Little Bribes

Use palm muting to get this guitar part to sound like the record. If you haven't

heard it, there's also an earlier version of the song performed live by Ben

Gibbard called "Casino Blues", which has a simpler but fuller right hand pattern.

Most of this song is an open E chord shape -- slide it up to frets 6 and 7 to play

the Amaj7 and then back.

Chords Used:

E 022100

Amaj7 077600

G 355433

A 577655

F#m 244222

B x24442

Abm 466444

C#m x46654

Verse 1 Chords:

The Eiffel Tower built to smaller scale

The freshest oxygen I ever inhaled

I tapped a bottle against the safety rail killing time

And you were like a walking compliment

Tall in stature and exceptionally (well) read

In dummy glasses and a cardigan, oh, come on

And oh so empty were the faces

of the dealers and the waitresses around

You said that all these things

you've learned to ignore

The hidden cameras on the casino floor

And what gets paid for behind hotel doors, oh, come on

Pretend every slot machine is a robot amputee waving hello

The people stare into their eyes

And they feed them little bribes and then they go

The never-ending twilight

In a basement where the sun has never spilt

You said that you were lonely

And then we kissed like lonely people do

You said this city has a beating heart

That pushes people down the boulevard

And they're all hoping for a wish fulfilled

In a desert for a dollar bill

Those foolish dreams, you know they plague me still, oh, come on

And oh so empty were the faces of the dealers

and the waitresses around

And oh so empty were the faces of the dealers

and the waitresses around

They're empty.....................