These Arms chords by Matt Costa

Chords with lyrics

These Arms by Matt Costa
from the album Songs We Sing
and from The Elasmosaurus EP
tabbed by Johannes Hillebrand

the other tabs for this song were all not completely correct.

Tuning: 1/2 step down (i.e. Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)


chords (names relative to tuning):
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DmDm xx0231
A minorAm x02210
Bb majorBb x1333x
C majorC x32010
FF 133211
A7A7 x02223
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[piano intro]
DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC  (x2)


[verse]
    FF        A7A7
With an upwind facing starboard
     Bb majorBb        C majorC
I wasn't sure of where to go
     FF       A7A7
And the salt burns my skin
    Bb majorBb          C majorC
And your eyes were cold as the ocean


[chorus]
FF
This is our day today
DmDm           C majorC
 Won't you find a way back
     Bb majorBb
To these arms


[verse]
     FF         A7A7
And we're bound for where we started
    Bb majorBb            C majorC
With a downwind course through the harbour
    FF     DmDm
And at sunset I was sorry
    C majorC
That this was our day today
Bb majorBb
 This is our day today

[chorus]
FF
Why can't you find a way
DmDm           C majorC
 Won't you find a way back
     Bb majorBb
To these arms
FF
This is our day today
DmDm           C majorC
 Won't you find a way back
     Bb majorBb
To these arms


[interlude]
DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC


[bridge]
      DmDm
And are we bound for where we started
       C majorC              Bb majorBb
'Cause the start is where we're bound to end up
   DmDm
The start is where we're bound
      C majorC             Bb majorBb
And we're bound to end up where the start's at


[verse]
      FF        A7A7
And when twilight turned to darkness
    Bb majorBb         C majorC
I wasn't sure of where to go
     FF       A7A7
And the salt burns my skin
    Bb majorBb          C majorC
And your eyes were cold as the ocean


[chorus]
FF
This is our day today
DmDm           C majorC
 Won't you find a way back
     Bb majorBb
To these arms
FF
Why can't you find a way
DmDm           C majorC  Bb majorBb
 Won't you find a way back
FF
This is our day today
DmDm           C majorC
 Won't you find a way back
     Bb majorBb
Find a way back


[post-chorus]
DmDm     A minorAm   Bb majorBb C majorC
  Find a way back   (x4)


[outro]
DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC