Chords with lyrics
Performance: YouTube released on 7/8/22
Key: E MajorE
🎸 Intro:
E* Emaj7* E* Emaj7* Dadd#11 D MajorD A# diminished A#dim A minorAm
🎸 Verse 1:
E* Emaj7*
Trying to find some comfort in
E* Emaj7*
The lacework and the ramekins
Dadd#11 D MajorD
I lose myself
A# diminished A#dim A minorAm
Amid the dusty shelves
E* Emaj7*
I had merely wandered in
E* Emaj7*
To stop myself from wondering
Dadd#11 D MajorD
What you're up to
A# diminished A#dim Esus4Esus4 Bsus4Bsus4
And it's here that I conclude
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA G#7G#7 E MajorE E+Eaug
That I don't go for nostalgia
A augmentedA A minorAm E MajorE A/C#A/C# E MajorE
Romanticize a past that needed none
A augmentedA G#7G#7 E MajorE E+Eaug
I don't go for nostalgia
A augmentedA A minorAm E MajorE A/C#A/C# E MajorE
Or the way your skin was warmed under the sun
🎸 Verse 2:
E* Emaj7*
Giving all my hours away
E* Emaj7*
To golden early autumn days
Dadd#11 D MajorD
Was just a dream
A# diminished A#dim A minorAm
And I've woken up it seems
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Quilted lawns and open arms
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Your painted smile and dime-store charms
D/C C majorC
They stay behind
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 Bsus4Bsus4
And looking back I find
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA G#7G#7 E MajorE E+Eaug
That I don't go for nostalgia
A augmentedA A minorAm E MajorE A/C#A/C# E MajorE
Romanticize a past that needed none
A augmentedA G#7G#7 E MajorE E+Eaug
I don't go for nostalgia
A augmentedA A minorAm E MajorE A/C#A/C# E MajorE
The past is where you told me we were done
🎸 Bridge:
A augmentedA F#m/A AMaj13Amaj13
Where in ti--ime am I?
C# minorC#m
I breathe a modern sky
Ab5Ab5 A augmentedA F#m/A AMaj13Amaj13
With every bre--ath vignetted by
F# minorF#m B7B7 E*
The smell of the sweater I forgot to give you back
Emaj7* E* Emaj7* Dadd#11 D MajorD A# diminished A#dim Esus4Esus4 Bsus4Bsus4
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA G#7G#7 E MajorE E+Eaug
So I don't go for nostalgia
A/C#A/C# A minorAm E MajorE A/C#A/C# E MajorE
But I live free of regret
A augmentedA G#7G#7 E MajorE E+Eaug
I don't go for nostalgia
A minorAm N.C.
It's just not the present yet
🎸 Outro:
E* Emaj7* E* Emaj7* A# diminished A#dim A minorAm Am6Am6 A minorAm E6E6 E+Eaug E MajorE
Chord Shapes Used
Ab5Ab5 = x01220 (did Josh intend to play this instead of A augmentedA)
A augmentedA = x02220
A/C#A/C# = x42220
A/EA/E = 00222x
A minorAm = x02210
Am6Am6 = x02212
AMaj13Amaj13 = x06222 or x06670 (if you don't have a reach like Josh does)
A# diminished A#dim = xx2320
A minorAm = x02210
B7B7 = 224242
Bsus4Bsus4 = x24440
C majorC = x32010
D MajorD = xx0232
D/C = x3x232
Dadd#11 = xx0254
E MajorE = 022100
E6E6 = 042xxx
E* = 076454 (barre top 5 strings at 4th fret and add a C majorC "shape" chord)
Emaj7* = 076444 (as above for E* but omit middle finger from BB string)
Esus4Esus4 = 022200
F# minorF#m = 244222
F#m/A = x04222
G#7G#7 = 464544