Ladder Song chords by Bright Eyes

Chords with lyrics

Ladder Song'
Bright Eyes
from The People's Key, 2011.


This the penultimate song from the new Bright Eyes album...just
a rough sketch of the chords to correspond with what's played on
the piano on the actual recording.

Tabbed by klave - [email protected]

B minorBm           F#7F#7
No one knows where the ladder goes
B minorBm              F#7F#7
You're going to lose what you love the most
E minorEm         G+G
You're not alone in anything
E minorEm          G+G
You're not unique in dying
B minorBm           F#7F#7
I feel estranged every now and then
B minorBm         F#7F#7
Fall asleep reading science fiction
E minorEm          G+G
I want to fly in your silver ship
E minorEm         G+G   A augmentedA
Let Jesus hang and Buddha sit

D MajorD
It's on now
       F# minorF#m
The days are long now
        G+G
The ups and the sundowns
        A augmentedA
And a twisting mind
        D MajorD
If I've got to go first
       F# minorF#m
I'll do it on my terms
       G+G            A augmentedA
I'm tired of traitors always changing sides
     D MajorD    A augmentedA G+G
They were friends of mine

B minorBm            F#7F#7
Don't hang around as the promise breaks
B minorBm            F#7F#7
You'll be there when the next one's made
E minorEm         G+G
Kiss the feet of a charlatan
E minorEm       G+G
Some imagined freedom
B minorBm       F#7F#7
All the rest is predictable
B minorBm           F#7F#7
You can say you're the first to know
E minorEm         G+G
Bought a mantra to concentrate
E minorEm      G+G    A augmentedA
Car alarm or hissing snake

D MajorD
I know now
         F# minorF#m
How it's going to turn now
      G+G
You got to calm down
        A augmentedA
Or I'll lose my place
         D MajorD
Got to get to the center
         F# minorF#m
Got to get to the concert
        G+G
Run off with a dancer
       A augmentedA
Going to celebrate

E minorEm        A augmentedA
We'll welcome the new age
D MajorD     G+G G/f# E minorEm
Covered in warrior paint
        A augmentedA       D MajorD
Lights from the jungle to the sky
E minorEm     A augmentedA
See now, a star's born
D MajorD         G+G  G/f# E minorEm
Looks just like a blood orange
       A augmentedA        D MajorD
Don't it just make you want to cry
     D MajorD   A augmentedA G+G
Precious friend of mine?

B minorBm           F#7F#7
Well, I know when it's finally done
B minorBm           F#7F#7
This whole life's a hallucination
E minorEm         G+G
You're not alone in anything
E minorEm         G+G
You're not alone in trying
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