Adult Diversion chords by Alvvays

Chords with lyrics

Alvvays - Adult Diversion (2014)
Tuning: E MajorE standard

A augmentedA NOTE ON TUNING: To play along with the recorded version, you'll need to tune pretty flat. On the recorded
version (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZHPCcFmEjc), A augmentedA = 425Hz. In live performances, Alvvays
play the song with normal tuning, A augmentedA = 440Hz (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZiFFLMnOQ)

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INTRO:
E MajorE

VERSE 1:
A augmentedA   F# minorF#m       D MajorD
How do I get close to you?
B minorBm        A augmentedA     F# minorF#m      B minorBm  D MajorD
Even if you don't notice as I admire you on the subway
A augmentedA     F# minorF#m         D MajorD
When it's dark outside your house
  B minorBm        A augmentedA
You won't let anybody out
  F# minorF#m      B minorBm   D MajorD
And keep a padlock on the door, well

PRE-CHORUS:
D MajorD
One more cocktail
  E MajorE  D MajorD B minorBm
And I'm on your trail

CHORUS:
A augmentedA      D MajorD
If I should fall
D MajorD           A augmentedA
Act as though it never happened
A augmentedA    D MajorD
I will retreat
  D MajorD         A augmentedA
And sit inside so very quietly

INSTRUMENTAL:
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | D MajorD | A augmentedA | x2

VERSE 2:
A augmentedA   F# minorF#m        D MajorD
How do I grow old with you?
B minorBm        A augmentedA     F# minorF#m       B minorBm  D MajorD
Even if you don't notice as I pass by you on the sidewalk
A augmentedA     F# minorF#m        D MajorD
When it's dark outside your house
  B minorBm        A augmentedA
You won't let anybody out
    F# minorF#m         B minorBm   D MajorD
You're keeping a dead girl in the closet

PRE-CHORUS:
D MajorD
One more cocktail
E MajorE       D MajorD
 Is it a good time?
B minorBm
 Or is it highly inappropriate

CHORUS:
A augmentedA      D MajorD
If I should fall
D MajorD           A augmentedA
Act as though it never happened
A augmentedA    D MajorD
I will retreat
  D MajorD         A augmentedA
And then go back to university
A augmentedA      D MajorD
If I should fall
D MajorD           A augmentedA
Act as though it never happened
A augmentedA    D MajorD
I will retreat
  D MajorD         A augmentedA
And sit inside so very quietly

BRIDGE:
|D/AD/A | B minorBm |A/C#A/C#| B minorBm |

No chords during guitar interlude

D MajorD B minorBm  D MajorD   B minorBm
I won't waste a
D MajorD B minorBm  D MajorD   B minorBm
I won't waste a
D MajorD B minorBm  D MajorD   E MajorE
I won't waste a

CHORUS:
A augmentedA      D MajorD
If I should fall
            A augmentedA
Act as though it never happened
A augmentedA    D MajorD
I will retreat
            A augmentedA
And sit inside so very quietly
A augmentedA      D MajorD
If I should fall
D MajorD           A augmentedA
Act as though it never happened
A augmentedA    D MajorD
I will retreat
  D MajorD         A augmentedA
And then go back to university

OUTRO:

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