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The Recluse Acoustic

Cursive
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
substitute for Dmin7no5
Dmin7no5 D7no5
e|-------3------(1)-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------------------3------------|
G|-------3-------2-------5-------3-------2-------------------5------------|
D|-------5-------3-------3-------5-------3-------------------4------------|
A|-------6-------0-------5-------5-------3-------------------5------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Bass notes on the E string are optional if you wish to add them,
 I didn't because the song simply feels too sedate for that nonsense.
D7no5
e|---------------2-----------------------2--------------------------------|
B|-------0-------3-------0-------0-------3-------------------0------------|
G|-------0-------4-------2-------0-------2-------------------2------------|
D|-------2-------4-------0-------2-------0-------------------1------------|
A|-------3-------2-------2-------2---------------------------2------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 x8
 I  wake alone
 in a woman's  room I hardly  know.
 I  wake alone
 and pretend  that I am finally  home.
 The room  is littered
 with her books  and notebooks
 I imagine what  they say, like,
"Shoo  fly don't bother  me."
 I  can hardly get myself  out of the  bed
 for fear  of  never lying  in this bed  again.
 Oh Christ,  I'm
not
that
desperate.
Oh  no,
oh  God.
 I .
 x8
 How'd  I end up  here to begin  with?
 I don't  know.
 Why  do I start  what I can't finish?
 Oh please  don't  barrage me
 with the questions
 to all  those ugly answers.
 My ego's  like my stomach,
 it keeps shitting  what I feed  it.
 But maybe  I don't want to finish  anything  anymore.
Maybe  I can wait in bed  'til she comes  home
 and whispers,
"You're  in my  web  now,
I've  come to wrap  you up tight
 'til it's time  to bite down."
 x8
 I  wake alone
 in a woman's  room I hardly  know.
 I  wake alone
 and pretend  that I am finally  home.
 x8

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Readable chord sheet for The Recluse Acoustic by Cursive

substitute for Dmin7no5
       [Ebmaj7]   [Dm9]  Dmin7no5  [Gm9]    [F]               D7no5
e|-------3------(1)-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------------------3------------|
G|-------3-------2-------5-------3-------2-------------------5------------|
D|-------5-------3-------3-------5-------3-------------------4------------|
A|-------6-------0-------5-------5-------3-------------------5------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass notes on the E string are optional if you wish to add them,
I didn't because the song simply feels too sedate for that nonsense.

       [Ebmaj7]   [Dm9]  [Dmin7no5]  [Gm9]    [F]               [D7no5]
e|---------------2-----------------------2--------------------------------|
B|-------0-------3-------0-------0-------3-------------------0------------|
G|-------0-------4-------2-------0-------2-------------------2------------|
D|-------2-------4-------0-------2-------0-------------------1------------|
A|-------3-------2-------2-------2---------------------------2------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Ebmaj7] [Dm9]  x8

I [Ebmaj7] wake  a[Dm9]lone

in  a  [Ebmaj7]woman's  room  I  h[Dm9]ardly  know.

I [Ebmaj7] wake  a[Dm9]lone

and  [Ebmaj7]pretend  that  I  am  [Dm9]finally  home.

The  [Ebmaj7]room  is  l[Dm9]ittered

with  her  [Ebmaj7]books  and  [Dm9]notebooks

I  i[Ebmaj7]magine  [Dm9]what  they  say,  like,

[Ebmaj7]"Shoo  fly  don't  [Dm9]bother  me."

I[Ebmaj7]  can  hardly  get  my[Dm9]self  out  of  the[Ebmaj7]  bed

for  [Dm9]fear  of [Ebmaj7] never  lying[Dm9]  in  this  bed [Ebmaj7] again.

Oh  [Dm9]Christ,  I'm

[Ebmaj7]not

[Dmin7no5]that

[Gm9]despe[F]rate.

[Ebmaj7]Oh  no,

[Dmin7no5]oh  God.

[Gm9]
I  [Am].

[Ebmaj7] [Dm9]  x8

H[Ebmaj7]ow'd  I  end  [Dm9]up  here  to  begin [Ebmaj7] with?

I  d[Dmin]on't  know.

W[Ebmaj7]hy  do  I  st[Dm9]art  what  I  can't  [Ebmaj7]finish?

Oh  p[Dm9]lease  don't [Ebmaj7] barrage  me

with  the  [Dm9]questions

to  [Ebmaj7]all  those  ugly  [Dm9]answers.

My  [Ebmaj7]ego's  like  my  [Dm9]stomach,

it  keeps  [Ebmaj7]shitting  what  I  [Dm9]feed  it.

But  [Ebmaj7]maybe  I  don't  want  to  f[Dm9]inish  an[Ebmaj7]ything  any[Dm9]more.

[Ebmaj7]Maybe  I  can  wait  in  [Dm9]bed  'til  she  comes [Ebmaj7] home

and  [Dm9]whispers,

[Ebmaj7]"You're  in  my [Gm9] web [F] now,

[Ebmaj7]I've  come  to  [Gm9]wrap  you  up  tight
'til  it's  [F]time  to  bite  down."

[Ebmaj7] [Dm9]  x8

I [Ebmaj7] wake  a[Dm9]lone
in  a  [Ebmaj7]woman's  room  I  h[Dm9]ardly  know.
I [Ebmaj7] wake  a[Dm9]lone
and  pr[Emaj7]etend  that  I  am  [Dm9]finally  home.

[Ebmaj7] [Dm9]  x8

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