Chords with lyrics
capo 3rd
Intro: C majorC FF C majorC FF
Verse 1:
C majorC C7C7
Saturday morning a while before daylight I’m
FF C majorC
Lying here hoping for rain
G minorGm FF C majorC
By tomorrow I could be anywhere
C majorC G minorGm
Passing streetcars alive without breathing
FF C majorC
I’m lost in the city again
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Without a purpose I can’t believe anything
Pre-Chorus:
FF A minorAm
And I know it’s not my place
G+G C majorC
To be asking these questions
FF C majorC
but I can’t just chase
Bb majorBb FF
every world that I see because
Chorus:
C majorC FF
This isn’t real life
C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm
This isn’t happening
DmDm A minorAm
Seems so believable
G+G C majorC
But it’s not the real thing
FF C majorC
This isn’t real life
G+G E minorEm A minorAm
It’s just some enormous lie
DmDm FF G+G C majorC
And I know I’ll be fine this isn’t real life
Verse 2: (see above chords)
Such a mystery
A minorAm I supposed to believe these illusions are real
Out of focus, step out of character
Into a world I can feel
Maybe it’s only a sense of propriety
Keeping us grounded at all
Or we’d run screaming
Into the morning and out of control
Pre-Chorus 2:
G+G FF C majorC G+G
Maybe I can find some piece of a world I can handle
E minorEm FF G+G
Or a common line, any one sign
E7E7 A augmentedA
All a part of me
Chorus 2:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
This isn’t real life
E MajorE C#m9C#m9
This isn’t happening
F# minorF#m B minorBm
Seems so believable
F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA
But it’s not the real thing
DmDm A augmentedA
This isn’t real life
E MajorE C#m9C#m9
It’s just an enormous lie
F# minorF#m B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE
And we’ll be fine if we can find a real life
Outro:
F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
Intro:
F#F# F#F# F#F# F#F# F#F# F#...
Bagpipes:
F#F# F#F# B minorBm B minorBm E MajorE E MajorE B minorBm B minorBm x2
F#F# G+G A augmentedA F#F# G+G A augmentedA
Verse 1:
BB
Listen
G+G C majorC BB
The world is listening in
G+G F#F#
Every name and number
BB G+G C majorC BB
Suddenly I can’t believe my eyes
G+G A augmentedA F#F# G+G A augmentedA F#F# G+G A augmentedA
We’re gonna need those alibis
BB G+G C majorC BB
Hoping it all just fades away
G+G F#F#
Maybe they’re all just paper
BB G+G C majorC BB
Airplanes and imaginary cries
G+G A7A7
They’re not your neighbour
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G
We all have our alibis
D MajorD G+G
We’ve got our reasons and our reasonable words
A augmentedA G+G
But we all just hide our eyes and make believe we never heard
F# minorF#m
And when the sirens rise
G+G A augmentedA
We’re gonna need those alibis
Bagpipes 2: F#F# F#F# B minorBm B minorBm E MajorE E MajorE B minorBm B minorBm
F#F# G+G A augmentedA F#F# G+G A augmentedA
Vs. 2
BB G+G C majorC BB
Helpless and hopeless on the screen
G+G F#F#
Maybe another channel
BB G+G C majorC
Might change the dialogue
BB G+G A7A7
To talk about it doesn’t hurt at all
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G
We all have our alibis
D MajorD G+G
We’ve got our reasons and our reasonable words
A augmentedA G+G
We talk and talk as though there’s nothing to it
F# minorF#m
We can change it all
G+G A7A7
As long as we don’t have to do it
D MajorD G+G
We all have our alibis
D MajorD
We’ve got our reasons and we
G+G
Lie and lie and lie
D MajorD G+G
We all have our alibis
D MajorD
We’ve got our reasons
G+G
We’ve got our reasons
A augmentedA G+G
And if we’re not afraid to fall
A augmentedA G+G
We’re not listening at all
F# minorF#m
And when the silence fills the sky
G+G A7A7
We're gonna need those alibis
Outro: D MajorD
What does it matter if they're all lies