Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Novice
Not 100% about the 
A major 6A6 in the chorus, and some of the chords may be more complicated.
Also uncertain about the intro, instrumental and outro so please come with suggestions!
Intro Verse Chorus Instrumental & Outro
Gm: 355333 D: x00232 D: x00232 D: x00232
F#m: x4422x G: 320003 G: 320003 G: 320033 (power)
Gm': 3103xx or 3x03xx D7: x00212 A6: x04220 D': x02003
F#m' 2x02xx Bb: x13331 Bm: 224432 (last chorus) A: x02220
D: 054000 or x00232 Bm: 224432
*The "sad strings" in some of the verses can be played like D MajorD going to a Dsus2/A: x00320
(amount of stars indicate every shift from D MajorD to Dsus2/A)
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Intro:
(I prefer picking all the strings simultaneously instead of strumming)
G minorGm 
F# minorF#m G minorGm F# minorF#m
Gm' F#m' Gm' F#m'
Gm' F#m' D MajorD
Gm' F#m' D MajorD
D MajorD (hold)
Verse 1:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA muffled battle cry across the kitchen table
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA baffling contretemps that shakes the day unstable
D MajorD G+G
Confessions from the cab a habit that I got from dad
D7D7 G+G
The flurry of departure in a cyclone of cologne
Bb majorBb
Would often devastate the gate and hedge
D MajorD
And set our tiny teeth on edge
Bb majorBb
I see it in me now and pledge
D MajorD
To knock it on the head that's what I'll do
D MajorD (hold)
Verse 2:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD * * * *
A augmentedA muffled battle cry across the kitchen table
D MajorD G+G D MajorD * * * *
Bridges up portcullis down and round the Tower of Babel
D MajorD G+G
I'm babbling in my dreams of blue berserkers coming at me
D7D7
Eyes and tongues and rusty knives
G+G
And God almighty laughing at me
Bb majorBb
From a fat boy fishing chair
D MajorD
I wake to find you laughing there
Bb majorBb
It's nice to know how much you care
D MajorD D MajorD D D MajorD D
Decided I should spend my life with you
Chorus:
D MajorD D G+G 
G MajorG A major 6A6 A6
We protect our little fictions
D MajorD D
Like it's all we are
D MajorD D G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6
Little wilderness mementos
D MajorD D
But there's only you and me here
G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6 D MajorD D
Fire breathing
G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6
Hold tight
D MajorD D A major 6A6 A6 
B minorBm Bm A major 6A6 A6 D MajorD D
Waiting for the original miracle
D MajorD (hold)* * * * * * * *
Verse 3:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD * * * *
I'm trying to focus on the issues of the day please
D MajorD G+G D MajorD * * * *
Your paper's upside down The radio's in Chinese
D MajorD G+G
These little tremors that are ripping through our rituals
D7D7
That friction up the interaction
G+G
Emanate from quite the greatest
Bb majorBb
Thing that ever happened to
D MajorD
A augmentedA pair of boozy bowerbirds
Bb majorBb
Like me and you In other words
D MajorD D MajorD D D MajorD D
The alligator pear inside of you
Chorus:
D MajorD D G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6
We protect our little fictions
D MajorD D
When we bow to fear
D MajorD D G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6
Little wilderness mementos
D MajorD D
But there's only you and me here
G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6 D MajorD D
Fire breathing
G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6
Hold tight
D MajorD D A major 6A6 A6 B minorBm Bm A major 6A6 A6 D MajorD D
Waiting for the original miracle
G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6 D MajorD D
Fire breathing
G+G G MajorG A major 6A6 A6
Hold tight
D MajorD D A major 6A6 A6 B minorBm Bm A major 6A6 A6 D MajorD D
Life is the original miracle
A major 6A6 A6 B minorBm Bm A major 6A6 A6 D MajorD D
(only electric guitar & drums)
Instrumental:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
D G+G D MajorD
D' G+G A augmentedA D MajorD (D': x02003)
D' G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Outro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Let's get old
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Dare you now
D' G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Mix blood with me
D' G+G
All in
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Love is the original miracle
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Let's get old
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Dare you now
D' G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Mix blood with me
D' G+G
All in
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Love is the original miracle
A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Love is the original miracle
D* * * * * * * *
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