Possibility Days chords by Counting Crows

Chords with lyrics

I got a bunch of requests for this song, so here it is. It's simpler than it sounds
actually even though it
is Charlie playing the piano.

You will notice that the intro is repeated at the end of each chorus, until the last
few. Also, the Cmaj7Cmaj7
from the intro is sometimes used in the verse in place of C, but that's really just
improvisational. Sounds
great of course, but it's not necessary.

There is one moment in the first pre-chorus where the mandola plays an A8 (octave), but
for the rest of the
song that part is played as a D. That octave also sounds good as a 5th if you feel so
inclined (I think it's
easier). It makes for a slightly jarring transition, but it makes it quite satisfying
when the song falls
into the predicted I-V-VI-IV pattern.

Capo 3

Intro:

E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G

E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7

Verse 1:

   E minorEm   C majorC   G+G
Was a cold 3 AM at JFK
      E minorEm        C majorC     G+G
I guess you stayed cause you wanted to stay
         E minorEm   C majorC     G+G
And we went from zero to everything all in a day
     E minorEm   C majorC    G+G
And then Kennedy took you away

Pre-chorus 1:

        G+G          A8
I thought of a short road that was keeping you warm
    E minorEm            C majorC
And the moments that make up your life till you wake up
  G+G           D MajorD
You sit on a swing and you talk with the girl
  E minorEm           C majorC
She tells you she wanted to kiss you

Chorus 1:

(C majorC)
And you know that
  G+G              D MajorD
The worst part of a good day is hearing yourself say
  E minorEm          C majorC
Goodbye to one more possibility day
    E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
It goes on
   E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
And on...

Verse 2:

   E minorEm      C majorC      G+G
I go west but your weather has changed
      E minorEm      C majorC      G+G
You're just scared, I mistake it for strange
          E minorEm       C majorC     G+G
When you want me to leave then you start to believe I should stay
 E minorEm    C majorC    G+G
I gotta get out of L.A.

Pre-chorus 2:

         G+G       D MajorD
It seems like the short days are over
           E minorEm            C majorC
Cause you just don?t sleep in the daylight, so I don?t sit up nights
 G+G         D MajorD
I lie on my back on top of the hill
     E minorEm          C majorC
And your body is breaking the sky 'cause you're shaking

Chorus 2:

    G+G              D MajorD
And the worst part of a good day is knowing it's slipping
 E minorEm            C majorC
Away, that's one more possibility day
   E minorEm  G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
It's gone.

E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7

Verse 3:

    E minorEm     C majorC      G+G
We were waiting for winter this year
    E minorEm     C majorC    G+G
But you came and it never appeared
          E minorEm    C majorC      G+G
Me and you we know too many reasons for people and seasons
   E minorEm       C majorC      G+G
That pass like they weren't even here

Verse 4:

  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G
Now living in smiles is better you say
  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G
We carry the burdens of all of our days
  E minorEm            C majorC    G+G
So scared that you?ll leave, you?re scared that I'll stay
    E minorEm   C majorC   G+G
It's an impossibility day
    E minorEm    C majorC      G+G
And we only saw half the ballet

Pre-chorus 3:

    G+G      D MajorD
I said good night, goodbye
       E minorEm               C majorC
Seems like a good thing, so you know it's a good lie
    G+G           D MajorD
You can run out of choices and still hear a voice in your
E minorEm            C majorC
Head when you?re lying in bed

Chorus 3:

(C majorC)
And it says that
  G+G             D MajorD
The best part of a bad day is knowing it's ok
  E minorEm         C majorC
The color of everything changes
      G+G              D MajorD
The sky rearranges its shade, and the smile doesn?t fade
     E minorEm            C majorC
Into the phone call and one bad decision we made

Chorus 4:

    G+G                D MajorD
And the worst part of a good day is the one thing you don?t say
  E minorEm             C majorC
And you don?t know how but you wish there was some way
    G+G              D MajorD
So you pull down the shades, and you shut out the light
    E minorEm            C majorC
Because somehow we mixed up "goodbye" and "goodnight

Chorus 5:

    G+G             D MajorD
And the one thing you don't say is everyone knows
   E minorEm        C majorC
Possibility days are impossible
      E minorEm  G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
It just feels wrong
 E minorEm  G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
So wrong...
     E minorEm  G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
Now you're gone
   E minorEm  D/F#D/F# C majorC FF
Long gone...

G+G


Chords:

Intro/Verse
E minorEm      022000
G+G      320003
Cmaj7Cmaj7    X32000
C majorC      X32010

Pre-chorus/Chorus
A8      X0X2XX
(A5A5)     X022XX
D MajorD      XX0232
D/F#D/F#     2X0232