Chords
Open Ended Life

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
    Chammer  
        C  
G                                                                              C                                                                                 G                         C  
Pack a change of clothes and a pillow for the road for when we drift off
G                                                                                            C                                                                              G         C  
Put the sketches and the notes in a box labeled "burn with furniture"
                     Am                                                                                    D                                                                 G            C  G  
We will watch the fire burn the whole entire house we built down to ashes
                        Am                                                                    D  
From the mirror we'll admire how the flame quickly retires
                        Am                                                                         D  
we won't waste no long goodbyes on the smoke or foolish lies
                                  G                            C            G  
that finally passed us
                Am                                                                      D                                                                            G  
I was taught to keep an open ended life and never trap myself in nothin
G                                                                                      C  
Let's find something new to talk about
                                                                          G         C  
I'm tired talkin' 'bout myself
G                                                                                            C  
I spent my whole life talking to convince everyone
                                                          G            C  
that I was something else
                  Am  
And the part that kinda hurts
                     D  
is I think it finally worked
                                G                      C                    G  
and now I'm leaving
                          Am  
I get the feeling things have changed
                     D  
but the mystery to me
                                Am  
is where and when along the way
                  D                                                    G                            C  
did anyone decide that they believed me
                Am                                                                              D  
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
                                                             G                         C  
and never trap myself in nothin'
                Am                                                                      D  
I was told to keep an open-ended life
                                                                     G  
to never trap yourself in nothin'
                    Gx2  
G                                                              C  
When we settle down in another nowhere town
                                        G                         C  
let's tell our neighbors
G  
We won't be here long
                                  C                                                                              G            C  
and we'll be quiet but don't go asking any favors
                     Am                                                              D                                                                    G                      C      G  
I can't stand the unexpected, uninvited visits from too many strangers
        Am  
My trust has dwindled down
                                     D                                                                         G              C  
and I can leave just as abruptly as I came here.
             Am                                                                              D  
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
                                                             G                         C         G  
and never trap myself in nothin'
                Am                                                                      D  
I was told to keep an open-ended life
                                                                     G                 C         G  
to never trap yourself in nothin'
             Am                                                                              D  
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
                                                             G  
and never trap myself in nothin'
                G                             D  
Riff
         C