Hinge Of The Year chords by Emily Portman

🎸 Intro:

G  Bm  G7  C  Cmaj7   Am7  G  Bm  G7  C   Cmaj7  Am7



🎸 Verse 1:
G        Bm          G           Bm
After a heady night out on the tiles
            G         Bm           G          Bm
As the  nightclubs spill onto the street
         Em                 B7            Em
There's vodka and wine and blood in the gutters
Em     D               D7
The drunkards they mutter unsteady on their feet
                 G       Bm   G
Wouldn't it be fine to climb up on the roof
         C                        D              B7
See the lights of the city spread out like a galaxy
Em                       B7       Em
And with a little Dutch courage inside of me
D             D7
I'll take a leap of faith in search of proof

🎸 Chorus:
G      D            Em           C           G
Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around
     Bm           G7             C              G                C        Cm7
One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer
Am7                D7              Em
Might bring these swirling lights clearer
                        Am7
Might just topple this fear
                          D7       G
As the hinge of the year swings around

🎸 Instrumental:
G  Bm  G7  C  Cmaj7   Am7  G  Bm  G7  C   Cmaj7  Am7

🎸 Verse 2:
 G              Bm
Searching for proof that these
              G         Bm            G
That these feathers are no flight of fancy
Bm                     G
For they've never been flown
       Em                  B7           Em
Been hiding them under my coat all the winter
Am7        D7
But lately how they've grown

  G                       Gm7                G
So have I, shot up like a weed through the concrete
       C          Am7          D               B7
I'm sweeter than honey mead, that's what they tell me
Em                        B7                      Am7
I make them so heady, a little unsteady on their feet
C          D7
Until they run from me

🎸 Chorus:
G      D            Em           C           G
Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around
     Bm           G7             C              G                C        Cm7
One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer
Am7                D7              Em
Might bring these swirling lights clearer
Em                       Am7  D7
Might just topple this fear
                          C       Em
As the hinge of the year swings around

🎸 Instrumental:
B Em  B Em  Am  B  Em  B7  Em  C  Am  D7
G  Bm  G7  C  Cmaj7   Am7  G  Bm  G7  C   Cmaj7  Am7

🎸 Verse 3:
G           Bm       G            Bm
I won't be anyone's stone carved angel
       G         D          G
I'm gristle and feather and bone
Em          G       Ebdim      Em7
I won't be anyone's bird in a cage
     Adim          Em
No freakshow on a stage
     D       C
So leave me alone
    G        Bm                     G
I knew I was different ever since I hatched out
     C               Am7        D            B7
And I don't need to stumble on rooftops and shout

🎸 Chorus:
G      D            Em           C           G
Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around
     Bm           G7             C              G                C        Cm7
One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer
Am7                D7              Em
Might bring these swirling lights clearer
                        Am7  D7
Might just topple this fear
                          C       Em
As the hinge of the year swings around

🎸 Chorus:
G      D            Em           C           G
Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around
     Bm           G7             C              G                C        Cm7
One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer
Am7                D7              Em
Might bring these swirling lights clearer
                        Am7  D7
Might just topple this fear
                          C       Em
As the hinge of the year swings around
D7                                                        G
I'll take my first footing and part with my old friend the ground