Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Half-step down
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----0---0-----0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|----------0h2---0---0---0----|
A augmentedA|--3---3----------------------| 4x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----0---0-----0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|----------0h2---0---0---0----|
A augmentedA|--3---3----------------------| 10x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
Bones, we watched
bones through the
laundromat’s fumes in the
cold. There’s a
VA hospital that
you and I’d walk by on
our way to diners and
beggars in popeye’s and
now did you know that you
are the guardian
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G
of a part of my life that I had forgotten
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----0---0-----0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|----------0h2---0---0---0----|
A augmentedA|--3---3----------------------| 2x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
There’s a song that you
learned from your mom and you
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G
thought if you’d call it out she’d come along And
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G G/F#
bro, you never know just what she’s thinking about on trains home
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD C majorC
Pain it’s all the same it’s always helping you out when you’re down
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----0---0-----0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|----------0h2---0---0---0----|
A augmentedA|--3---3----------------------| 4x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----0---0-----0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|----------0h2---0---0---0----|
A augmentedA|--3---3----------------------| 10x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
Remember that tree
we carved while you freezed and the
rivers of shoes left to
rot out in Queens where there’s
something to say but
I’m too afraid and I
whisper it once now it’s
gone, its ok, I say
Kid, do you know that you
are the guardian
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G
of a part of my life that I had forgotten
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----0---0-----0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|----------0h2---0---0---0----|
A augmentedA|--3---3----------------------| 2x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
There’s a song that you
learned from your mom and you
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G
thought if you’d call it out she’d come along
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G G/F#
Oooooooh
E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD C majorC
Oooooooh
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|----0---0-----0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|----------0h2---0---0---0----|
A augmentedA|--3---3----------------------| 2x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
Did you know that I’ve
thought about you every
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G
year in the cold where the train rattles through
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC G+G
And I never told you it’s just what I do