Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Intermediate
Bright Eyes - "Act of Contrition"
The chords used in this song are relative to a capo on the 1st fret:
......C....Csus2/B...Am.......F.......G.......
e|----0-------0-------0-------1-------3------|
BB|----1-------1-------1-------1-------3------|
G+G|----0-------0-------2-------2-------0------|
D MajorD|----2-------0-------2-------3-------0------|
A augmentedA|----3-------2-------0-------0-------2------|
E MajorE|----x-------x-------x-------x-------3------|
The following pattern is played 4 times for the intro and also forms the main theme of
song; the bass notes being plucked with the thumb and the highest four strings are strummed;
.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..........................
e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------------------|
BB|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1------------------| INTRO:
G+G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3p2h3p2h3p2-----|
A augmentedA|---3----------2----------0--------------------------| 3p2h3p2h3p2
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------| is copied
throughout the
WHOLE song.
This main theme is the repeated through the verse...
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm
The air was all dust
3p2h3p2h3p2 C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
A augmentedA night so untamed
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
Csus2/B A minorAm
The ground opened up and swallowed, all of the rain
3p2h3p2h3p2 C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm
And it swallowed you too...
3p2h3p2h3p2 C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
Into distance unknown
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring)
FF
As they sat down for dinner they waited for you to get home
G+G
Yeah, they set a...place for you.
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring)
G+G
So don't...be....lieve everything that you read, in that...diary of
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
yours.
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2 C majorC
A minorAm
And this... ner - vous - ness,
3p2h3p2h3p2 C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
It isn't... all your fault
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
It's just these sha - king hands won't do
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
what I want them ... to.
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
And I've tried to guess what it,
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
Is you thought about
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring)
FF
That act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept.
G+G
What are you...crying for?
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring) FF
Just dust...my heart and you will find
G+G
There are no fingers printed there
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring) FF
Just the un...touched...place that lies inside
G+G C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm
3p2h3p2h3p2
Of every...lonely boy...tonight.
***If you have one, start randomly tapping a type-writer until end***
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3 - 2 - 0
.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..................F.......
e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0-----------1------|
BB|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1-----------1------|
G+G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2-----------2------|
D MajorD|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3--2--0--3------|
A augmentedA|---3----------2----------0-------------------0------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------x------|
FF (4 bars)
G+G
G+G (3 bars, and on the offbeat before the 4th bar: "And all.....", so that you
on "all" with the G+G chord, signifying that "all" is the 4th bar
G+G C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm (let ring)
FF
And all this o... pen ...air has caused me to choke
G+G C majorC Csus2/B
3p2h3p2h3p2
On your...new-found hope...for me.
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2
C majorC Csus2/B A minorAm 3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2.
Let that last note ring out and that's it.
THE END.