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Full credit to "Abe's Logic" for working out the chords.
Song is Smoke Alarm by Carsie Blanton
theme tune for the Tangentially Speaking podcast
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Intro: E D A E D A
[A D A E]
he said baby what?s the (A)big deal
feel what you wanna feel(D)
say what you?re wanna (A)say
you?re gonna die one (E) day
[A D F#m E D A]
for example I could (A)kiss you
just because I (D)want to
what?s the difference if you (F#m)turn away
(E)I?m gonna (D)die one (A)day
[A E F#m C#m E A]
why do you (A)waste your time
thinkin bout your repu(E)tation
trying to meet an expec(F#m)tation
(C#m)wonderin what they?re (E)gonna say(A)
[A E F#m C#m E D A]
when (A)everyone you ever known
is headed for a (E)headstone
I don?t wanna give the (F#m)end a (C#m)way
but (E)we?re gonna (D)die one (A)day
[A D A E]
your (A)body is an animal
doesn?t ask (D)for much
a little music and a (A)soft touch
why don?t you let it (E)out to play
[A D F#m E D A]
your (A)heart is in a bird cage
singing in your (D)chest
you wanna shut it up, but (F#m)give it a rest
(E)you?re gonna (D)die one (A)day
[A E F#m C#m E A]
why do we (A)waste our time
thinkin bout an obli(E)gation
runnin from a confron(F#m)tation
(C#m)wonderin what we (E)oughtta say (A)
[A E F#m C#m E D]
when (A)everyone we?ve ever known
is headed for a (E)headstone
I don?t wanna give the (F#m)end a(C#m)way
but (E)we?re gonna (D)die one (A)day
(E)we?re gonna (D)die one (A)day
(E)we?re gonna (D)die one (A)day
[A D A E]
so baby what?s the (A)big deal
if you wanna be (D)free
say what you wanna feel (A)
and spend the night with (E)me
[A D F#m E D A]
I?m gonna take you up in (A)my arms
and if we must (D)go down
we?ll go singin to the (F#m)smoke alarms
we?ll (E)dance in(D)to the (A)ground
Song History
Last Updated: July 31, 2016