The Recluse chords by Cursive

Chords with lyrics

I wanted to make a more melodic chord progression than what was already on here, one that you
can play with the original song, instead of the acoustic version. This is what I came up
with. Hope you enjoy!


  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm   G minorGm  B minorBm  Dm7#5  FF
E MajorE|----(3)---(2)---(3)---(6)---------(1)----|
BB|----(3)----3-----3-----6-----3-----1-----|
G+G|-----3-----2-----3-----7-----5-----2-----|
D MajorD|-----5-----3-----5-----8-----3-----3-----|
A augmentedA|-----6-----------5-----8-----5-----3-----|
E MajorE|----------------(3)---(6)---------(1)----|

For the intro, I like to play these chords through the progression:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 , DmDm , G minorGm , B minorBm
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 , DmDm , G minorGm , FF

 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm
I wake  alone,
   G minorGm       B minorBm
in a woman's room I hardly know.
 EMaj7Emaj7 DmDm      G minorGm       B minorBm
I wake alone- and pretend that I am finally home.
  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm        G minorGm    B minorBm
The room is littered with her books and notebooks.
  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm          G minorGm       B minorBm
I imagine  what they say, like, 'Shoo fly, don't bother me,'


  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7       DmDm       G minorGm
And I can hardly get myself out of her bed.
B minorBm     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7   DmDm      G minorGm
for fear of never lying in this bed again.
        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7#5  G minorGm  FF    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7#5   Gmin
Oh Christ, I'm not   that   desperate. oh no- oh God-  I am.


Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      DmDm       G minorGm     B minorBm
    How'd I end up here to begin with? I don't know.
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      DmDm         G minorGm
    Why do I start what I can't finish?
  B minorBm        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      DmDm      Gmin       B minorBm
Oh please, don't barrage me with the questions to all those ugly answers.
  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    DmDm        G minorGm       B minorBm
My ego's like my stomach- it keeps shitting what I feed it.
  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7        DmDm     G minorGm    B minorBm
But maybe I don't want to finish anything anymore..
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7       DmDm      G minorGm     B minorBm
maybe I can wait in bed 'til she comes home. and whispers.


Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm  G minorGm FF   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm   G minorGm             FF
"you're in my web now - I've  come to wrap you up tight 'til it's time to bite down."


 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm
I wake  alone,
   G minorGm       B minorBm
in a woman's room I hardly know.
 EMaj7Emaj7 DmDm      G minorGm       B minorBm
I wake alone- and pretend that I am finally home.

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 DmDm G minorGm B minorBm

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