I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I knew prufrock before he got famous

ALet's begin at the beginning, Asus4we're lovers and we're losers

G♯We're heroes and we're pioneers,Dsus2 we're beggars and we're choosers

ESkirting 'round the edges of F♯mthe ideal demographic

G♯We're always on the guest list,Dsus2but we're always stuck in traffic

Same again for this bit, with faster strumming

We've watched our close associates, Often play their parts

Chatting up the 'it' girls, And they're tearing up the charts

While we were paying with coppers to get our rounds in at the bar

We're the C team, we're the almost famous old friends of the stars

F♯m E G♯ Asus4 Dsus2

Justin is the last great romantic poet

He's the only one among us who is ever gonna' make it

We planned the revolution from a cheap Southampton bistro

I don't remember details, but there were English boys with Banjos

Jay is our St George and he's standing on a wooden chair

And he sings songs and he slays dragons and he's losing all his hair

And Adam is the resurrected spirit of Gram Parsons

In plaid instead of Rhinestone and living in South London

And no one's really clear about Tommy's job description

But it's pretty clear he's vital to the whole damn operation

And Dave Danger smiles at strangers, Tre's the safest girl I know

And sullen hearts will scamper off to victory in the City we call home

F♯mAnd we won't change our ways, we will proud remainE,

G♯when the gAsus4lory fades, whDsus2en the glory fades

Yeah I am sick and tired of people who are living on the B-list

Yeah they're waiting to be famous, and they're wondering why they do this

And I know I'm not the one who is habitually optimistic

But I'm the one who's got the microphone here so just remember this

Yeah, well life is about love, lost minutes and lost evening

About fire in our bellies and about furtive little feelings

And the aching amplitudes that set our needles all a-flickering

And they help us with remembering that the only thing that's left to do is

  lAive Asus4 G♯ yDsus2eah the onlyD thing that's left to do is

 lAive, after all Asus4of the loving and losing,G♯ after all the heroes and the pioneers

(strum these last chords once)

Dsus2The only thing that's left to do is gEet another round in atA the bar.

Well it's better than the other one. Tell me what you think.

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| x Mute note