Reality chords by Jacob Lee

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

When playing the D MajorD chord, you can play the harmonics on the high e and b string.
Play the Gmaj7Gmaj7 like a normal G+G except drop the high e string one fret.

* = single strum

Verse 1:
                Gmaj7Gmaj7
If I could speak to the breeze

What would she teach?
             E minor 7Em7
I'd ask politely for peace

Or some guidance at least
               C majorC
Perhaps she'd tell me to leave
                       D MajorD
Conceal the secrets in the air that I breathe

Pre-Chorus:
              Gmaj7Gmaj7
If I could speak to the sea

What would she preach?
               E minor 7Em7
I'd ask her what does it mean

To know the depths of belief?
               C majorC
Perhaps she'd guide me beneath
                    D MajorD
Reveal the meaning in the fathoms unseen


Chorus:
            Gmaj7Gmaj7
Then they'd say reality
        E minor 7Em7
Was never for me
    C majorC
Reality
               D MajorD
Was never for me, never for me


Verse 2:
               Gmaj7Gmaj7 (let ring out)
If I could speak to the trees

What would they plea?
                   (percussion) E minor 7Em7
I'd watch the wind thieve their seeds

Lend them moments to grieve
                 C majorC
Perhaps they'd bleed just like me
                       D MajorD
Deliver their message in the words that I read

Pre-Chorus:
               Gmaj7Gmaj7
If I could speak to the leaves

What would they heed?
               E minor 7Em7
I'd ask them what do they seek

As they descend from the trees
               C majorC
Perhaps they'd rest at my feet
                     D MajorD
Administer healing in the tea that I drink


Chorus:
            Gmaj7Gmaj7
Then they'd say reality
        E minor 7Em7
Was never for me
    C majorC
Reality
               D MajorD
Was never for me, never for me


Verse 3: (the chords here are arpeggiated)
           Gmaj7Gmaj7
How am I to understand

Everything I am
                     E minor 7Em7
If I don't look beyond the thoughts I have?

Learning that it takes some time
          C majorC
To separate the mind
           D MajorD
And I just wonder, now
               Gmaj7Gmaj7
If all that I have ever known

Is all that I was ever shown
                   E minor 7Em7
Questioning who sees behind these eyes
            C majorC
Maybe if I find a reason
               D MajorD
That lasts beyond the seasons

         Gmaj7*
I'd ask if reality
        E minor 7Em7
Was ever for me
    C majorC
Reality
               D MajorD
Was never for me, never for me


Outro:
             Gmaj7*
If I could see the supreme

What would he think?
             E minor 7Em7
If he stood in front of me

Would I believe?
             C majorC
He'd ask me to take a seat

Pour us a drink
             D MajorD
And show me all I could be