Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band â I Gotta Reason, Pt II.
From the album Outer South due out 5th of May 2009.
Ok, I found these chords on the Compare&Contrast messageboard [Thanks to whoever worked
out; added the verse & Chorus lyrics; also, there s a fill from the live version you can
at the end on every Am, just pick the chord descending, pulling off the string-to open-
time; listen for it on the live version; that s pretty much it. B5 seems pretty
with Bm; might be something wrong with D5 as well; see what you think.
intro- G, Am [hammer on D to E then pull off the C to B]
you know a lot can happen after everybody falls asleep
ask the forest fire, ask the cop walking on the beat
and do right by them, work a little in your dreams
don t let time rob you, hold onto your memories
in the glass houses, in the pages of the rolling stone
I get a sick feeling, like Iâm rocking in a little boat
hear the big church bell, it s ringing like a mobile phone
such a long Sunday drive, and Iâm taking it all alone
(Pre &) CHORUS
I wanna belong to a reason
and cut a new key to the kingdom
and if anybody asks me, say I wanna belong
if anybody asks me, say that it won t take long
if anybody asks me, say Iâm gonna get this done
if anybody asks me, say I got a reason
In a vast hard-drive, in the satellites that kick and spin
They keep the old footage, so everything can live again
Pretty pink roses, the ostrich and the elephant
Itâs the last Noahâs ark, so everythingâs gotta fit.
In the creased pages, of a letter Iâve been trying to send
To a young widow, how is desperate for some kind of friend
Youâll find a long list of, eligible handsome men
Who want to lay with her, up on the {table of the elements}
REPEAT CHORUS!