections is (by note):
F#,F,F#,G,G#,A
Am
C (#5)/G#
C/G
F#m (flat 5)
Am
I kissed the kids at noon
C (#5)/G#
then stumbled out the room
C/G
I caught a cab ran up a tab
F#m (flat 5)
on 7th and flower
Am
best recital I had to ruin
C (#5)/G#
missed my son's graduation
C/G
punched the Nickles boy for taking his seat
F#m (flat 5)
gets all that anger from me
Am C (#5)/G#
still things could be much worse
C/G F#m (flat 5)
natural disasters on the evening news
Am C (#5)/G# C/G
still things could be much worse we still got our health
F#m (flat 5) F
my paycheck in the mail
C G F
I promised to my wife and children
C
I'd never touch another drink
G F
as long as I live but even then
C G F
it sounds so soothing
C G F
this will blow over in time
C G Am (Do the run here as well)
this will all blow over in time
Am
I'm just an honest man
C (#5)/G#
provide for me and mine
C/G
I give a check to tax deductible
F#m (flat 5)
charity organizations
Am C (#5)/G#
two weeks paid vacation
C/G
won't heal the damage done
F#m (flat 5)
I need another one
Am C (#5)/G#
still things could be much worse
C/G F#m (flat 5)
natural disasters on the evening news
Am C (#5)/G#
still things could be much worse
C/G
we still got our health
F#m (flat 5)
my paycheck in the mail
C G F
I promised to my wife and children
C
I'd never touch another drink
G F
as long as I live but even then
C G F
it sounds so soothing
to mix a drink
C G F
and sink into oblivion
C G F
I promised to my wife and children
that accident
C G F
left everyone a little shook up
but at the meetings
C G F
I felt so empty
C G F
this will blow over in time
C G F
this will all blow over in time
