Perth Traumatic Stress Disorder Chords

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Perth Traumatic Stress Disorder by Alex Lahey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am, D, Am7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 
C 
Perth is lucky that she's pretty 

Otherwise I'd hate that city 
    F 
The only place my heart's been torn in two 
C 
Always worth the lengthy flight 

And sometimes the warm sleepless nights 
        F 
There's no such thing as coming back too soon 

            G 
A different situation I don't know 

When I have some more, the standard's low 
              Am 
I still can't recover from the way you let me down 
                  G 
I mean, you got a new girl, yeah, that's fine 

But I think about it all the time 
             Am              G                 C    G D G 
I resent the way you made me love your western town 

Verse 
C 
Perth is lucky that she's pretty 

Otherwise I'd hate that city 
F 
Isolated from my eastern life 
C 
Bands and bars on widened streets 

Where beaches meet the urban heat 
    F 
And people seem to be friendly and nice 

                G 
I know I should probably let it go 

But it's only now I finally know 
                   Am              Am7            Am 
That you were only trouble looking for a place to stay 
               G 
Yeah, I got to visit somewhere new 

Now forever tainted with thoughts of you 
            Am                     C   G   D   G 
Didn't even get an inadvertent holiday 

Bridge 
C 
Ahoooooo oh oh oh oh 
F                      G 
Ahoooooo oh oh oh oh 
C     Em     (?)     C G 
Ahoooooo oh oh oh oh 
F                      G 
Ahoooooo oh oh oh oh 

Outro 
C 
Perth is lucky that she's pretty 
C 
Otherwise I'd hate that city 
C 
Hate this city, love this city 
C                   N.C. 
Perth, you're lucky you're so pretty 
    	

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