Chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 🎸 Intro: DmDm C majorC 🎸 Verse 1: DmDm Here and there and gone again Firefly juice on your skin C majorC You're glowing like an atom bomb This natural thing that you've undone DmDm Outgrew older sister's clothes again Won't admit you're growing tall and thin C majorC You like your body pulling at the seams You're not prepared for what the future brings DmDm Curse words and empty cups Cracked blacktop curling up C majorC Heatwave by midday G+G Heat lightning on a summer night DmDm And I remember when you used to call Holed up in the closet in the hall C majorC Scared you wouldn't live to forty-five The same age as your father when he died G+G You'd say, "We need to talk FF Sneak out, meet me on your block" A minorAm I'd sit by you, silent on the curb C majorC What to say when there is not a word? DmDm Spell broke at daybreak Light another candle on the cake C majorC Cartwheel and a broken wrist (DmDm) Skin scarred and sun-kissed
🎸 Interlude: DmDm C majorC x3 🎸 Verse 2: DmDm When you told me 'bout your first time The soccer player at the senior high C majorC I felt my body crumple to the floor Betrayal like I'd never felt before DmDm I thought back to many years ago A augmentedA late-night promise on the telephone C majorC We'd build a house of twigs and vines Grow old together just to pass the time G+G Now there's only past and present day FF I can't believe a word you say A minorAm The future isn't worth its weight in gold C majorC E minorEm G+G The future is a benevolent black hole
Other versions of Cartwheel
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Cartwheel by Lucy Dacus
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