Jeffrey Lewis - Alphabet

^Glate at night cloudy ^Emwhite will creep over my old ^Amhouse ^C and the ^Gchair where I once ^Emsat someone new is ^Amthere and he'll ^Gstare at that ^Cwall and we're ^Gall parts of an alphabet ^Am we spell new words ^Gin new spots we're at and the big, round, blue ^Eboat drifts a^Amround in the dark ^{C G}when you feel ^Bmlike a ^Emjerk does it make you con^Amfused ^{C G}like how could you become as awesome as you ^Emare and still feel ^Bmlike a ^Amloser ^{C G}when you feel ugly and ^Bmpetty ^Amawkward ^Gand ^Cunsteady just ^Bmtry not to for^Emget there's ^Bmso many people who've ^Amliked you ^C and I ^Ghope that the art school enjoys your ^Embig drawing of ^Aruin ^{C G}we've all got good things to ^Emdo and it's good when we ^Ado them ^{C Em}from Austin to Brooklyn ^Amthey're all smart ^Gand good-^Clookin' ^Gwe're all parts of an ^Emalphabet ^Amspell new words with new ^Gfolks we met and the big, round, blue ^Emboat drifts around in the ^Amdark ^C G Em (A) Am C and the big, round, blue boat drifts around in the dark and they ^Asay that we'll drift for awhile until we die and the ^Dsun hits a spiral ^Dit's a combination lock ^Amand I'm just hoping that ^FI'll get it open D Bm Am C End on G and that these joys and frustrations are just turns in the combination