Reality chords by Car Seat Headrest

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

Intro:

G Em Am C G

Verse 1:
    G
You did what you saw in the movies
    Em
Someone put you under a spell
   Am                      C
In some world it is always happening
         G
The next morning, everything went to hell

Verse 2:
          G
And I play back the tapes as often as I can
               Em
But we weren't meant to have memories this long
    Am                        C
The pictures degrade into snowflakes, dancing
    G
Any answer I hoped for is gone

Instrumental:
G Em Am C G

Verse 3:
         G
And that must be what drove them all crazy
              Em
They were the first ones allowed to grow old
    Am                             C
The spark goes, but the body keeps living
              G
You kiss your children, but they just feel the cold

Verse 4:
       G
And it just slipped away on one morning
              Em
And when they woke up they found it was gone
     Am                            C
They still sang the songs and made marry
         G
But deep down, they knew something was wrong

Chorus 1:
G
So they called me up, said "it's not enough
   C                    Am
We needed new things to feel
C                     D
Dead memories and the color of grief
          Am
Won't you help us to make it real "
          G
Well, if you can take me when the mountains break
        C                   Am
And the sea swallows up the sky
        C                         D
You can ride on me, I'll take you beyond belief
       Am
I will show you the reason why

Solo:
G Em Am C G

Verse 5:
    G
And in the best scene of the movie
     Em
I am driving a car that won't stop
   Am                         C
Distracted for sure, fighting some psychic war
   G
We all were too wasted to stop

Verse 6:
               G
You said you'd take me away on a starship
          Em
But baby, why'd you have to wait so long?
        Am
In the transept, in the apse
       C
In a selfish moment's lapse
         G
I fell asleep waiting for that far-off song

Chorus 2:
        G                      Gmaj7
So they gave it up, said "it's all too much
        C                         Am
I can't take it if this is how it feels"
        C                   D
Got to pay the piper, hire another writer
   Am
To tell you what is real
       G                           Gmaj7
But if you could take me when the mountains break
        C                    Am
And the sky spells satanic designs
        C                   D
You can call me up, I will call your bluff
            Am
And you can finally lose your mind

Instrumental:
G D Gsus4 G Gsus2 G Am C Am C

Verse 7:
G                    D
 I was warned of all this
       Gsus4          G
Didn't listen, didn't listen
Gsus2                     G
Please wake up, I need to talk to you right now

Am C Am C

Verse 8:
G                    D
 I got bored of all this
           Gsus4          G
And didn't listen, didn't listen
Gsus2                     G                             Am C Am C
Muttering BLID to get me through the next twelve minutes

Verse 9:
G                         D             Gsus4
 I caught a glimpse of myself and fell right in
       G
I fell right in
Gsus2                      G
Didn't know that there was only one way out
Am C
     (Stage rest)
Am C
     (No, stage left)
Am C
     (No, stage right)
Am C
     (No, stage left)
Am C
     (No, stage right)
Am C
     (No, stage left)
Am C
     (No, stage right)

Am C Am C Am C

Outro:
Am C  Am                    C                   Am C Am
Oh-oh-oh
hold onto this thread and don't look back
               C                     Am C Am
Hold onto this thread and don't look back
               C                     Am C Am
Hold onto this thread and don't look back
               C
Hold onto this thread-
    Am
The earth fell out from under me
        C
And the earth fell out from under me
        Am
And the earth fell out from under me
        C
And the earth fell out from under me
        Am
And the earth fell out from under me
        C
And the earth fell out from under me
        Am
And the earth fell out from under me
        C
And the earth fell out from under me
        Am
And the earth fell out from under me
        C
And the earth fell out from under me
        Am
And the earth fell out from under me
        C
And the earth fell out from under me
        Am
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me)
        C
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me)
        Am
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me)
        C
And the earth fell out from under me (Earth fell out from under me)