Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Intermediate
Chords used:
C majorC - x32010
G+G - 320003
A minorAm - x02210
FF - 133211
Intro:
G+G A minorAm FF x4
Verse 1:
C majorC FF
Scraping skies with shirts
A minorAm
and ties and I can
G+G FF
feel you waste away
C majorC FF
The bets are long I wanna
A minorAm
get it wrong with you
G+G FF
It’s such a goddamn beautiful day.
Chorus 1:
C majorC G+G
To hell with red lights driving on
A minorAm
An open cage this bird is gone
A minorAm
But I can’t leave this town
FF
if you’re not with me
FF
if you’re not with me
C majorC
I’ve been fighting
G+G
boredom and routine
G+G
I’ll trade the white
A minorAm
for forest green
A minorAm
But I can’t leave this town if
FF
you’re not with me we’ll see
Verse 2:
C majorC FF
Crimson skies drinking my oceans dry
A minorAm G+G FF
Not where the salt paints colors grey
C majorC
It clouds your eyes
FF A minorAm
Take what hasn’t died with you
G+G FF
I’ve got a map sleep all the way
G+G
I’ve got a map sleep all the way
Chorus 2:
C majorC G+G
To hell with red lights driving on
A minorAm
An open cage this bird is gone
A minorAm
But I can’t leave this town
FF
if you’re not with me
FF
if you’re not with me
C majorC
I’ve been fighting
G+G
boredom and routine
G+G
I’ll trade the white
A minorAm
for forest green
A minorAm
But I can’t leave this town if
FF
you’re not with me
Bridge:
G+G A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
I’m lost
FF A minorAm
I marked a place worth going to
G+G
cue the brightest moon
FF
kill the city lights now
FF
The coast is clear
A minorAm
an amazing view
G+G
cue the brightest moon
FF
killthe city lights now
FF
We’ve got your luck
A minorAm
to see us through
G+G
cue the brightest moon kill
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
the city lights now
Outro:
C majorC
We’ll keep on running
FF
through the warning signs
FF
It beats sitting
A minorAm
here all the time
FF
And at the crosstown disappear
FF
behind the northern skyline
C majorC
We’ll keep on running
FF
through the warning signs
FF
It beats sitting
A minorAm
here all the time
FF
And at the crosstown disappear
FF C majorC C majorC C C majorC C
behind the northern skyline