Alexander chords by Rex Orange County

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Advanced

Key: D#

Intro:

D# Fm D /F# D#/G
F Abm
D# Fm D /F# D#
Ab Gm G7 Cm
Cm A# Ab
Cm A# Ab
Ab
Cbm Cm A#/D D# Cb Cm A# D#


Verse:
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  I've had back pain for most of my life
    F /A             Abm
And the most I ever did was see the doc
    D#    Fm   D /F#     D#/G
And the doc told me my back was alright
    F                Abm
He had initials in his shirt, he had a nice expensive watch
       D#        Fm      D /F#      D#
I thought he knew what he was doing or at least what was right
      Fdim            Abm
He made me fill a piece of paper with different questions all about
D#     Fm7        Gbm     D#/G
My health, wellbeing and the state of my life
       Ab        D#/G    A#         D#
I'll tell the truth, I'm only lying to myself if I should lie
  D#     Fm       Gbm       Gm      Ab
So, I answered everything and did my best to keep it rеal in between the lines
D#     Fm7       Gbm          G /B      Ab
I gavе it back to him, he took it his time and read the paper over once or twice
D#      Fm7     Gbm       Gm         Ab
He looked at me as if to say "I need to tell you something"
               Abm
"And don't prepare for me to tell you something nice"
D#      Fm7      Gbm            Gm
He wanted to know just how much I tend to drink and smoke
 Ab        Gm7       G7         Cm
I told him, how it was and then he gave me this advice
     Cm              Ab
He said, "Ease up on stress, you don't help yourself much"
   F                  Abm
"It's too intense for you to take, you'll only tense up"
     D#                 A#/D
"And you see you have these issues and you struggle to relax"
         A#        Cb7           Cm
"So you come see me the doctor to get something for your back"
     Cm       A#           Ab
"But this piece of paper tells me that there's more that you should address"
                            Cm
"I see some anger in you, plus addiction, plus the rest"
A#           Ab
"I feel like we should speak about this 'fore it comes first"

"And I know a lot of people who can help for what it's worth"
    D#             Fm      Gbm        Gm
I said, "I don't know if you understand man my back just fucking hurts"
   F            Fb
Do I need physiotherapy? Or is it something worse?
  D#         Fm        Gbm         Gm
He paused an then he asked me "What, I thought we should do"
    Ab        Gm         G7        Cm
I said, "If I knew that I wouldn't be here man, I'm asking you"
  Cm       A#         Ab
He handed me to someone who gave me a blood test

Who handed me to someone else who took my payment and took all of my fucking patience
Ab
I should at this point the doctor had already left
   A#                        Ab A#  D#
And I resented that man, I never went back to him again
          F           D7        Gm
Well you know in a weird way I feel like maybe he was right
 Ab                F /A
I may be using my back pain to distract from the pain of life
A#              G
Feel it all externally, when really it's just inside
  Cm        A#       Ab
Procrastinating, confrontation, every single time
  D#
So thank you Mr. Doctor man for being sincere

I guess I just didn't wanna hear what I didn't wanna hear, okay


Outro:
D# Fm D /F# D#/G
F Abm