Cold War Kids - Coffee Spoon Ukulele

Written By Dom Wise
Twitter: DomOfTheYear

Verse 1:
        C
I can argue with the mime

I can argue with the mime

he is reading me the riot act
          Em                Am      Em
every line
( Em - C - D )

       C
every lawyer in his prime

every lawyer in his prime

gets nostalgic for the bar's
            Em              Am    Em
naivete to crime

Chorus:
Am
G                         Am
    ascetics wring their hands
G                   Am
    this decadent misuse
G                   Am
    inside my china room
G                                              
    you are my coffee spoon

C  Em  Am  Em  ( Em - C - D )
C  Em  Am  Em

Verse 2:
      C
my indulgence is a joke

and while everybody laughs

I'm clipping coupons
            Em
saving my breath

        C
I was celebrating Lent

with a candle in a tent

when you came and snatched me up
             Em
out of retirement

         C
now I'm buying finer clothes

in department store windows

throwing credit cards down
                     Em
I never raised my voice

I never raised my voice

Chorus:
Am
G                           Am
    ascetics wring their hands
G                      Am
    this decadent misuse
G                      Am
    inside my china room
G                                              
    you are my coffee spoon

C  Em  Am  Em  ( Em - C - D )
C  Em  Am  Em