Ambition chords by David Mallett

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD x2

Verse:
   G+G    C majorC        D MajorD
Desperation, I know you oh too well,
 G+G      E minorEm
A augmentedA sister to my saddened heart,
  C majorC        D MajorD
The bride of my own hell.

Chorus:
   G+G         C majorC         D MajorD
But ambition, you're my best friend and my worst,
      G+G        C majorC
'Cause you lead me to that fallowed field,
   D MajorD       G+G
That cut me like a curse.

G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD x2

Verse:
  G+G       C majorC       D MajorD
Intuition, are my senses growin' dim,
G+G         E minorEm
Backed up in this corner now,
C majorC       D MajorD
With no way to win.

Chorus:
   G+G         C majorC         D MajorD
But ambition, you're my best friend and my worst,
      G+G        C majorC
'Cause you lead me to that fallowed field,
   D MajorD       G+G
That cut me like a curse.

Bridge:
 D MajorD        C majorC       G+G
Seclusion, I spend too much time alone,
      C majorC      G+G
And as the water to the fisherman,
  G+G       D MajorD
The hammer to the stone.

Chorus:
 G+G         C majorC         D MajorD
Ambition, you're my best friend and my worst,
      G+G        C majorC
'Cause you lead me to that fallowed field,
   D MajorD       G+G
That cut me like a curse.

G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD x2

Verse:
   G+G      C majorC       D MajorD
Inspiration, you used to come around,
  G+G      E minorEm
And I was always waitin' there,
C majorC         D MajorD
When the sun went down.

Verse:
 G+G        C majorC         D MajorD
Religion, don't forget your blue eyed boy,
  G+G         C majorC
Who wrestles with the angels,
  D MajorD         G+G
Who claim the blood is yours.

Bridge:
  D MajorD     C majorC          G+G
Invitation, I have had them all before,
     C majorC          G+G
From the smilin' man with the greasy hand,
    G+G       D MajorD
To the empty hearted whore.

Chorus:
   G+G         C majorC         D MajorD
But ambition, you're my best friend and my worst,
      G+G        C majorC
'Cause you lead me to that fallowed field,
   D MajorD       G+G
That cut me like a curse.

G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD x2

Outro:
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
(repeat and fade)