The Thing About Things Cifras para ukulele

Gadd4   0032 (no5)
 
[Intro]
G   G   G   Gadd4   x2
 
[Verse 1]
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I’ve loaned a lot of things to a lot of friends,
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like dresses and records and books
      G
And a lot of the time I never see them again
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And in a weird way I think that that works
 
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Because the thing about things is they start to turn evil
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When you start to forget what they’re for
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And so if you’re not sure what you did with my sweater
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I’ll just have to love you a little bit more
 
[Verse 2]
G
I had a ring, it belonged to my grandfather
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He was a mason and gay
       G
And he was distant and bitter for all of my childhood
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We never had much to say
 
   G
He wasn’t the type to give tokens of affection
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So I stole the ring when he died
         G
And then twenty years on when I lost it at a bar
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I thought that’s fine, I don't want him in my life
 
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Because the thing about things is that they can start meaning things
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Nobody actually said
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And if he couldn’t make something mean something for me
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I had to make up what it meant
 
[Bridge]
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I can carry everything I need in one collapsing suitcase
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I can carry everyone I love in one phone application
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Built to maximize the facetime of the friends I’m bent on making
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Actually I want to be alone
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To mourn the loss
          A
Of what it cost
 
[Verse 3]
  G
I think it’s a poem, and I think it keeps going
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And I’ve borrowed and loaned lots of things
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And 3 nights ago in the bar where I lost it
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The bartender gave me the ring
 
G
I lie in bed, with my phone in my hand
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Thinking what can I fix with which app
G
I call my grandfather, and he doesn’t answer
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And I have to make peace with that fact
 
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Because the thing about things is that they can start meaning things
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nobody actually said
       C
And if you’re not allowed to love people alive
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then you learn how to love people dead
 
    C                          D
The thing about things is that they can start meaning things
G              C
nobody actually said
       C
And if you’re not allowed to love people alive
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then you learn how to love people dead
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