Achilles Come Down tab by Gang Of Youths

Tabs

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

Cello Intro:

e|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
BB|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
G+G|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D MajorD|----------2---0---2-----|---------2---0---2-----|---------2---0---2-----|---------2---0---2----|
A augmentedA|--0---3---------------3-|-0---3---------------3-|-----3---------------3-|-----3---------------3|
E MajorE|------------------------|-----------------------|-3---------------------|-3--------------------|

e|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
BB|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
G+G|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D MajorD|----------2---0---2-----|---------2---0---2-----|---------0-------0-----|---------2---0---2----|
A augmentedA|--0---3---------------3-|-0---3---------------3-|-----2-------2-------2-|-----2---------------3|
E MajorE|------------------------|-----------------------|-3---------------------|-4--------------------|

Intro Chords:
A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G E MajorE

Verse 1:
 A minorAm    G+G     C majorC       A minorAm
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
     A minorAm     G+G        A minorAm   E minorEm
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
    A minorAm      G+G     A minorAm     E minorEm
You’re scaring us and all of us, some of us love you
 A minorAm        G+G        C majorC
Achilles, it’s not much but there’s proof
  A minorAm     G+G      C majorC      A minorAm
You crazy-ass cosmonaut, remember your virtue
 A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
Redemption lies plainly in truth
   A minorAm     G+G     C majorC       A minorAm
Just humor us, Achilles, Achilles, come down
     A minorAm     G+G       A minorAm
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?


French language sample:
(2x) A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G E MajorE

Verse 2:
 A minorAm     G+G     C majorC      A minorAm
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
      A minorAm     G+G       C majorC
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
   A minorAm      G+G        C majorC      A minorAm
The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken
 A minorAm     G+G      C majorC
Remember the pact of our youth
   A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm      E minorEm
Where you go, I’m going, so jump and I’m jumping
   A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm  E minorEm
Since there is no me without you
A minorAm      G+G     C majorC      A minorAm
Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down
     A minorAm     G+G       A minorAm
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm     G+G       C majorC     A minorAm
Loathe the way they light candles in Rome
  A minorAm       G+G     A minorAm
But love the sweet air of the votives
A minorAm    G+G        C majorC    DmDm
Hurt and grieve but don’t suffer alone
A minorAm       G+G     FF
Engage with the pain as a motive


Chorus:
 F minorFm     C majorC   A minorAm
Today of all days, see
E MajorE      FF     G+G      C majorC
How the most dangerous thing is to love
E MajorE      FF        G+G  C majorC
How you will heal and you’ll rise above


French language sample:
A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G E MajorE

Verse 3:
 A minorAm    G+G     C majorC       A minorAm
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, jump now
    A minorAm    G+G     C majorC
You are absent of cause or excuse
A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm    G+G
So self-indulgent and self-referential
  A minorAm       E minorEm    A minorAm  E minorEm
No audience could ever want you
  A minorAm      G+G     C majorC     A minorAm
You crave the applause yet hate the attention
   A minorAm      G+G    C majorC
Then miss it, your act is a ruse
   A minorAm   G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
It is empty, Achilles, so end it all now
    A minorAm      E minorEm     A minorAm  E minorEm
It's a pointless resistance for you


French language sample:
(2x) A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G E MajorE

Verse 4:
 A minorAm     G+G      C majorC      A minorAm
Achilles, Achilles, just put down the bottle
   A minorAm    G+G        C majorC
Don’t listen to what you’ve consumed
   A minorAm     G+G     C majorC    A minorAm
It’s chaos, confusion, and wholly unworthy
  A minorAm       E minorEm    A minorAm  E minorEm
Of feeding and it’s wholly untrue
  A minorAm     G+G       C majorC      A minorAm
You may feel no purpose nor a point for existing
   A minorAm     G+G      C majorC
It’s all just conjecture and gloom
   A minorAm     G+G      C majorC       A minorAm
There may not be meaning, so find one and seize it
  A minorAm       E minorEm     A minorAm  E minorEm
Do not waste yourself on this roof


Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm     G+G     C majorC      A minorAm
Hear those bells ring deep in the soul
A minorAm    G+G     A minorAm
Chiming away for a moment
A minorAm    G+G       C majorC     DmDm
Feel your breath course frankly below
  A minorAm    G+G    FF
See life as a worthy opponent


Chorus:
 F minorFm     C majorC   A minorAm
Today of all days, see
E MajorE      FF     G+G      C majorC
How the most dangerous thing is to love
E MajorE      FF    G+G      C majorC
How you will heal and you’ll rise above
E MajorE       FF    G+G    C majorC
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
E7E7      FF     G+G    C majorC
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome


French language sample:
A minorAm

Verse 5:
  C majorC                E minorEm
You want the acclaim, the mother of mothers
                  E minorEm     A minorAm
             (It’s not worth it, Achilles)
   A minorAm                 E MajorE
More poignant than fame or the taste of another
                     E MajorE    C majorC
                 (Don’t listen, Achilles)
  C majorC                  E minorEm
Be real and just jump, you dense motherfucker
                    E minorEm      A minorAm
                (You’re worth more, Achilles)
     A minorAm              E MajorE
You will not be more than a rat in the gutter
                    E MajorE      C majorC
               (So much more than a rat)
   C majorC                 E minorEm
You want my opinion, my opinion you’ve got
                    E minorEm
          (No one asked your opinion)
  A minorAm                 E MajorE
You asked for my counsel, I gave you my thoughts
                        E MajorE
             (No one asked for your thoughts)
  C majorC           DmDm
Be done with this now and jump off the roof

(Be done with this now and get off the roof)
    A minorAm           E7E7     C majorC (032013)
Can you hear me, Achilles? I’m talking to you


Bridge:
  DmDm     A minorAm
I’m talking to you

  A minorAm   FF
I’m talking to you
   FF   F minorFm
I’m talking to you
 F minorFm      C majorC
Achilles, come down
 C majorC       DmDm
Achilles, come down

Quartet:
FF C majorC FF C majorC

French language sample:
(2x) A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G E MajorE

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm    G+G   C majorC    A minorAm
Throw yourself into the unknown
    A minorAm     G+G   A minorAm
With a pace and a fury defiant
A minorAm     G+G    C majorC    DmDm
Clothe yourself in beauty untold
    A minorAm    G+G     FF
And see life as a means to a triumph


Chorus:
 F minorFm      C majorC   A minorAm
Today of all days, see
E MajorE      FF     G+G      C majorC
How the most dangerous thing is to love
E MajorE      FF        G+G   C majorC
How you will heal and you’ll rise above
E MajorE       FF    G+G     C majorC
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
E7E7       FF    G+G    C majorC
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome

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