Hinge Of The Year Ukulele chords by Emily Portman

🎸 Intro:

G  D  A  G  D  C



🎸 Verse 1:

G
After a heady night out on the tiles
                             D          G
As the the nightclubs spill onto the street
        Em                  B            Em
There's vodka and wine and blood in the gutters
        D                          D7
The drunkards they mutter unsteady on their feet
D                      G
Wouldn't it be fine to climb up on the roof
         C                        D              B
See the lights of the city spread out like a galaxy
Em                         B      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                                C          G
Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around
         G                       C                     G          C
One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer
Am                D              Em
Might make these swirling lights clearer
                       Am         D
Might just topple this fear
       D7                        G
As the hinge of the year swings around

C  G  C  Gm C


🎸 Verse 2:
              G
Searching for proof that these feathers are no flight of fancy
D    Bm            G
For they've never been flown
       Em                 B              Em
Been hiding them under my coat all the winter
     D                  D7
But lately how they've grown
            G                 Gm                  G
And so have I, shot up like a weed through the concrete
        C                     D                    B
I'm sweeter than honey mead, that's what they tell me
   Em                    B7                       Am     C
I make them so heady, a little unsteady on their feet
D7
Until they run from me


🎸 Chorus:

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

Em B7 B Em B Am B Em B Em Am
D Dm Bm C Am
D G Dm C G


🎸 Verse 3:

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


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