Defeatists Lament

Guided By Voices

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'Defeatist's Lament' by Guided by Voices
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from the album Please Be Honest (2016)
tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)

[Intro]

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                                                                                                Can  we

[Verse 1]

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   live      without         nets           in  the    empire      of    the     bottle 

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   Shall       we    not     sink           from the   efforts  of  the          swamp

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                                                                                               No   more

[Verse 2]

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   shots        in the       arm           no great    comebacks   in  the       bottle 

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   rise       to  the        top             merely    offering          the     plate 

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[Chorus]

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   louse  on  its  knees     sees  beneath  trees  a    louse on its knees must  there      fore 

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   be         played 

[Outro]

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