The Method Actor chords by The Avett Brothers

Chords with lyrics

Capo 4th fret


C majorC               G+G
I am a star in a scene full of actors
C majorC                D7D7
With method, ability, bona fide clout
G+G             C majorC           G+G
And I nailed all my cues, and I looked ten years younger
               D7D7   G+G
But my famous last scene was edited out


G+G        C majorC         G+G
When I was a boy I ran through the wilderness
          D7D7       G+G
Dodging the photos and wooing the crowd
         C majorC         G+G
I'd carry a rifle and save drownin' puppies
         D7D7         G+G
And ride off with some lovely lady I found

C majorC                G+G
I am a star in a scene full of actors
C majorC                D7D7
With method, ability, bona fide clout
G+G             C majorC           G+G
And I nailed all my cues, and I looked ten years younger
               D7D7   G+G
But my famous last scene was edited out


G+G          C majorC        G+G
I stepped into frame at the edge of a river
           D7D7     G+G
A augmentedA thousand feet deep and a mile across
         C majorC          G+G
I gave all I had and finally made it over
              D7D7        G+G
Found out when I got there the cameras were off


C majorC                G+G
I am a star in a scene full of actors
C majorC                D7D7
With method, ability, bona fide clout
G+G             C majorC           G+G
And I nailed all my cues, and I looked ten years younger
               D7D7   G+G
But my famous last scene was edited out

G+G     D7D7              G+G
Take these bright white lights out of my vision
     D7D7             E minorEm   A minorAm
Tell the onlookers "put your cameras away"
C majorC               D7D7
No heavy gold trophies will be given
C majorC                     D7D7
And there is no script for what I want to say


G+G          C majorC      G+G
Now I am an old man longing for peace
           D7D7        G+G
A augmentedA place to sit quiet where no one can tell
         C majorC       G+G
That I ever read one line on a stage
         D7D7    G+G
And the only role I play is myself


C majorC                G+G
I am a star in a scene full of actors
C majorC                D7D7
With method, ability, bona fide clout
G+G             C majorC           G+G
And I nailed all my cues, and I looked ten years younger
               D7D7   G+G
But my famous last scene was edited out


C majorC                G+G
I am a star in a scene full of actors
C majorC                D7D7
With method, ability, bona fide clout
G+G             C majorC           G+G
And I nailed all my cues, and I looked ten years younger
               D7D7   G+G
But my famous last scene was edited out
           C majorC           G+G
I nailed all my cues, and I looked ten years younger
               D7D7   G+G