Brief Encounters chords

Franz Ferdinand

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Simplify chords 

  			Intro synth: Bm  F#m  Am  Em  2x 
Intro guitar: G Bm 2x 

G 
We are bored 
We are married 
Bm 
We are young 
G 
On the edge of the city 
               Bm 
The edge of Ambrosia 
        G 
Rolls upon rolls upon 
        Em 
Rolls upon the tongue 
Bm           F#m 
  A certain party 
Am           Em 
  A certain cul-de-sac 
Bm           F#m 
  A certain outcome 
Am           Em 
  A certain piece of me 
    G 
Car keys choose your keys 
    Bm 
Car keys choose your keys 
G 
Outside alone 
           Bm 
Crossing a perfect lawn 
G 
Could it be you 
            Bm 
Could it be you 
Could it be you 
Or could it be 
G              Em 
This is what freedom is? 

Bm       F#m              Am 
We are brief encounters 
        Em 
We all lose our keys 
Bm       F#m                Am 
We all choose our partners 
         Em 
We all choose our keys 
     G 
Car keys choose your keys 
     Bm 
Car keys choose your keys 


A-A-A-ah (solo) 
G  Bm G  Bm  


G 
Pull back 
Pull back 
   Bm 
Into the drive 
G                         Bm 
Rigid in the matrimonial superking bed 
G 
Pretend to sleep 
             Em 
Pretend to sleep 
Come on pretend 
Yeah, lets pretend   



Bm  F#m  Am  Em    2x   (Yeah, let's pretend) 
  


Bm       F#m              Am 
We are brief encounters 
        Em 
We all lose our keys 
Bm       F#m                Am 
We all choose our partners 
         Em 
We all choose our keys 
     G 
Car keys choose your keys 
     Bm 
Car keys choose your keys 
     Em 
Car keys choose your keys 
     G 
Car keys choose your keys 
     Bm (until the end) 
Car keys choose your keys