******** FLATNESS ******** (Jeff Tweedy) INTRO: | E5 E5addb5 E5 E5addb5 | E5 E5addb5 E5 E5addb5 | | G C G Emb5 | G C G Emb5 | | G C G Emb5 | G C G VERSE 1: Emb5 G C G Beer makes you weary Emb5 G C G But you need something to get along C D As you stare at the flatness G C G Beside the dark home Emb5 G C G They'll not hear you whisper Emb5 G C G This isn't where it ends Em C Your hand holds a bottle Em D Which has become your last, only G C G Emb5 G C G friend CHORUS: Bm And I've lost all hope D Dsus There's hope for you Em G C If not just in the possibility Em G C Of a better next day Em G C C7 If not just in the simple fact There's no other way | G C G Emb5 | G C G Emb5 | | G C G Emb5 | G C G VERSE 2: You lie on that couch And try to dream once more But your only goal is to sleep Until the news is over And outside the leaves are all changing But you drink to forget Someone you once met Stands blocking the bright orange sunset CHORUS BRIDGE: | G | G | Emb5 | | G C G Emb5 | G C G Emb5 | | G C G Emb5 | G C G VERSE 3: So open up those curtains Drink up the daylight Just by the brightness Open your doors wide 'Cause things don't get better But some people do There's darkness in this life But the brighter side we also may view Em C There's darkness in this life Em D G But the brighter side we also may view CHORDS: E5 E5addb5 G C Emb5 Em D Bm Dsus C7 e --x---x--------3--3--3-----0---2--2---3-----0-- B --0---x--------0--1--x-----0---3--3---3-----1-- G --x---3--------0--0--3-----0---2--4---2-----3-- D --2---2--------0--2--2-----2---0--4---0-----2-- A --2---2--------x--3--1-----2---0--2---0-----3-- E --0---0--------3--x--0-----0---x--x---x-----x-- Tabbed by: Caleb Rush