I revised this to include the breaks and make it easier to print on 1 page.
I play this in standard tuning, but it is tuned down a whole step.
Chords: Am 002210 C x32010 Fmaj7/C x33210 G 320001
Intro:
C G Am G Fmaj7/C G Fmaj7/C C Am G Fmaj7/C C
Verse 1:
Fmaj7/C C
I think i'm going to work construction
G Am
Just to make something of myself
Fmaj7/C C G
I can't live off these childhood trophies on my shelf
Fmaj7/C C
I want to get my hands dirty
G Am
I want to feel a burning in my legs
Fmaj7/C C G
I want more than the receipt for what I paid
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_milk_carton_kids/permanent_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus:
Am G
Because everybody loves something new
Fmaj7/C C
'cause you can open it and plug it in
Am G
And it feels like a good night's sleep
Fmaj7/C C
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment
C G Am G Fmaj7/C
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to
G
who’s listening
C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
I'm still looking for something a little more permanent
Break: C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
Verse 2:
I am not a poet
Show me the easy way and I'll do it
No one could ever say that I've been trying way too hard
Everything that I have ever owned
Got dusty and old
So I threw it out just to make myself some room
Chorus:
I'm like everybody I love something new
'cause you can open it and plug it in
And it feels like a good night's sleep
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to who's listening
I'm still looking for something that I can die with
Break: C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
Verse 3:
If my luck is running out
Please don't let it be so with love
It's been a long year but I'm not ready to give up
Even if I lay ten million bricks
And they break through the summer haze
Someone will come around and bulldoze them down some day Ohhhhh
Chorus:
Because everybody loves something new
You get rid of what came before
And it feels like a long hot shower
Like getting in your bed when the sheets are warm
So they can keep construction and they can keep em coming and I won't be listening
Cause I found something a little more permanent G
Oh yes, I found someone that I can die with
C G Am G Fmaj7/C C
