How To Rest - The Crane Wives

Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 6th fret Chords relative to capo Am x02210 Cmaj9/B x20010 C x32010 G 320003 Fmaj7 133210 (using your thumb for the low E string – alternatively just play x33210) [Fingerpicking pattern for introduction and first verse] Am Cmaj9/B C e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-----------| G|---2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------------| D|-----2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------| A|-0-------0-------2-------2-------3-------3-------3-------3-----------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro:

Am Cmaj9/B C C Am Cmaj9/B C C Verse 1: Am Cmaj9/B C Go on stack the cinder blocks in a cold sweat Am Cmaj9/B C Build yourself a citadel amid the foothills of regret Am Cmaj9/B C And though you've convinced yourself, you're safe and sound within Am Cmaj9/B C The thing you fear the most never need get in Pre-Chorus: Am Cmaj9/B C 'cause you'll miss the sun The warmth of another's embrace Am Cmaj9/B C You'll need room to run And something to chase Am Cmaj9/B C And that thing you fear will coax you out of that unholy place Am Cmaj9/B C As all you've ever wanted is an escape Chorus: Am G Am G Those of us who vow never to love again, to love again Fmaj7 G C Are making liars out of honest men Am Cmaj9/B It's not something that you put to bed C Hang your head and just forget Am Cmaj9/B C No, love don't know how to rest Am Cmaj9/B C No, love don't know how to rest [Instrumental] Am G Am G Fmaj9 G C C   Verse 2: Am Cmaj9/B C Darling, when you've tired you will see Am Cmaj9/B C There is no safe place, no sanctuary Am Cmaj9/B C It's all just child's play, a game of hide and seek Am Cmaj9/B C Don't make it harder than it has to be Chorus: Am G Am G Those of us who vow never to love again, to love again Fmaj7 G C Are making liars out of honest men Am Cmaj9/B It's not something that you put to bed C Hang your head and just forget Am Cmaj9/B C No, love don't know how to rest Am Cmaj9/B C No, love don't know how to rest [Instrumental] Am G Am G Fmaj9 G C C Verse 3: Am Cmaj9/B C Here's the truest thing I've ever known Am Cmaj9/B C The heart is just a muscle with a rhythm all its own Am Cmaj9/B C It doesn't stop when you decide not to move on Am Cmaj9/B C The heart knows nothing of your love or of your loss Am Cmaj9/B C So life just keeps on ticking by Compelled by instinct to survive Am Cmaj9/B C And love's the only thing worth being alive for Am Cmaj9/B C And love's the only thing worth being alive for Chorus: Am G Am G Those of us who vow never to love again, to love again Fmaj7 G C Are making liars out of honest men Am Cmaj9/B It's not something that you put to bed C Hang your head and just forget Am Cmaj9/B C No, love don't know how to rest Am Cmaj9/B C No, love don't know how to rest Outro: Am G Ooooo Am G (It's okay, it's okay) Fmaj7 G C C Oooo Am G C