Chords with lyrics
This is my favorite of the singles we've heard from "Pure Comedy" so far, so I figured
I'd take a minute to transcribe the chords.
In typical Josh fashion, the guitar is in D MajorD tuning (DGCFAD). There are a couple times
in the song where it sounds like he might even be downtuned to Db, but I haven't seen him
FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 F7F7 Bb majorBb
_xooo_ _xooo_ x_ooo_ x__o_o
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F/AF/A G minorGm Gm7Gm7 Abdim7Abdim7
x_oo_o xo___o xo___o x__o_x
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DmDm Eb MajorEb A minorAm Dbmaj-5
o__ooo ______ x_____ x____x
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DbDb G7G7 C majorC AbAb
x_____ xo_o_o x_o___ x_____
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[Intro]
The intro is the same chord sequence as the chorus. I like to accent my strumming in a
way that mimics the high notes of the piano part. On the second FF in the sequence, try
moving your pinky up to the fifth fret of the high D MajorD string (3x0005) and back down to
the third fret (3x0003) in order to follow the piano. Throughout the song, I also alternate
between G minorGm and Gm7Gm7 (which I've marked in parentheses) toward the end of phrases in order
to get the higher F-note of the keys, even though it sounds like Josh plays it as a
straight Gm.
FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 F7F7 FF Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm Abdim7Abdim7 G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
[Verse 1]
FF DmDm Eb MajorEb G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
Naturally the dying man wonders to himself:
FF DmDm Eb MajorEb G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
Has commentary been more lucid than anybody else?
A minorAm F7F7
And had he successively beaten back the rising tide
DmDm Dbmaj-5
Of idiots, dilettantes, and fools
Abdim7Abdim7 G minorGm
On his watch while he was alive
FF Abdim7Abdim7 DbDb DmDm
Lord, just a little more time
[Chorus 1]
FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 F7F7 FF
Oh, in no time at all
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm
This'll be the distant past
G7G7 G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
Ooh
[Verse 2]
FF DmDm Eb MajorEb G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
So says the dying man once I'm in the box
FF DmDm Eb MajorEb G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
Just think of all the overrated hacks running amok
A minorAm F7F7
And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked
DmDm Dbmaj-5
The homophobes, hipsters, and 1%
Abdim7Abdim7 G minorGm
The false feminists he'd managed to detect
FF Abdim7Abdim7 DbDb DmDm
Oh, who will critique them once he's left?
[Chorus 2]
FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 F7F7 FF
Oh, in no time at all
Bb majorBb F/AF/A C majorC
This'll be the distant past
[Bridge]
AbAb C majorC FF Bb majorBb
What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze
G minorGm C majorC FF Bb majorBb
The world made in his image as of yet to realize
DmDm G minorGm C majorC
What a mess to leave behind
[Verse 3]
FF DmDm Eb MajorEb G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
Eventually the dying man takes his final breath
FF DmDm Eb MajorEb G minorGm (Gm7Gm7)
But first checks his news feed to see what he's 'bout to miss
A minorAm F7F7
And it occurs to him a little late in the game
DmDm Dbmaj-5
We leave as clueless as we came
Abdim7Abdim7 G minorGm
From rented heavens to the shadows in the cave
FF Abdim7Abdim7 DbDb DmDm
We'll all be wrong someday
[Outro]
While Josh sings the "Oh oh oh" bit and the choir comes in, just repeat this sequence
until the end of the song: