Vampire Weekend - Step

^CEvery time I see ^Gyou in the world you ^Falways step to my ^Ggirl ^CBack back way back I used to ^Gfront like Angkor Wat ^AmMechanicsburg, Anchorage, and Da^Gr es Salam While ^Dmhome in New York was ^Amchampagne and disco ^Dmtapes from L.A. ^Gslash San Francisco ^Cbut actually Oakland and not ^GAlameda Your ^Fgirl was in Berkeley with ^Gher communist reader ^DmMine was entombed within ^Amboombox and walkman ^DmI was a hoarder but ^Ggirl that was back then

^CThe gloves are off The ^Gwisdom teeth^Am are out

I ^Ffeel it in my ^Cbones F Am-G I feel it in my bones I'm s^Ctronger now I’^Gm ready for the h^Amouse

I c^Fan’t do it^C alone F Am-G I can’t do it alone.

^CEvery time I see y^Gou in the world you^F always step to my gi^Grl ^CAncestors told me that their girl^G was better She’^Ams richer than Croesus she’^Gs tougher than leather ^DmI just ignored all the t^Amales of a past life ^DmStale conversation dese^Grves but a bread knife ^CPunks who would laugh when they ^Gsaw us together well ^Fthey didn’t know ho^Gw to dress for the weather ^DmI can still see them there ^Amhuddled on Astor snow ^Dmfalling slow to the ^Gsound of the master

^CThe gloves are off The ^Gwisdom teeth^Am are out

I ^Ffeel it in my ^Cbones F Am-G I feel it in my bones I’^Cm stronger now I??^G?m ready for th^Ame house

I c^Fan’t do i^Ct alone F Am-G I can’t do it alone.

^Cwisdom’s a gift but you’d^G trade it for youth ^Amage is an honor it’s s^Gtill not the truth ^Dmwe saw the stars when they hid^Am from the world ^Dmyou cursed the sun when it ^Gstepped to your girl ^Cmaybe she’s gone and I ^Gcan’t resurrect her the t^Fruth is she doesn’t need m^Ge to protect her ^Dmwe know the true death the tr^Amue way of our flesh ^Dmeveryone’s dying but ^Ggirl you’re not old yet

^CThe gloves are off The ^Gwisdom teet^Amh are out

I ^Ffeel it in my ^Cbones F Am-G I feel it in my bones I’^Cm stronger now I’^Gm ready for the ^Amhouse

I c^Fan’t do it^C alone F Am-G I can’t do it alone.

^CEvery time I see ^Gyou in the world you ^Falways step to my gir^Gl