Jailbirds chords by Cold War Kids

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Verse 1:
C# minorC#m          BB     A augmentedA
The sun is rising so late, it's early
C# minorC#m            BB   A augmentedA
I have spread myself too thin again
C# minorC#m            BB   A augmentedA
The guest of honor at my guilty party
C# minorC#m            BB     A augmentedA
Me and this silence have become old friends


🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA         E MajorE    BB
Father make believe for your daughters
A augmentedA         E MajorE   BB
Mother take it easy on your sons
A augmentedA          E MajorE    BB
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
F# minorF#m            A augmentedA   BB
But for now you've got to keep them young

🎸 Instrumental:
C# minorC#m

🎸 Verse 2:
C# minorC#m      BB   A augmentedA
My solitude it makes me softer
C# minorC#m   BB   A augmentedA
My suffering is not in vain
C# minorC#m          BB    A augmentedA
My depression sings, "how much longer
C# minorC#m           BB
Will I have to wait to see a world free from pain "

🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA         E MajorE    BB
Father make believe for your daughters
A augmentedA         E MajorE   BB
Mother take it easy on your sons
A augmentedA          E MajorE    BB
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
F# minorF#m            A augmentedA   BB
But for now you've got to keep them young

🎸 Chorus:
(only strum each chords once for the first two lines)
A augmentedA         E MajorE    BB
Father make believe for your daughters
A augmentedA         E MajorE   BB
Mother take it easy on your sons
A augmentedA          E MajorE    BB
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
F# minorF#m            A augmentedA   BB
But for now you've got to keep them young
A augmentedA         E MajorE    BB
Father make believe for your daughters
A augmentedA         E MajorE   BB
Mother take it easy on your sons
A augmentedA          E MajorE    BB
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
F# minorF#m            A augmentedA   BB
But for now you've got to keep them young