The Contortionist Acoustic chords by Joey Cape

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

FF
In a chalk dotted line
C majorC
Draw a kid, left behind
E minorEm
Severed limbs in harmony
A minorAm        G+G
Strumming from a few good deeds
FF
Carry it to survive
C majorC
To a bed half alive
E minorEm
Held before a dozen times
A minorAm      G+G       FF
Deep inside a funeral for a friend:
    C majorC       E minorEm  Em/GEm/G
Runs in portions like film clips
A minorAm  G+G
Run, run
FF
Rundown the list
C majorC
The memoirist
   E minorEm
Like kindling
A minorAm     G+G       C majorC
Burn, burn, burn, burn it down
       E minorEm
I will stay inside
   FF
The saved
      A minorAm  G+G  C majorC
It's a good mourning
       E minorEm
They will incite you
    FF
The doomed
  A minorAm   G+G
And I will write for you

FF
Of a boy, damaged goods
C majorC
Of a bench, understood
E minorEm
For a spell, the soul resides
A minorAm      G+G
In a yellow chalk outline

FF
Carry on the camel's back
F minorFm
Have another heart attack
C majorC     E minorEm
To the cure I would drive
A minorAm          G+G        FF
Played that scene a hundred times to date

    C majorC       FF
Today's ambition, to relate
   A minorAm     G+G     FF
In a sustaining saccharine state
       C majorC      E minorEm
Impart the burden and get well
      A minorAm    G+G    A minorAm
It's what everyone's trying to sell

A minorAm  E minorEm  C majorC  G+G  E minorEm
A minorAm  E minorEm  C majorC

  G+G     E minorEm     FF
Anything you want it to be
      C majorC       E minorEm Em/GEm/G
Weigh the screenplay and revise
A minorAm  G+G FF       C majorC
Warp, warp, warp with the contortionist
  E minorEm  Em/GEm/G   A minorAm    G+G   C majorC
So hopelessly ill-fated everyday

       E minorEm
He will stay inside
   FF
The doomed
      A minorAm  G+G   C majorC
It's a good morning to loom
       E minorEm
They will inspire him
   FF  A minorAm     G+G    A minorAm
The saved Innocently filling graves