Mariana Trench chords by Bright Eyes

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Verse 1:
      C majorC           D5D5
Well they’d better save some space for me
    E minorEm        FF
In that growing cottage industry
   G+G   E MajorE    A minorAm
Where selfishness is currency
    FF
People spend more than they make

   C majorC         D5D5
So I wrapped my head in bandages
     E minorEm        FF
From the string of happy accidents
 G+G     E MajorE  A minorAm
I guess maybe I asked for it
  FF
But who am I to say

Pre-Chorus 1:
  E minorEm                 A minorAm     G+G
The closing bell death tolls, hear the market crash
     FF          G+G       C majorC
A augmentedA crying trader swears he’ll get out of the game
      E minorEm                A minorAm    D/F#D/F#
The cowboy drinks himself to death, fresh out of rehab
       FF               G+G
While they’re loading all the rifles on the range


Chorus 1:
N.C.      C majorC
Look up at that Everest
         FF
Look down in that Mariana Trench
        A minorAm                  G+G
Look now as the crumbling 405 falls down, oh when the big one hits

         C majorC
Look out for the plainclothes
           FF
Look out for what the wiretap knows
        A minorAm                   G+G   C majorC
Look out on the ever-widening money trail and where it goes

Verse 2:
      C majorC        D5D5
It takes a lot of gall to try to please
    E minorEm     FF
These dehumanizing entities
  G+G      E MajorE  A minorAm
I befriended all my enemies
      FF
They had my back against the wall

   C majorC         D5D5
Oh a coward is what a coward does
  E minorEm      FF
I suppose maybe I always was
    G+G     E MajorE   A minorAm
But I’m sick of it, I’ve had enough
      FF
And now I’m ready for the war


Pre-Chorus 2:
  E minorEm               A minorAm    G+G
The lion bows his head down to the ringmaster
     FF           G+G          C majorC G+G
With the tightrope stretched so high above the crowd
     E minorEm              A minorAm       D/F#D/F#
All these faces are contortionists, it must have hurt
       FF             G+G
’Cause they all looked as unhappy as a clown


Chorus 2:
N.C.       C majorC
Look long at that Stonehenge
         FF
Look quick is it something you missed
        A minorAm                      G+G
Look into that smoldering building’s bombed out fog until it finally lifts

        C majorC
Look up at that big wave
         FF
Look down at your other brother’s grave
        A minorAm                      G+G
Look hard for a harder something to sacrifice, that’s what it takes

That’s what it takes


Bridge:
D5D5        G+G
  That’s what it takes, hmm
D5D5        G+G
  That’s what it takes, ha
D5D5        G+G
  That’s what it takes, ha
D5D5    G+G
  Ha, ha, ha


Chorus 3:
        C majorC
Look up at that Everest
N.C.       FF
Look down in that Mariana Trench
        A minorAm                  G+G
Look now as the crumbling 405 falls down, oh when the big one hits

         C majorC
Look out for the plainclothes
          FF
Speak soft what the wiretap knows
        A minorAm                   G+G
Look out on the ever-widening money trail and where it goes
         C majorC
Where does it go?