The Weary World -- Lost in a Strip Mall (acoustic)

The Weary World performing original Brendan Bormes tune, Lost in a Strip Mall

lyrics!
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you held your tongue,
replied so well
you drew no line
twixt god and hell

you spoke the hymn
you stood the trial
and, making faces in the aisle,


tied my hands, i'd no chance
right or wrong, all along
it was check-mate, it was cruel fate,
it was done


you screamed in tongues
and pierced your nose
you moved away
and left your clothes

it never seemed
you'd gone for good
until your pic-
ture's film of soot


told me, "kid, this is how
people work. they get out
while they still can. if you're still stan-

ding then run like the wind.
steel your nerves, quick, and ditch."
but the thing is, if i drink this,

i am gone (2x)


and the years fly by
and the pink clouds slide
like the insides of a clock

and the winds of change
drive a pounding rain
which in turn drives you to knock
on my door


and the look on your face...
should have seen, it was great--
like a kid lost in a strip-mall

tied my hands, left me drunk
with my lips round a gun
'n' after all this, i have fallen

for you (2x)
and all you do

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[LikelyLad1905]

One of the best songs I've heard in a very long time! If any kind of tab was available for this song it would be much appreciated. Ta

[sstec09]

@LikelyLad1905 shore, in the verse it's just an E to an E/A (taking middle finger off E chord and muting the low E with thumb) to what i guess is an F# m9 (low to high: 202120) to a B7 (low to high: X21202).

the chorus is E to E7 to AM7 (X02120), to Am Maj7 (X02110), to the F#m9 from before, to the B7.

the bridge is F#m9, to C#m7 (X46600), to B7 (x3, then to an AM7). do that twice and the 2nd time hold an Am Maj7 into the last chorus.

oh, and the last chord is an EM7, instead of an E: (021100)

[iFINES]

Did you guys get the name The Weary World from the song O' Holy Night or from something completely different?

[sstec09]

@iFINES 

[enaxoxo]

I don't know how to say this, but you guys are really wonderful. Wish you had an album. I'd buy it for sure.

[sstec09]

@enaxoxo working on it.....hopefully we'll have an album for sale via itunes by the end of the summer, just need to procure one of those pesky cd baby accounts!

[sstec09]

@jg7368 wrong, we actually all belong to the church of Jesus Christ the kidnapped

[sstec09]

@gigi27131 weelll wife of mine, you see, that title was on the table, but unfortunately its proposition led to a somewhat rancorous debate amongst us regarding whether or not to hyphenate the compound word. steve nearly absconded and i spent a month crying in the bathtub. so in the end we went with this punctuation free--albeit less snappy--title...could you grab boris from soccer tomorrow? i've got a client from out of town

[musicsmyreligion1023]

you guys r really amazing XD

[nkitsuse]

@sstec09 take your time

sincerely, patiently waiting

[TheVagabond4]

i want brendan's hair.. :/

[abihjohnson]

ahh the harmoniesss <3

[musicsmyreligion1023]

amazingx)