Didn’t Know What I Was In For (Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst)

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UKULELE CHORDS

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Verse 1:
D                                  G
 My telephone, it doesn't have a camera
D                                  G
 If it did I'd take a picture of myself
D                                      G
 If it did I'd take a picture of the water
        Gbm
And the man on the offramp
G                                             D
Holding up the sign that's asking me for help

Verse 2:
D                                       G
 I got a job and I'll work here for the summer
D                                        G
 I fold the towels and set them by the pool
D                                G
 Everyone looks happy with each other
          Gbm                                       G
'Til they step away and say the thing they really meant
                           D
They always sound so cruel

Chorus 1:
A                           G
 I didn't know what I was in for
D                          G
 When I signed up for that run
A                          G
 There's no way I'm curing cancer
         Em
But I'll sweat it out
       G                                  D
I feel so proud now for all the good I've done

Verse 3:
D                                          G
I know a girl who owns a boutique in the city
D                                    G
Selling clothes to the fashionably late
D                                         G
Says she cries at the news but doesn't really
          Gbm
Cause it's too much fun, there's too much time
    G                                D
And too much plastic money to be made

Chorus 2:
A                          G
  I didn't know what I was in for
D                          G
  When they took my belt and strings
A                       G
  They told me I'd gone crazy
  Em
My arms are strapped in a straight jacket
     G                           D
So I couldn't save those TV refugees

Bridge:
             Bm
When they're on their backs
     Gbm
In a bloody bath
        D
Full of Sarin gas
       A
On a screen

Chorus:
Bm                          G
   I didn't know what I was in for
D                        G
  When I laid out in the sun
A                          G
  We get burned for being honest
            Em          G                   D
I've really never done anything, for anyone

Verse 4:
D                                         G
 To fall asleep I need white noise to distract me
D                                  G
 Otherwise I have to listen to me think
A                        Em
Otherwise I pace around, hold my breath, let it out
Gbm
Sit on the couch and think about
G
How living's just a promise that I made
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Better Oblivion Community Center is a collaborative project between Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band) and Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) currently signed to Dead Oceans. After a cryptic media campaign featuring cult-like messaging on flyers and bus stop benches, Better Oblivion Community Center released its surprise, eponymous LP on January 23, 2019 with a debut appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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