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Chords and lyrics for Sylvia by The Antlers
Bm
D
G
D
Asus4
A
“
Bm
Please,
curtains
D/A
in.
Start us
G
off…
D/A
You swing fi
Asus4
rst.
A
Bm
Sorry. I don’t know what I sai
D/A
d,
G
D
Asus4
bu
A
t you’re crying now again, and that only makes it worse.
G
Let me d
D/F#
o
m
Em
y
job.
G
Let me d
D/F#
o
m
Em
y
jo
A
b.
“
D
Sylvia, get your head out of the
Bm
oven.
Go back to
Em
screaming and cursing, remind me again how everyone betrayed you.
D
Sylvia, get your head out of the
B
covers.
Em
G
Let me take
A
your temperature, you can throw t
D
he thermometer right back at me, if that’s
D
Bm
Em
G
A
D
B
Em
G
A
“
Bm
Please, please calm
D/A
down.
Steady
G
out, I’m
D/A
terrif
Asus4
ied.
A
Bm
Sorry. I want us to ally
D/A
,
Asus4 A
G
D/A
G
Let me d
D/F#
o
m
Em
y
job.
G
Let me d
D/F#
o
m
Em
y
jo
A
b.
“
D
Sylvia, get your head out of the
Bm
oven.
Go back to
Em
screaming and cursing, remind me again how everyone betrayed you.
D
Sylvia, get your head out of the
B
covers.
Em
G
Let me take
A
your temperature, you can throw t
D
he thermometer right back at me, if that’s
D
B
Em
G
1 2 3 4
A
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
B
Em
G
A
D
“
D
Sylvia, can’t you see what you are
Bm
doing?
Can’t you see I’m
Em
scared to speak, and I hate my voice ’cause it only makes you angry.
D
Sylvia, I only talk when you are
Bm
sleeping.
Em
G
That’s when I te
A
ll you everything, and I imagine that somehow you’re going to hear me…”