Mamah Borthwick A Sketch Chords - Conor Oberst

Intro

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C Am G F

Verse

C Em Just because you got it You don't have to flaunt it F C G With an endless stream of famous men C Em Pretty as a portrait Looked like Mamah Borthwick F C G F On that Shining Brow of Taliesin

Chorus

F C Someone might try and burn it down Em F G So you'll have to put the fire out C G C F Am Em F G C Fortunes spent but that's irrelevant to build something that's sacred till the end

Interlude

(Repeat riff x1)

Verse

C Em It cost twenty dollars to visit Fallingwater F C G It's the perfect house where no one lives C Em F C G F Maybe someone once did but they got evicted by a busload full of greedy tourists

Chorus

F C And it would take a time machine Em F G To fulfill all of my fantasies C G C F 'Cause a hidden dream can be embarrassing Am Em F G C And the only thing that's sacred till the end

Interlude

(Repeat riff x1)

Verse

C Every time I tempt fate Em There's a major earthquake F C G Heard the people scream as the ceiling fell C Every building damaged Em Only one left standing F C G F It was Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel

Chorus

F C A rumination in my mind Em F G Winding like the ramp at the Guggenheim C G C I'm not content F Am Em F G C But I'm feeling hesitant to build something that's sacred till the end

Outro

(Repeat riff 2x)