Sympathy Chords - Vampire Weekend

Intro

N.C. I think I take myself too serious, it's not that serious Em Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah C Em Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah Bm6/G# C#7 Am6/F# B7 Em

Verse 1

Em Alone in someone's bedroom, she firmly took my hand The isolation ended, I began to understand C In the ping-pong match of constant desire, I was never gonna get ahead Em 'Cause I was lookin' in the mirror

Chorus 1

Bm6/G# C#7 Now we've got that sympathy Am6/F# B7 What I'm to you, you are to me Em Let's go (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)

Verse 2

Em Judeo-Christianity, I'd never heard the words Enemies for centuries, until there was a third C In the ping-pong match of constant desire, I was never gonna get ahead Em 'Cause I was lookin' in the mirror

Chorus 2

Bm6/G# C#7 Now we've got that sympathy Am6/F# B7 What I'm to you, you are to me Em Let's go

Verse 3

Em Diego Garcia, surrounded by the waves Lonely in the ocean, but in every other way C It was full of love Em In the warmest fellow-feeling

Chorus 3

Bm6/G# C#7 Now we've got that sympathy Am6/F# B7 What I'm to you, you are to me Em Let's go (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah)

Verse 4

Em I didn't have your sympathy, but I knew where to start Explaining to you patiently that the one who broke my heart C Would have broken yours Em And thrown the pieces in the river Chorus 4 Bm6/G# C#7 Now we've got that sympathy Am6/F# B7 What I'm to you, you are to me Em Let's go

Bridge

Em Sympa- (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah) C Em Sympa- (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah) Em Let's go, let's go (Sympa-) C Em Sympa-, let's go Bm6/G# C#7 Am6/F# B7 Sympa- Em Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah

Verse 5

Em Desperate for an enemy, but too afraid to k**l Use the pain of someone else and triumph for their will C And spill the blood Em Of the arrogant mosquitoes Chorus 5 Bm6/G# C#7 Now we've got that sympathy Am6/F# B7 What I'm to you, you are to me Em Let's go (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah) (Ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah ah-ah, ah ah ah)