Tenderness chords by Parquet Courts

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

G x4

D C G D x2


Verse 1:
   G
We've come to replace your clock's old stubborn hands
  E         E7    E
We are the answer to why they never had a chance
    G
It was not so long ago that the world was mostly slow
      E        E7
The age of iron, steam and speed
     E
Turned a stroll to a stampede

Pre-Chorus:
     C         E        G
But we've come to increase time in between ticks
        C       A
And there is romance in the slow dances
          E
'Cause they're fertile in hush, futile in haste
        E
These are your nerves, this is how they taste


Chorus:
        D                C
Well I can't count how many times I've been outdone by nihilism
 G                  D
Joined the march that splits an open heart into a schism
   D               C
And I cower at the thought of other people's expectations
     G        D
And yet still hand over mine to them


G x2


Verse 2:
  G
Travel where you are, tourism is sin
        E        E7          E
These are the ruins we left behind, you can't take pictures of them
   G
If what they say is true, then you become what you chew
    E
If it decays spit it out, affectation is a drought


Pre-Chorus:
      C          E            G
That you wait through when you hate everything that you do
      C         A
You wanna live outside the groove, then fine
      E
But it's there like a flower blooming in your ears
       E
Open up your mouth, pollinate your peers


Chorus:
      D                C
Nothing reminds the mind of power like the cheap odor of plastic
 G                  D
Leaking fumes we crave, consume, the rush it feels fantastic
     D               C
But like power turns to mold, like a junkie going cold
      G        D
I need the fix of a little tenderness


Outro:

D C G D x4