World At Large Uke tab by Modest Mouse

4 Chords used in the song: G, C, Em, Cm

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Artist: 
Year:  2004
Difficulty: 
2.5
(Beginner)
Key: C, G, Am, EmChords
# this song is pretty easy

G G
Ice-age heat wave, can't complain.
C C
If the world's at large, why should I remain?
Em Em
Walked away to another plan.
Cm Cm
Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand.
G G C C
I move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way.
Em Em
Went to the porch to have a thought.
Cm Cm
Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop.
G G
You don't know where and you don't know when.
C C
But you still got your words and you got your friends.
Em Em
Walk along to another day.
Cm Cm
Work a little harder, work another way.

G G
Well uh-uh baby I ain't got no plan.
C C
We'll float on maybe would you understand?
Em Em
Gonna float on maybe would you understand?
Cm Cm
Well I'll float on maybe would you understand?

G G
The days get shorter and the nights get cold.
C C
I like the autumn but this place is getting old.
Em Em
I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast.
Cm Cm
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.
G G
The day's get longer and the nights smell green.
C C
I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.

G G
I like songs about drifters - books about the same.
C C
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane.
Em Em
Walked on off to another spot.
Cm Cm
I still haven't got anywhere that I want.
G G
Did I want love? Did I need to know?
C C
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?


G G
The moths beat themselves to death against the lights.
C C
Adding their breeze to the summer nights.
Em Em
Outside, water like air was great.
Cm Cm
I didn't know what I had that day.
G G
Walk a little farther to another plan.
C C
You said that you did, but you didn't understand.

Em Em Cm Cm G G Em Em

G G
I know that starting over is not what life's all about.
C C
But my thoughts were so loud, I couldn't hear my mouth.
C C
My thoughts were so loud, I couldn't hear my mouth.
Cm Cm G G
My thoughts were so loud.

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G , D , Em , D.

C & Cm are wrong and not needed.
31 Jul 2020
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