Biography:
Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr formed in 2010, slowly bubbling up out of a few bands in a tightly knit music scene. Guitarist Greg Ahee, bassist Scott Davidson, and drummer Alex Leonard started the caustic punk band Butt Babies in 2008, playing mostly dive bars and basements and eventually getting together a practice space in a large industrial warehouse. Ahee was working at the time as a doorman at Detroit's Gem Theater and struck up a conversation with co-worker Joe Casey about music and local friends Tyvek.
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Tuning: EADGBE (standard).
Capo: 3rd fret.
Riff 1 is played repeatedly throughout Verse 1 and Chorus 1. Each repetition begins where I have denoted
E chords during those two sections (alternatively, you could just strum E).
[Riff 1]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------4--------4-----4----|
A|--------2--------2-----2L---|--2--------2----------------|
E|--0-----------0-----0-------|-----0--------0-----0-------|
Riff 2 is played once during the Outro, beginning at the first G (voiced as E relative to the capo)
chord during that section. It is immediately followed by a single strum of G (E relative to the capo) to close
out the song.
[Riff 2]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------4-----4-----4-------|
A|--------2--------2-----2L---|--2--------2-----2-----2----|
E|--0-----------0-----0-------|-----0----------------------|
[Verse 1]
E
I'm getting old
E
Worse than before
E
Un-invincible
E
Close but not pitiful
E
I discovered
E
To drink it slowly
E
The great unfolding
E
And wait for their arms to hold me
[Verse 2]
A
Down the hall
E
Alcohol for free
F#m A
All alone with me
E
All alone with me
[Chorus 1]
E
You used to be so beautiful
E
But tomorrow dawns for me
[Verse 3]
A
I was there
E
This city far away
F#m A
Gone are all the pressures of
E
All that comes with getting old
[Chorus 2]
F#m A E
You used to be so beautiful
F#m A E
But tomorrow dawns for me
F#m A E
And three swallows there for me
[Chorus 3]
F#m A
And I used to light my cigarettes
E
On the fire that you had in your eyes
F#m A E
And I was the king of hanging around with wastes of time
F#m A E
And three swallows there for me
[Outro]
E
And three swallows there for me, for me
E
For me
Capo: 3rd fret.
Riff 1 is played repeatedly throughout Verse 1 and Chorus 1. Each repetition begins where I have denoted
E chords during those two sections (alternatively, you could just strum E).
[Riff 1]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------4--------4-----4----|
A|--------2--------2-----2L---|--2--------2----------------|
E|--0-----------0-----0-------|-----0--------0-----0-------|
Riff 2 is played once during the Outro, beginning at the first G (voiced as E relative to the capo)
chord during that section. It is immediately followed by a single strum of G (E relative to the capo) to close
out the song.
[Riff 2]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------4-----4-----4-------|
A|--------2--------2-----2L---|--2--------2-----2-----2----|
E|--0-----------0-----0-------|-----0----------------------|
[Verse 1]
E
I'm getting old
E
Worse than before
E
Un-invincible
E
Close but not pitiful
E
I discovered
E
To drink it slowly
E
The great unfolding
E
And wait for their arms to hold me
[Verse 2]
A
Down the hall
E
Alcohol for free
F#m A
All alone with me
E
All alone with me
[Chorus 1]
E
You used to be so beautiful
E
But tomorrow dawns for me
[Verse 3]
A
I was there
E
This city far away
F#m A
Gone are all the pressures of
E
All that comes with getting old
[Chorus 2]
F#m A E
You used to be so beautiful
F#m A E
But tomorrow dawns for me
F#m A E
And three swallows there for me
[Chorus 3]
F#m A
And I used to light my cigarettes
E
On the fire that you had in your eyes
F#m A E
And I was the king of hanging around with wastes of time
F#m A E
And three swallows there for me
[Outro]
E
And three swallows there for me, for me
E
For me
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