Alvvays - Pomeranian Spinster

[Verse 1]
A
Don’t wanna be nice
A E
I don’t wanna be nice
A
I don’t want your advice
A E
On the run in my tights
A
I’m going to get what I want
A E
I don’t care who it hurts
A
Took the lessons that I’ve learnt
A E
Once shy twice burned

[Verse 2]
A
Don’t wanna belong
A E
I’m not nodding along
A
I don’t care if you write me
A E
Please don’t invite me
D
Hummingbird get what you want
D E
And flutter off for a little while
A
Light settled on the doorstep
A E
You took the four steps

[Chorus 1]
D
Mine
D
Should’ve been mine
E
Had I just said something
A
If I wasn’t polite
D
Stuck out my hand
D
Grabbed it and ran
E
And you wouldn’t have accosted
A
All according to the plan

[Verse 3]
A
Don’t wanna belong
A E
I’m not nodding along
A A
I don’t care if I’m wrong, you unfortunate boy
E
You’ve gone A-W-O-L
D
Hummingbird get what you want
D E
And flutter off to a different flower
A
Lace up and the light’s out
A E
You took that ride out

[Chorus 2]

[Chorus]
D
Mine
D
Should’ve been mine
E
Had I just said something
A
If I wasn’t polite
D
Stuck out my hand
D
Grabbed it and ran
E
And your looking took it forward
A
And you’re looking to the plan
D
Woke up in the rain
D
Woke up in a sweat now
E
You’re living in a condo
A
And you wanna forget

[Post-Chorus]
E
There was a time
D A
When someone could’ve said
E
You can’t recreate
D A
All the things that are read

[Bridge]
A D A
Pomeranian spinster
A D A
Glass slipper never fit it
A D A
Took a while but I’m trying to get over it

A D A
Presbyterian ministers
A D A
Travel in packs and never split
A D A
They deviate in the tiniest concepts

F#m E
La-la-la-la

D Bm

D
I heard you ask me to smile
D
Detour right off of the road
E
Don’t ever ask me to smile
D
Which dress is she going to wear?
D
What’s to be done with her hair?
E
Don’t ever ask me to smile
D
You’ll spend the rest of your days
D
Taking your foot off the brake
E
Foot on the brake foot on the

[Solo]
D D E
D D E (Woo)
D D E
D D E
(fade out)