Last Name

 
Em         G       C           G 
Take me to dinner, say it's my favorite 
G              C        C           G 
Hasn't been my favorite since I was 9 
Em             G        C             G 
You say you're here but do you really listen 
C              G        C                G 
I don't really listen I think we stopped trying 


     C                  G 
Am I loyal to people or to a last name? 
     Em                    D 
I'll carry the crest, an internalized plane 
     C                              G 
When gods become people there isn't much to talk about 
   C            G           C           G 
It feels like a graveyard inside of our house 
   C            G           C           G 
It feels like a graveyard inside of our house 


Em               G         C                  G 
It's almost your birthday, don't know what to get you 
C                  G        C                   G 
Don't know what to get you, don't know what you like 
    Em      G      C         G 
And I never asked, you never told me 
C         G          C            G 
You never tell me so I'll get you wine 



        C                           G 
When it starts to feel like work to pick up the cold 
Em                                    D 
Small talk with strangers that you're too dear to love 
   C                          G 
No choice in who made you but choice with your time 
  C             G      C            G 
I hope you felt chosen some of your life 
  C             G      C            G 
I hope you felt chosen some of your life 


Interlude 
C     G    C     G 
La la la   la la la 
C     G    C     G 
La la la   la la la 

C     G    C     G 
La la la   la la la 
C     G    Am  G 
La la la   la  la 


N.C. 
There is a kid who lives inside and they miss you 
N.C.                                         G 
Inside and they miss you and they don't know why 
Em             G      C             G 
Why we stopped eating dinner at the table 
    C                G         C        G 
And stopped watching movies on Saturday nights 

 
  C                      G 
Before I saw the cities across the state lines 
Em                     D 
You were my safety and I was your pride 
C                          G 
Oh it feels different from now, it's alright 
       C          G        C          G 
'Cause at least I knew you once in my life 
C          G        Am         G 
At least I knew you once in my life 


Outro 
  C          G         C          G 
I see you in movies, I see you in light 
  C          G                 C           Em 
I see you in playgrounds every tear that I cry 
  C           C                   C           G 
I hear you in trains singing with crickets at night 
  C           G        C          G 
I know that I knew you once in my life 
   C          G         C              G 
I hope that I meet you again when it's time