Dyslexic Palindrome chords by Bright Eyes

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: E

Intro:

Emaj7    G#m7    F#m    Amaj7


Verse 1:
       Emaj7
It’s a billy club bruise that shattered your skin,
        G#m7
They’re breaking up the union to let the scabs in
       F#m
It’s a baseball bat to the back of your neck
           Amaj7
Now you’re nodding, yes
           Emaj7
Cause they won’t take no for an answer these days
           G#m7
There is a miracle drug for the disengaged age
       F#m                                Amaj7
If the mad men say it’s all okay, they’re lying

Chorus:
        E           B                F#m                B
You can make up new meanings for the things that you’re seeing
           A            E                  B
But it’s a long, long, long, long way from known
     F#m      B          Emaj7    G#m7    F#m    Amaj7
In a Dyslexic Palindrome


Verse 2:
         Emaj7
When the blue of the night meets the bruise round her eye
     G#m7
It’s painful and blooming
          F#m
Shove the kids in the car, no you’re not going far
                 Amaj7
But you gotta get moving
       Emaj7
Take a pause from the show so the sponsors can crow
        G#m7
Put the tv on mute no one has to know
        F#m
You can read the fine print that your lawyer decodes
         Amaj7
When the racecar explodes
Amaj7
WOW!!


Chorus:
        E           B                F#m                B
You can make up new meanings for the things that you’re seeing
           A            E                  B
But it’s a long, long, long, long way from known
     F#m      B          E   E7
In a Dyslexic Palindrome


Bridge:
A                  B           E
 I’m seeing things upside down
               A
I start at the ending now
  E      B         F#m  B
A man, a plan, a canal, napalm
F#m      B
Dyslexic Palindrome


Outro:
E     G#m7    F#m    Amaj7