Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (EÂ AÂ DÂ GÂ BÂ E)
🎸 Intro:
G+G (4x)
G+G GM7 G7G7 Cadd9Cadd9 (2x)
🎸 Verse:
G+G GM7
The air is visible around you, rising up and off your lips
G7G7 Cadd9Cadd9
In slow currents, and I watch as your face is framed in its
G+G GM7
Slow currents, drifting curls, a trailing path
G7G7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
A augmentedA long drag becomes a tress of blue and ash
🎸 Chorus:
Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7
If it is born in flames, then we should let it burn
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Burn as brightly as we can
Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7
And if it’s got to end, then let it end in flames
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Let it burn all the way down
🎸 Verse:
G+G
The air is visceral around us
GM7 G7G7
Turning in its simple steps on slow currents
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G GM7 G7G7
And I watch as it pirouettes and spins in slow motion
Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7
A augmentedA long drag becomes a slow dance
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
In a halo of ember
🎸 Chorus:
Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7
If it is born in flames, then we should let it burn
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Burn as brightly as we can
Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7
And if it’s got to end, then let it end in flames
Cadd9Cadd9 Am7Am7 F#F#
Let it burn all the way down
🎸 Bridge:
G+G
All the way down
F#F#
And if this is ever meant to end
G+G
Then I hope it ends where it began
F#F#
So hot with love, we burned our hands
G+G
If this is ever meant to end
F#F#
Then I hope it ends where it began
Cadd9Cadd9 Am7Am7 F#F# G+G
So hot with love, it burns our hands
🎸 Chorus:
Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7
If it is born in flames, then we should let it burn
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Burn as brightly as we can
Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7
And if it’s got to end, then let it end in flames
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Let it burn
Cadd9Cadd9
(Let it burn)
🎸 Outro:
E minor 7Em7
If it’s got to end
Cadd9Cadd9
(Let it burn)
G+G
If it’s got to end
Cadd9Cadd9
(Let it burn)
E minor 7Em7
It ends where it began
Cadd9Cadd9 Am7Am7 G+G
So hot with love, it burns our hands
🎸 Outro:
G+G