Bloodline

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

Bloodline

Tab by Sam Kurcab

Capo 1st fret

A E F#m E

Rolling around a lifetime on a name that spells my past

A E Bm E

Carried through the mile markers up towards some last laugh

A E F#m E

And if fools could only prosper, I'm afraid what they might say

A E Bm E

From a podium built on generations bleeding what they make

F#m (Bm)

Because here it comes

E

Watch them all jump right in

Bm D E

Tell me, how could you refuse to float with the rest of them?

F#m Bm D

You were born into it, there's no shame if you drift

A

Down the bloodline

Feeling temperamental underneath a broker sun

A certificate of excellence, but no proof on your pay stub

And if money's not a problem, I suggest you best believe

There's ten dollars on the table, and a million up his sleeve

And here they come, watch them all pass us by

Tell me how could you refuse to look one in the eye?

Two sheets to the wind all over again

Down the bloodline

Down the bloodline

F#m Bm

Yes, it feels scary to be ordinary

D E

In a world that don't know your name

F#m Bm

It would not be weird if I just disappeared

D E

Blowing my back out, trying to hold my weight

Looking for a doctor with a cure for a broke heart

Seems I spent it all on a miracle just to watch it fall apart

Now there's no room for ill-complaining, I know it's all just what it is

Cherry-pick my best believers and send them off with a kiss

Because there they go

Watch them all wave goodbye

Tell me how could you refuse to think it's a wonderful life?

Two sheets to the wind all over again

Down the bloodline

Down the bloodline

Down the bloodline