Atoms by Emmy the Great Capo on the 3rd Fret with all chords relative to the capo. D I know you’re going soon A It’s ok, I won’t freak D F# Can see it in your eyes, you’ve been moving out for weeks Em A You’ve found a girl, she’s so much prettier than me Em She’s much cleverer than me A She’s so much happier than me D A You want a lover who takes time over her looks D F# Not some stupid kid who’s always wrapped up in her books Em A But can I help it if a sentence makes me cry? Em And the pavement makes me cry A And the thought of you and I D Oh, just leave A There’s nothing much I want to say D But close the door F# Em You know how the atmosphere decays my bones A I feel the atoms on my skin Em A Oh, I feel the matter closing in D A From my perch I see the universe as one D F# See the planets in their glory, slowly dancing with the sun Em A See my ancestors in monkey costumes fucking on the rocks Em A See the priestess and her brother and the farmer and his crops D A All these sacred histories have led to this one day D F# When you face me on the stairs and say you have to go away Em A And time stops like ice where all around it once was hot Em A So don’t begrudge a girl her books cos they’re all a girl has got D They sit there now A The words unflinching in their strength D You see I only ever read F# Cos I wish I was brave as them D A And I know these words will never leave me standing on the stairs D F# Just like my frozen ancestors they always will be there Em A In print, just like your image on my heart Em A For ever like the planets light the dark Em A Just like our world is waltzing with the sun Em A Just like when this world explodes it makes another one D Oh you, just leave A I always wanted you to be free D F# But next time you see the planets try and think of me Em A And this moment on a stairway where I thought that I could see Em A All the atoms in your lover, she’s much prettier than me Em A And can I help it if an atom makes me cry? Em A I can’t help it if she’s happier than I Chords: D e ---|-x-|---|---|---| B ---|---|-x-|---|---| G ---|-x-|---|---|---| D ---|---|---|---|---| A ---|---|---|---|---| E ---|---|---|---|---| A e ---|---|---|---|---| B ---|-x-|---|---|---| G ---|-x-|---|---|---| D ---|-x-|---|---|---| A ---|---|---|---|---| E ---|---|---|---|---| F# e ---|-x-|---|---|---| B ---|-x-|---|---|---| G ---|-x-|---|---|---| D ---|---|-x-|---|---| A ---|---|-x-|---|---| E ---|-x-|---|---|---| Em e ---|---|---|---|---| B ---|---|---|---|---| G ---|---|---|---|---| D ---|-x-|---|---|---| A ---|-x-|---|---|---| E ---|---|---|---|---|