The Thing About Things chords by Amanda Palmer

Intro:
G Gsus2 G x2

Verse 1:
G              Gsus2          C
I’ve loaned a lot of things to a lot of friends Like records and dresses and books
G               Gsus2
And a lot of the time I never see them again
G                   C
And in a weird way I think that that works
C                    D
Because the thing about things is they start turn evil
G                   C
When you start to forget what they’re for
C                  C
And so if you’re not sure what you did with my sweater
D                     G Gsus2
I’ll just have to love you a little bit more

Verse 2:
G           Gsus2        C
I had a ring it belonged to my grandfather He was a mason and gay
G                 Gsus2
And he was distant and bitter for all of my childhood
C
We never had much to say
G             Gsus2        C
He wasn’t the type to give tokens of affection So I stole ring when he died
G                Gsus2
And then twenty years on when I lost it at a bar
         C
I thought that’s fine I don't want him in my life
C                    D
Because the thing about things is that they can start meaning things
G         C
Nobody actually said
G                 Gsus2
And if he couldn’t make something mean something for me
D             G
I had to make up what it meant

Bridge:
C      G      D        A
I can carry everything I need in one collapsing suitcase
C      G      D        A
I can carry everyone I love in one phone application
C       A         C        A
Built to maximize the facetime of the friends I’m bent on making
C           A
Actually I want to be alone
C
To mourn the loss
A
Of what it cost

Verse 3:
   G           Gsus2
I think it’s a poem and I think it keeps going
      C
And I’ve borrowed and loaned lots of things
  G          Gsus2
And 3 nights ago in the bar where I lost it
  C
the bartender gave me the ring
G          Gsus2        C                G
I lie in bed With my phone in my hand Thinking what can I fix with which app
G              Gsus2
And I call my grandfather And he doesn’t answer
C                  G
And I have to make peace with that fact
C                    D
Because the thing about things Is that they can start meaning
G         C
nobody actually said
G                 Gsus2
And if you’re not allowed to love people alive
D                 G
Then you learn how to love people dead
C                D               G       C
The thing about things is that they can start meaning things nobody actually said
      G           Gsus2
And if you’re not allowed To love people alive
D                 G