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What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had to Go This Way) Chords

Music by: Wolf Parade
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[Intro 1]
[Em][D][C][Em][D][C][Em][C][Em][D]
[C][B][Em][C][Em]
[D][Em][C][B]

[Verse 1]
[Em]What did my love[C]r say[Em][D]
[C]When she was driving wit[B]h you?
[Em]I could not see [C]her face[Em][D]
[C]From my new bed[B]

[Verse 2]
[Em]I don't think I sh[C]ould be so[Em]rry[D]
[C]For things I do in dre[Bm]ams[Em]
Just like the [C]tumbling [Em]birds come [D]tumbling d[C]own
[B][Em][C]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][B]

[Verse 3]
[Em]I got a sand[C]castle heart[Em][D]
[C]Made out of fine black san[Bm]d
[Em]Sometimes it turns[C] into glas[Em]s[D]
[C]When shit gets hot[Bm]

[Verse 4]
[Em]I wonder if al[C]l the beac[Em]hes[D]
[C]In all your hol[B]iday towns[Em]
Will turn to giant shining earring[C]s
against the cheek of the sea
[Em]When finally this supe[D]rnova
[C]goes down
Just like my lover said [Bm]Say

[Verse 5]
[Em]
It al[C]ways [Em]had to g[D]o this w[C]ay[Bm]
[Em]It always [C]had [Em]to go th[D]is [C]way
[Em]It always [C]had [Em]to go th[D]is way[C][Bm]
[Em]It always [C]had [Em]to go th[D]is [C]way[Bm]

[Interlude 2]
[Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em]
[C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D]
[C][Em]
I sleep all [C]night with the light

[Verse 6]
[Em]on[D]
[C]And dream about the[B] sun
[Em]Maybe becaus[C]e of the light[Em][D]
[C]Maybe because of the[Bm] sun[Em]
I got a [C]friend who's a geni

[Verse 7]
[Em]us[D]
[C]Nobody listens to [Bm]him
[Em]I got some frien[C]ds that got famous[Em][D]
[C]La, la, la, la, [Bm]la,

[Interlude 3]
la, la, la
[C][D][Bm][C][D][B][C][D][Bm][C][D]
I [B]don't think [C]I should say [D]sorry

[Verse 8]
For [B]things I [C]do in [D]dreams
Some [B]people [C]live like they're fall[D]ing
Some [B]people [C]die in [D]their sleep

[Verse 9]
[Em]It always [C]had to g[Em]o thi[D]s way[C][Bm]
[Em]It always [C]had to g[Em]o thi[D]s w[C]ay
[B]It [Em]always [C]had [Em]to go th[D]is way[C][Bm]
[Em]It always [C]had to g[Em]o thi[D]s w[C]ay[Bm]

[Outro 1]
[Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Em][C][Em][D]
[C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C]
[Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C]
[Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C]
[Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm]
[Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D][C][Bm][Em][C][Em][D]
[C][B][Em]
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