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"Autobiography"

http://www.audiblepop.com/content/sloan /onechordtoanother /autobiography.xml
by Sloan from the album One Chord to Another
Music and lyrics by Sloan
Played in the key of G
Submitted by Justin Makeig
Requested 949 times
[Verse]
    Em                               A7           
I'm writing "young and gifted" in my autobiography
C                               G      
I figured who would know better than me
    Em                           A7                    
I'm certainly the former but I'm not so much the latter
    C                                G               F#7   
But no one's going to read it so I'm sure it doesn't matter
[Chorus]
Bm                            E7    
When you find that you're the former
     C        G       D   
Take pride in how you form
Bm                                E7    
And when you find that you're the ladder
A                      F#7           
Don't yet those people walk under you
[Verse]
I'm writing "sharp and adult" with my finger on the steam
On the mirror in my bathroom I'm applying shaving cream
Which would suggest that I'm the foamer but how can I be the lather
But something tells me it's the opposite I'd rather
[Chorus]
When you find that you're the foamer
Be careful what you foam
And when you find that you're the lather
Don't shave too high you'll regret it later
[Bridge]
Bm G  E7       A7 F#7        
Ah Ah Ah La La La La La La La
Bm G  E7       A7 F#7        
Ah Ah Ah La La La La La La La
[Verse]
I stayed in school this long but still no one will tell my why
They figured who would know better than I
I know I'm a conformer but I'm sure it doesn't matter
My new freinds are all adults and old friends have all scattered
[Chorus]
Bm                        E7    
When you find you're a conformer
     C         G       D    
Take pride and swallow whole
Bm                                E7    
But if you're trying to climb the ladder
          F      C         G  
Don't let people walk over you
        F           C            G 
Because that's just what they'll do
Don't let people walk over you
Because that's just what they'll do
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