Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
G+G B minorBm
Got to keep on going like it ain’t the end
E minorEm C majorC
Got to change like your life is depending on it
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
It’s a long time coming and we’re taking it in
C majorC D MajorD
What a wild ruse
G+G B minorBm
See the cold moon hanging like the pennant above
E minorEm C minorCm
Too many ice cream socials with the promise ring love
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
Had to shoot all the targets at the carnival cause
AdimAdim D MajorD
You needed hard proof
G+G B minorBm
I read God is dead I shed some tears for Him
E minorEm C majorC
But I swear on his grave I’ll never do it again
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
And I screamed when I realized what was happening
C majorC D MajorD
That I had good news
Refrain 1:
E minorEm B minorBm
I’ll grieve what I have lost
C majorC
Forgive the firing squad
G+G
How imperfect life can be
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Now all I can do is just dance on through
Verse 2:
G+G B minorBm
See the Coast Guard coming, save the drowning men
E minorEm C minorCm
Out by Catalina Island they abandoned ship
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
All the news trucks piled up with starts and fits
AdimAdim D MajorD
Coming from Point Dume
G+G B minorBm
It’s the last ditch effort, makes no sense to try
E minorEm C majorC
Put more gas on the tires, put more wood on the fire
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
Warm your hands up ‘cause we’ll probably be here a while
C majorC D MajorD
If you want the honest truth
Refrain 2:
E minorEm B minorBm
Don’t turn your cheek away
C majorC
Please, don’t resuscitate
G+G
Make an example out of me
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Because all I can do is just dance on through
G+G
And sing
Instrumental:
G+G B minorBm E minorEm C minorCm
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD
G+G B minorBm E minorEm C minorCm
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD
E minorEm C majorC F#dimF#dim D MajorD
Verse 3:
G+G B minorBm
Got a diamond cold heart and I got it in spades
E minorEm C majorC
With the Walkman fading like an audio slave
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
It’s a self-induced seizure like a kid at a rave
C majorC D MajorD
Smeared in Day-Glo paint
G+G B minorBm
And all the popular prophets want to take me to task
E minorEm C minorCm
Well, it’s just your opinion so I’d rather not ask
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
But I got me a cane, and I’m spinning it fast
AdimAdim D MajorD
As the band plays
Refrain 3:
E minorEm B minorBm
Don’t read my worried mind
C majorC G+G BB
That smoking gun passing through time
E minorEm B minorBm
I’m yours, you can decide
C majorC G+G
What fate I’ll have on the firing line
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C minorCm
Because now all I can do is just dance on through
G+G
And sing
Outro:
G+G B minorBm
With every note there is
E minorEm C minorCm
With every note there was
D#dimD#dim E minorEm
Each passing chord
AdimAdim D MajorD
There was only love
G+G B minorBm
With every step there is
E minorEm C majorC
With every step that was
D#dimD#dim E minorEm
Spinning around
C majorC D MajorD
There was only love
G+G B minorBm
Only love,
E minorEm C minorCm
Only love
D MajorD D#dimD#dim E minorEm
It was a slow dance for us
AdimAdim D MajorD G+G
There was only love