Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD G+G
Verse 1:
D MajorD
You were terrible
D MajorD
And you were kind
G+G C majorC D MajorD
Between the shield, between the mime
D MajorD
You were terrifying
D MajorD
And oh so strange
G+G C majorC D MajorD
Witnessing your red lit game
A augmentedA
Empty eyes roll over my spine
A augmentedA
We heard
G+G C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
Barking dogs in the flickering light
Pre-chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Hold me, hold me, hold me by the water so wide
G+G D MajorD
Show me all is well on the inside
Chorus:
E minorEm B minorBm
Born and bred
D MajorD
The weak, the wise
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Remind me how to love but how to lie
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Born and raised, the meek and the mild
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Remind me how to live I’m half-alive
D MajorD G+G
Verse 2:
D MajorD
And the floorboards were creaking
D MajorD
Under all of our feet
G+G C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
And we hid from the faces and their gleaming white teeth
B minorBm
All the feathers were dancing
B minorBm
Over all of our heads
G+G C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
And no cheers from a crowd that had already left
Pre-chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Hold me, hold me, hold me by the water so wide
G+G D MajorD
Show me all is well on the inside
Chorus:
E minorEm B minorBm
Born and bred
D MajorD
The weak, the wise
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Remind me how to love but how to lie
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Born and raised, the meek and the mild
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Remind me how to live I’m half-alive
Chorus:
E minorEm B minorBm
Born and bred
D MajorD
The weak, the wise
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Remind me how to love but how to lie
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Born and raised, the meek and the mild
E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Remind me how to live I’m half-alive