Irrelevant Chords - Matthew Ryan

Intro

E, E/A, E/F# (2x)

Verse 1

E There’s only one light on in the house E/A And that’s the light up in the hall E/F# And it’s shining on the back of my head E E/A And I’m concentrating hard on the cigarette E/F# To the ashtray from the ashtray back to my lips

Chorus

E So I lean up from my easy chair E/A I rub my three-day beard E/F# And give that thousand yard stare E E/A E/F# As I recall all the time and money we spent E Before I became irrelevant

Interlude

E/A, E/F#, E, E/A, E/F#

Verse 2

E So the straw-dog threw rock-salt E/A And the precious girl took a bow and walked E/F# As I ran my finger over the screen door E Yeah every kiss has reeked of betrayal E/A Since my heroine jumped the guardrail E/F# And decided who she wanted to be once more

Chorus

E Now every night I’m paralyzed E/A By the fear of rope burns and morning light E/F# And the smell of wet cement E Since I became irrelevant

Interlude

E/A, E/F#, E, E/A, E/F#

Verse 3

E Now memory is just a flash flood E/A A thick and black sticky mud E/F# And heartache it’s like a breaking bone

Verse 4

E It was always twelve hours on a missionary line E/A I think I would've spared some time E/F# But I didn't I never went home

Chorus

E Now it occurs to me like blinds un-drawn E/A Or a bullet from a shotgun E/F# That she knew long ago what it meant E E/A E/F# To feel irrelevant Last

Verse

E E/A Now I’m always smiling crying And hiding my intent E Since I became irrelevant

Outro

E, E/A, E/F# (3x) E