Intro: E    G#m  F#  E    G#m  F#  B 




[Verso 1]

B 
Memories flood back like photographs 
    G#m                          F#                     B  E 
All bright and out of focus, all drab with muted colors 
B 
The whole world smells like True Blue 
B 
The only brand my grandma smokes 
                         G#m 
And the faintest hint of Coppertone  
                                  F#         E 
I'm watching shorebirds circle in real close 
                     C#m                        E 
(I know you're gonna go, just please leave me a note) 
                    C#m          E 
(I left because you asked me to) 



[Refrão]

                  G#m           F#                 E 
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go 
                      G#m  F#  E 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
                           G#m       F# 
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone 
     E                          G#m  F#  B 
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs 



[Verso 2]
 
B 
These northeast winters make boys into men 
        G#m 
Staring out at snow-ploughed mountains 
       F#                       B 
In the parking lots of churches 
B 
The city just felt worn out 
B 
No strength to pick our hearts off the ground 
                G#m 
We watched the '92 Birds 
         F#                         E 
Take the field without Jerome Brown 
                            C#m 
(We keep quiet when it gets bad) 
                         E 
(We don't talk about the setbacks) 
                             C#m           E 
(They only hear it when your voice cracks) 



[Refrão]

                  G#m           F#                 E 
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go 
                      G#m  F#  E 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
                           G#m       F# 
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone 
     E                          G#m  F#   
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs 



[Ponte]

E                           C#m 
I wanna die in the suburbs, I wanna die in the suburbs 
E                           C#m                F# 
I wanna die in the suburbs, I wanna die in the suburbs 
E 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
E 
(You start remembering...) 
C#m 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
C#m 
(...the anniversaries of the bad things) 
E 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
E 
(You start remembering...) 
G#m     F#            B 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
B 
(...the anniversaries of the bad things) 



[Refrão]

B               
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go 
                      G#m  F# 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
E                          G#m       F# 
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone 
     E                          G#m  F# 
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs 
B 
Operator, take me home, I don't know where else to go 
                      G#m  F# 
I wanna die in the suburbs 
B                                     F# 
A heart attack, shovelling snow, all alone 
     B                          G#m  F# 
If I die, I wanna die in the suburbs 
                      E 
I wanna die in the suburbs