Default Blues chords by Frightened Rabbit

Intro: B B A F# (x2)

Verse: 1
             B
Turn off the light bulb ache to a shrieking pain
          A                       F#
Turn that hair into a haircut and change your name
            B
Through the yellow teeth white lies are told
       A                   F#
Of the notches made in the house of smoke
            B
So pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
         A                                 F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues

And go


E             B               F#
 What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B                  F#
The past may die but it's never gone
             E
What are you running from, ahh

Instrumental
B B A F# (x2)

Verse: 2
        B
This is textbook heartbreak from the country school
        A                       F#
The prescription sculpture of a thoughtless stool
                B
You've got your heroin monologues that you lifted from books
           A                              F#
Now you're wearing a helmet whilst you're breaking the rules
         B
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
         A                                 F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues

It goes


E             B               F#
 What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B                  F#
The past may die but it's never gone
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B               F#
What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
               B             F#
The accent you hid behind is gone
             E
What are you running from, ahh

Bridge
B  B

      A                   F#
There isn't a cure, there isn't a cure
B  B
      A                   F#
There isn't a cure
          B
Save your wax world torture for your modeling friends
       A
Speak emotional trash straight from Zimmerman's bin
         B
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
         A                                 F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues

It goes


             B               F#
What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
               B             F#
The accent you hid behind is gone
             E
What are you running from, ahh
E             B               F#
 What are you running from, a-ha
             E
What are you running from, ahh
             B                  F#
The past may die but it's never gone
             E
What are you running from, ahh