Song: This Place Is a Prison
By: The Postal Service
Album: Recycled Air
This is arranged for solo acoustic...I provided the lyrics so you can know when the
chords come in and to know when to say what...it is solo acoustic...awesome song.
Tuning: Standard
Chords: E A D G B E
Em = 0 2 2 0 0 0
G = 3 2 0 0 3 3
D = x x 0 2 3 2
F#m = 2 4 4 2 2 2
Bm = x 2 4 4 3 2
A = x 0 2 2 2 0
Intro Chords
Em G Em G Em G D D
Verse 1:
Em G Em G
This place is a prison...and these people arent your friends...
Em G Em
And hailing thrills...through twenty dollar bills...and the tumblers are
G
drained and then flooded...again and again...
Chorus [no vocals]
Em F#m Bm Bm Em F#m Bm D
Verse 2:
Em G Em G
Theres guards at the on-ramps...armed to the teeth...
Em G
And you may trace the grounds from the Cascades to Pugent Sound...
Em G
But you are not permitted...to leave...
Chorus:
G A Bm
I know theres a big world out there...like the one that I saw on the
D
screen...
G A Bm
In my living room late last night...it was almost to bright to be
D
seen...
G A Bm D
I know that its not a party..it happens every night...
G A
Pretending theres glamour...and candelabra...When your
Bm D
Drinking by candlelight...
Outro:
D D
G A Em Em
.........What does it take.....to get a drink in this place...
G A Em Em
.........What does it take.....How long must I wait?
G A Em Em
..........What does it take.....to get a drink in this place?
G A Em Em
..........What does it take....How long must I wait?
G A Em Em
.............How long must I wait?
Ending: [Just chords...]
G A Em Em
G A Em Em
End on Em
