Songbook

Testament to Youth in Verse

By The New Pornographers

Key of E

[Verse]
E G#m F#m A

E                           G#m
Should you go lookin' for a testament to youth in verse,
   F#m                                                            A
variations on the age old curse, you blame the stations when they play you like

a fool and like a fool you get played with.
E                   G#m                                F#m     A
Baby, think twice, maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright. Maybe it's not
                        E
all, maybe its not allllright.

E G#m F#m A

[Bridge]
Am
Finally a decent picture of the exodus
  E
I don't know much but other singers know less and
C#m
Can't we control ourselves for once?
         F#m
Keep off hands off each other
         G#m
Keep our minds on the sum
         F#m
Keep off hands off each other
         G#m
Keep our minds on the sum of each other

[Verse]
E                               G#m
So, should you go lookin' for a testament to youth in verse,
F#m
dedications to the same old curse, don't blame
                       A
the stations when they play you like a fool

and like a fool you get played with.
E                  G#m                                  F#m    A
Baby, think twice, maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright. Maybe its not

all, maybe its not all...

[Outro]
B                    F#m
Oh my sweet witness, can't you hear the voices?
        A                       G#m                     A
They're telling the children to rock for their choices, oh..
 A               E
(The bells ring no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
A
no, no, no.)x9 *Jam like hell on this part!!

*then the same chords over some "Ahhhs" twice. End on E.