After Dark chords by Katie Costello

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD  Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD  Gmaj7Gmaj7

Verse 1:
D MajorD               Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Writing a letter to you like you're a foreign pen pal
D MajorD                 Gmaj7Gmaj7
Talking to you like I've never not known you
D MajorD                 Gmaj7Gmaj7
Smiling at you with my heart nailed shut
D MajorD            Gmaj7Gmaj7
Time-induced-healing has not been enough

Pre-Chorus:
 E minorEm         F#F#
I swear you'd always need me
 B minorBm        G#m7-5
I swear you'd always see me
    E minorEm  F#F#              B minorBm  A augmentedA
As the same blood that runs through your veins

Chorus:
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD F#m7F#m7        B minorBm
Don't come looking for me after dark
 B7B7       Em/B B7B7 E minorEm    G minorGm        D MajorD
I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD  F#m7F#m7       B minorBm
Roots of the ancient tree have changed
 B7B7         Em/B   B7B7       E minorEm G minorGm      D MajorD  Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD  Gmaj7Gmaj7
I can't make out your face and what you're saying sounds the same

Verse 2:
D MajorD              Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Hanging photo examples of golden moments
D MajorD                 Gmaj7Gmaj7
Your memory left in pages I wrote things down
D MajorD           Gmaj7Gmaj7
Fizzy telephone calls generous to silence
D MajorD             Gmaj7Gmaj7
Empty spaces and forgotten traces of you

Pre-Chorus:
 E minorEm         F#F#
I swear you'd always need me
 B minorBm        G#m7-5
I swear you'd always see me
    E minorEm  F#F#              B minorBm  A augmentedA
As the same blood that runs through your veins

Chorus:
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD F#m7F#m7        B minorBm
Don't come looking for me after dark
 B7B7       Em/B B7B7 E minorEm    G minorGm        D MajorD
I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD  F#m7F#m7       B minorBm
Roots of the ancient tree have changed
 B7B7         Em/B   B7B7       E minorEm G minorGm      D MajorD
I can't make out your face and what you're saying sounds the same

Bridge:
A augmentedA        E minorEm  F#F#        B minorBm
 You're not dead to me 'cause you'll never be
A augmentedA       E minorEm       F#F#       B minorBm
 You're as close to gone as distance will allow
A augmentedA         E minorEm    F#F#          B minorBm
 Though that might seem fine, you're gone all the time

Chorus:
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD F#m7F#m7        B minorBm
Don't come looking for me after dark
 B7B7       Em/B B7B7 E minorEm    G minorGm        D MajorD
I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD  F#m7F#m7      B minorBm
Roots of the family tree are gone
  B7B7    Em/B   B7B7   E minorEm    G minorGm      D MajorD
It seems so wrong but I can't force someone to change

Outro:
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD Gmaj7Gmaj7        D MajorD
Don't come looking for me after dark
Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD Gmaj7Gmaj7          D MajorD
Don't come looking for me after dark
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD  Gmaj7Gmaj7          D MajorD