Detour North – Its History Its Poetry chords

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[Verse 1]
            A              C#m EIt's like a midlife crisis
A             C#m     EAlready has it in for me
A                   C#m EI guess all this means
   A                 C#m G#Is I'll be dead by forty
A        B                       A        A         E      BI get so caught up in the future that the present's just a blur
A        B                      E                   G#mI get so caught up in these anecdotes because I am obsessed with words 


[Verse 2]
    C#m                                 BAnd failure seems to scare me more than death 
                      G#m                         ABut hey, I think I've got at least a solid fifty bucks to my name
    C#m           BSo, clearly I'm okay.
      E             AYeah, clearly I'm okay.


[Chorus]
  A                 E                 C#m             BI hate the way that I behave when I'm feeling so worn out
              A               E             C#m         BLike I've got one foot in the grave and the other in my mouth 

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[Verse 3]
A          BIs it just me, or does it seem like 
    A           E                      BThe world has a hit-list and no one survives? 
   A        BAm I in its crosshairs? I've put in my time. 
    E                 BThe nihilist in me is closing his eyes 


[Verse 4]
       A                C#m      G#mIf the world went up in flames tonight 
      A                     E         F#Maybe then it could finally shed some light on
    A                C#mThe questions eating me alive like: 
A          E   n.c.Are my parents proud? 


[Chorus]
  A                 E                 C#m             BI hate the way that I behave when I'm feeling so worn out
              A               E             C#m         BLike I've got one foot in the grave and the other in my mouth
        A                       EBecause contradictions are what I do well 
      C#m            BI'm a narcissist who hates himself 
        A           EI'm the king of ego in this town
      C#m                BWho's plagued with crippling self-doubt 


[Bridge]
    A    C#mBut I'm okay
     BFor now
       A    C#mI said I'm okay
    BFor now

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[Verse 5]
A                E               B   The world has made me feel so small
                                                      A      E BAnd I'm sure that you can tell this doesn't bother me at all 
BShe said, "Are you even sorry? 
                A        EAre you out for blood or glory? 
B                  A      E BWhat's your story, boy?"
                      A         E BIs it too much to ask for both? 
             A  E BBlood or glory? 
                      AIs it too much to ask for both?