Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: B minorBm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
Bm D MajorD B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
Bm F# minorF#m D MajorD F#7F#7
B minorBm G6G6 F#7F#7 B minorBm
Verse 1:
B minorBm E minorEm
An empty road and a rusted sky
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
An abandoned mardi gras
B minorBm D MajorD
You led me to a mountaintop
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
So I could see it all
B minorBm F# minorF#m D MajorD
Your salty kiss, you promised this
F#7F#7
That I could have you all
B minorBm G6G6
And now with you here by my side
F#7F#7 B minorBm
I will never fall
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
So show me where it hurts
B minorBm D MajorD
I'll kiss it so it don't get any worse
G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA ticker tape parade, the traffic barricades
B minorBm D MajorD
Waiting on a long motorcade
G+G E minorEm
I will be the car and all the bodyguards
B minorBm D MajorD
I will be the silence in your eyes
G+G E minorEm
I will be your aid, I will serenade
F#7F#7
I will be your motorcade
Break:
B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
Bm D MajorD B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
Verse 2:
B minorBm E minorEm
An effigy of Maximon
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
I've come to make my wish
B minorBm D MajorD
A augmentedA hole was drilled, where his mouth was filled
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
with wine and cigarettes
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA muggy night, a fire bright
F#7F#7
and a reggae band plays "Israelites"
B minorBm G6G6
You on my arm, Your addictive charms
F#7F#7 B minorBm
You're like heroin to me tonight
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
So show me where it hurts
B minorBm D MajorD
I'll kiss it so it don't get any worse
G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA ticker tape parade, the traffic barricades
B minorBm D MajorD
Waiting on a long motorcade
G+G E minorEm
I will be the car and all the bodyguards
B minorBm D MajorD
I will be the silence in your eyes
G+G E minorEm
I will be your aid, I will serenade
F#7F#7
I will be your motorcade
Instrumental:
B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
Bm D MajorD B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
Bm A augmentedA D MajorD F#7F#7
B minorBm G6G6 F#7F#7 B minorBm
Verse 3:
B minorBm E minorEm
The driver veers, grinds the gears
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
The sky is dripping red
B minorBm D MajorD
You scratch your last, minute vows
B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm
in an old cigar box lid
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Night falls, the engine stalls
F#7F#7
in this Guatemala chicken bus
B minorBm G6G6
They took it all, my watch, our rings,
F#7F#7 B minorBm
but they were simply things to us
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
So show me where it hurts
B minorBm D MajorD
I'll kiss it so it don't get any worse
G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA ticker tape parade, the traffic barricades
B minorBm D MajorD
Waiting on a long motorcade
G+G E minorEm
I will be the car and all the bodyguards
B minorBm D MajorD
I will be the stillness in your fear
G+G E minorEm
I will be your aid, I will serenade
F#7F#7
I will be your motorcade
Outro:
B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm