Hey World! Here is my interpretation of the chords in "I Was Once a Loyal Lover" by
Cab For Cutie off the Open Door EP. This is a song that all Death Cab fans should know how
play. I'm looking at the clock and it's 2:42am on a school night. I'm super tired but I
couldn't sleep until I got this song out there ( Forgive me if I made a mistake, I'm
asleep right now.) Please contact me if you have any questions. Enjoy! -K.D.
(A, F#m, E, D, Bm, Dm, A* (played with the B string opened), D* (played with the E
opened))
Will I have learned so very little
When these bones are old and brittle?
I wait to talk when I should listen
And cloud mistakes with false revisions
All my friends are forward-thinking
Getting hitched and quitting drinking
And I can feel them pulling away
As I'm resigned to stay the same
And you can't even begin to know
How many times I've told myself "I told you so"
(play A, F#m, D)
I was once a loyal lover
Whose lips did never seek another's
But now each love's more like a match
A blinding spark that burns out fast
And they all conclude with the same sentence:
" I've never met someone more self-centered
Who thinks that life with a nice girl's like
Waiting for a bus to work"
And you can't even begin to know
How many times I've told myself "I told you so"
And you can't even begin to believe
There's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me
(play A, F#m, D) x2
If you deem it so
D* A*
Just cut the cord and go
You'll be fine
D* E
There's plenty of hills to climb
(play A, F#m, D) x2
You can't even begin to know
How many times I've told myself "I told you so"
And you can't even begin to believe
There's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me
(x2)