Rilo Kiley

Accidntel Deth Ukulele Chords

            C                       G
you're obsessed with finding a new brain
               F            C
but what you need is a new body
                F                  C              G
it feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before
          C                 G
and the skin you call your home
          F                              C
holds a heart that quits and knees that buckle in
      F                C                   G
and lungs that can't breathe when they're alone
         C                       G
and the days come to you like sailors
           F                   C
you watch them as they drift away
                F     C             G 
they meet the sunrise out at the horizon


           C                G
and it's neither sink nor swim
               C                   G
at least the water's beneath your chin.


          C                    G
there's blood spilled on the floor
              F                  C
everyone's staring at you, what for?
            F           C                G
until you realize the blood is probably yours
                  C                          G
you feel you've lost something, you want it back
           F                  C
you lie emotionless on your back
          F                  C       G
and your legs aren't taking anymore requests
          C         G
those disobedient wrecks
          F                      C
how you cared for them as they carried you
       F             C            G
from class to class and coast to coast


                 C                     G
when you owned land and when you were broke
          C             G
through recessions and addictions


                F          C 
it's just your accidental death
       F         C 
your accidental death
                 F          C
it's just your accidental death
             F              G      C
you're the indian in the cougar's nest.


        C                 G
your fright gives way to memory
           F                   C
have them cough you with your love
          F                C            G
or the story your father told you long ago
          C                    G
he was hunting with his own father
      F                    C
for deer he pointed and spotted her
           F                C             G
and then tripped over some roots or some dead trees
     C             G
the gun went off, it was a mistake
        F                C
and my father was only eight
           F                 C
and as he watched the dying deer,
        G
he was changed.


                 C                   G
'cause he felt sorry for what he'd done
        C            G
and he put down his gun
                C                     G
will you feel sorry for what you've done?
          C             G
will you put down your gun?
                   C          F
cause there's no accidental death
                   F             G       C
when you're the indian in the cougar's nest