Loneliness chords by Flobots

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Main Chords:
Dm, C, Em, A minorAm

Verse 1:
DmDm
A augmentedA flicker of a light in an empty home
C majorC
Bickering at night and you end up cold
E minorEm
I wanna let the right brain retain control
A minorAm
The rhyme inspires most when it's 5 minutes old
DmDm
There's a feeling that I get when it's sad and it's grey
C majorC
Reminds me of times way back in the day
E minorEm
They wouldn't call me back, they didn't wanna play
I ask my stepmother if it ever goes away
DmDm
So I'm sending you a message with text
C majorC
That doesn't really say it's an SOS
E minorEm
Yes so I guess that I press those numbers
A minorAm
To summon for a presto, grow less number
DmDm
Looking forwards I spring into summer
C majorC
And wonder if you would lay around like lumber
E minorEm
And supports me like a funder
Paying attention to my pain and tension
DmDm
We all have forces pulling us under
C majorC
But somewhere beneath this world torn asunder
E minorEm
We smell the storm before the thunder
A minorAm
And bring angles down to earth like sunder

Dm, C majorC

E minorEm                      A minorAm
And when it bursts, the loneliness hurts like hunger

Chorus:
       DmDm               C majorC
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
       E minorEm               A minorAm
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
       DmDm               C majorC
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
       E minorEm               A minorAm
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?

Verse 2:
DmDm
Where did my joy go?
C majorC
I'm chewin' at its vapors
E minorEm
Hiding from the light
           A minorAm
With this basement as my base
DmDm
The opposite of a smiling face
C majorC
I pile on disgraces
              E minorEm
Say amazing grace
                A minorAm
To chase down whatever this taste is
DmDm
I'm a tweeter with a blown cone
C majorC
Wonder where the bass is
E minorEm
Drawn to you on a path of penciled promises
A minorAm
Found my feet inside erasers
DmDm           C majorC
Praises to Rafael and St. Rita
E minorEm
Try to breathe and gasp
A minorAm
Try to seize and grasp, and breathe my last
DmDm                            C majorC
Don't even ask if you can counsel me
      E minorEm
I'm a lone wolf so I wear wolf wear wool
A minorAm
Like lycanthropy
        DmDm
Cut connections with irreverence
   C majorC
I slither in and sever us
   E minorEm
I wanna be the boy who lived
     A minorAm
But never have no trust to give
DmDm
I must admit through busted lips
     C majorC
I've sunken ships and rusted bridges
E minorEm
Cut slow to the quick
    A minorAm
And lost myself to split decisions
     DmDm
Multiply by my divisions
C majorC
Round down for the placement
DmDm
Who's he? Just me
A minorAm
Alone in that basement

Chorus:
       DmDm               C majorC
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
       E minorEm               A minorAm
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?

x4 or so