Socks chords by Black Country, New Road

• Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:

  D
I thought it once
  A
I thought it well
    D
And maybe even
C#     A
Time could tell
     G              Gaug
That all I know and all I’ve known
      D
Could fit into a
A      G#   G
Little tiny box
    G       D           Em        D    Em    D
And all the world would laugh and lose their socks

D D D G D Em G D
D D D Bm Gm D
D D D Ebmaj7

G Eb G Eb C C

Verse 1:

G        Eb             G              D                C               C
How many things can one read till they feel they’re not afraid of it all?
G        Eb       G           Eb      Cmaj7
How many cases of words? Am I being absurd? Doing fine
             Cmaj7
I’m having a whale of a time
           Eb          Db              Eb              C
But if the world could consume all the things that you knew
        C          Db
We’d be living the life
     Eb           C/E
A contender for a wife
        Fm       Edim
We’d be having a laugh
Fm     Eb              C      Bbm
Wish I could make them laugh, mm-mmm
   Bbm        Cm        Ab
In joke there comes the truth
         Bbm     Eb    Ab
I am not blinded by my youth
     Db/F      Eb/G      Ab
The five years had their time
                 Bbm
But you sit in a lane much like mine

Chorus:
         Bb     F/A      Eb/G
For when all is said and done
       F
What’s left is
Bb     F/A     Gm                F
Far beyond the problems that are listed
   Bb     F
It may be easy
Gm      F
Just believe me
     Bb       F/A     Gm                F
That our life holds a light no life has held before


Bb Bbdim Bb Bbdim Bb A

G Eb G Eb G Eb G Eb

Verse 2:

G                  Eb
Maybe I speak in a way
                   G                     Eb
That makes it seem like I was born yesterday
             C              C C D
But I’m not afraid of it all
G            Eb           G          Eb              C
There’ll be another who’s seen every colour but it’s all in the shade
            Cm
Look at the life that we’ve made

C
No word or phrase
        C        C            Fm
Has the power to say what the tie is we share
         Ab           C        Db/F
It’s far greater than rare, oh yeah
   Bbm        Eb        Ab
In dark there comes the light
            C#       Eb      Ab
And we must try with all our might
   Db        Eb    Ab
To keep this thing alive
               Bb
We’ve got that house by the bay
                      Fm
There’s no place that I’d rather stay
                Bb
I’ll stay there right till the day where you shall

Pass

Bridge:
            Eb
I too shall pass
                Bb
All things must pass
     Eb
Like days
               F      Bb           F
They pass from one to another and another
Gm             F
I will love no other, no
Bb
No
Gm                 F
I know now, I know now that, yeah, that
Bb      Dm         Gm        F
Life is good and I feel understood
Bb             F/A           Gm
Do you? If you don’t, let me know
                       F
And now here comes the chorus

Chorus:

         Bb     F/A      Gm
For when all is said and done
       F
What’s left is
Bb    F/A      Gm                F
Far beyond the problems that are listed
Bb
It may be easy
A7                          Bb      Bb A
Just, baby, believe me that our life

ENDING:

Bb                F/A           Gm         F
If time was on my side, I would ask him to return
     Bb           F/A         Gm
To a moment which holds for us
           F
A great concern
      Bb        F/A
Which moment to pick?
      Gm        F
Which time to select?
          Eb      Bb/D    Cm
There are so many chances steeped in regret
      Bb                F/A                  Gm           F
No matter which one you choose, baby, you’re always gonna lose
             Eb              Bb/D
Well, that’s what the demons say
        Cm7              C7     Bb F/A Gm F
I never liked those guys anyway

Eb Bb Cm Bb