Act Of Contrition chords by Bright Eyes

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate

Bright Eyes - "Act of Contrition"

The chords used in this song are relative to a capo on the 1st fret:

......C....Csus2/B...Am.......F.......G.......
e|----0-------0-------0-------1-------3------|
BB|----1-------1-------1-------1-------3------|
G+G|----0-------0-------2-------2-------0------|
D MajorD|----2-------0-------2-------3-------0------|
A augmentedA|----3-------2-------0-------0-------2------|
E MajorE|----x-------x-------x-------x-------3------|

The following pattern is played 4 times for the intro and also forms the main theme of
song; the bass notes being plucked with the thumb and the highest four strings are strummed;

.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..........................
e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------------------|
BB|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1------------------| INTRO:
G+G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3p2h3p2h3p2-----|
A augmentedA|---3----------2----------0--------------------------|  3p2h3p2h3p2
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------|  is copied
                             throughout the
                              WHOLE song.
This main theme is the repeated through the verse...

         C majorC  Csus2/B  A minorAm
The air was all dust
3p2h3p2h3p2 C majorC  Csus2/B  A minorAm  3p2h3p2h3p2
A augmentedA night so untamed
   C majorC     Csus2/B  A minorAm    3p2h3p2h3p2
 Csus2/B  A minorAm
The ground opened up and swallowed, all of the rain
   3p2h3p2h3p2   C majorC Csus2/B  A minorAm
And it swallowed you too...
   3p2h3p2h3p2 C majorC  Csus2/B  A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
Into distance unknown


     C majorC     Csus2/B    A minorAm (let ring)
 FF
As they sat down for dinner they waited for you to get home
         G+G
Yeah, they set a...place for you.
  C majorC  Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring)
      G+G
So don't...be....lieve everything that you read, in that...diary of
 C majorC  Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
yours.

C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2  C majorC
 A minorAm
         And this... ner - vous - ness,
  3p2h3p2h3p2  C majorC  Csus2/B   A minorAm  3p2h3p2h3p2
It isn't...   all your  fault
        C majorC Csus2/B  A minorAm     3p2h3p2h3p2
It's just these sha - king hands won't do

    C majorC    Csus2/B  A minorAm  3p2h3p2h3p2
what I want them ... to.

    C majorC Csus2/B  A minorAm  3p2h3p2h3p2
And I've tried  to guess what it,
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm   3p2h3p2h3p2
 Is you thought about


   C majorC    Csus2/B    A minorAm (let ring)
   FF
That act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept.
       G+G
What are you...crying for?
   C majorC  Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring)  FF
Just dust...my  heart and you will find
          G+G
There are no fingers printed there
     C majorC  Csus2/B  A minorAm (let ring)  FF
Just the un...touched...place that lies inside
     G+G         C majorC  Csus2/B A minorAm
3p2h3p2h3p2
Of every...lonely boy...tonight.

***If you have one, start randomly tapping a type-writer until end***

C majorC  Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC  Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC  Csus2/B A minorAm 3 - 2 - 0

.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..................F.......
e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0-----------1------|
BB|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1-----------1------|
G+G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2-----------2------|
D MajorD|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3--2--0--3------|
A augmentedA|---3----------2----------0-------------------0------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------x------|

FF (4 bars)
                             G+G
G MajorG (3 bars, and on the offbeat before the 4th bar: "And all.....", so that you
on "all" with the G+G chord, signifying that "all" is the 4th bar

   G+G    C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring)
 FF
And all this o... pen ...air has caused me to choke
    G+G            C majorC Csus2/B
 3p2h3p2h3p2
On your...new-found hope...for me.
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2.

Let that last note ring out and that's it.

THE END.