Biography:
Martin Courtney is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ridgewood, NJ, United States.
Courtney is known for the laid-back, melodically sweet, psychedelia-influenced indie rock he has created on his own and as leader of the band Real Estate, in addition to a short stint as keyboardist for indie punk rock group Titus Andronicus in 2006.
Raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey by parents who were both real estate agents, Courtney got his real estate license after finishing college
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This is how I play the song! Suggestions and corrections welcome!
I'm not great at figuring out the lead guitar picking,
but this is about as close as I can get:
e|---------------------|
B|-------------0-------|
G|---------------0-----|
D|-------7---7---------|
A|---------0-----------|
E|--5------------------|
(Again, most likely not correct. I just use the chords anyway)
[Intro]
A
G F#m G F#m G F#m A
[Verse 1]
A
If I try to reason with what’s in front of me
I’ll only be confronted with obsurdity
[Chorus]
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m A
The minute you relax your eyes
[Verse 2]
A
I am sometimes sentimental for the past
I have been known to put my life under glass
[Chorus]
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m A
The trick really is not to try
[Bridge]
Bm G
Don’t try to make sense
F#m E
Using the long lense
Bm D A
The light too dim for reading by
Bm G
Just try to relax
F#m E
Accept as a fact
Bm D F#m
The images inside your eye
[Instrumental]
A
G F#m G F#m G F#m A
[Chorus]
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m G F#m
The minute you relax your eyes
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m A
The trick really is not to try
A
I'm not great at figuring out the lead guitar picking,
but this is about as close as I can get:
e|---------------------|
B|-------------0-------|
G|---------------0-----|
D|-------7---7---------|
A|---------0-----------|
E|--5------------------|
(Again, most likely not correct. I just use the chords anyway)
[Intro]
A
G F#m G F#m G F#m A
[Verse 1]
A
If I try to reason with what’s in front of me
I’ll only be confronted with obsurdity
[Chorus]
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m A
The minute you relax your eyes
[Verse 2]
A
I am sometimes sentimental for the past
I have been known to put my life under glass
[Chorus]
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m A
The trick really is not to try
[Bridge]
Bm G
Don’t try to make sense
F#m E
Using the long lense
Bm D A
The light too dim for reading by
Bm G
Just try to relax
F#m E
Accept as a fact
Bm D F#m
The images inside your eye
[Instrumental]
A
G F#m G F#m G F#m A
[Chorus]
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m G F#m
The minute you relax your eyes
G F#m G F#m
It all comes into focus
G F#m A
The trick really is not to try
A
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