Apocalyptic Love Song chords by Josh Radnor

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
C majorC C C majorC C


Verse 1:
C majorC   G+G    A minorAm
They say the poles are shifting
    FF         G+G
I don’t mean the ones on CNN
    C majorC         G+G     A minorAm
I mean north, north and south they are flipping
 FF             G+G
Maybe I’m alarmist but it sure feels like the end

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
If we’re plunged in darkness
FF
What’ll I do
G+G
I don’t own a shotgun
G+G
I’ve stockpiled no food
A minorAm
I can’t hunt or navigate
FF
I’m hopeless with maps
G+G
I’m wholly unprepared
       G7G7
For societal collapse


Chorus:
   C majorC
But… I will find you where you are
G+G
Hitch a ride or steal a car
A minorAm               FF        G+G
I will bike or jog or jump or break myself in two
C majorC
When the streets run red with blood
  G+G
Or turn to rivers due to flood
A minorAm            FF           G+G
There is no dystopia that I wouldn’t walk on through
   FF        C majorC
Cause if the world is ending
   FF    G+G    A minorAm
I’d prefer to be with you
      FF   G+G    C majorC
I would prefer to be with you

Verse 2:
 C majorC    G+G    A minorAm
I make my home in California
FF                G+G
Every other month the state’s on fire
C majorC     G+G       A minorAm
If I, if I said it didn’t concern me
FF                       G+G
You’d have every right to laugh and call me a liar


Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
I don’t know if there is
FF
A augmentedA better place than this
G+G
If there could be a feeling
G+G
More soothing than your kiss
A minorAm
And if the wild fires spread
FF
And the ocean waters rise
G+G
I’ll be fine as long as my
           G7G7
Last look is in your eyes


Chorus:
C majorC
I will find you where you are
G+G
Hitch a ride or steal a car
A minorAm                FF     G+G
I will fight the zombies and the vigilantes too
   C majorC
When everyone has lost their grips
G+G
In the post-apocalypse
A minorAm                FF      G+G
I will keep my mind clear and my values ever true
   FF        C majorC
Cause if the world is ending
  FF     G+G    A minorAm
I’d prefer to be with you
      FF    G+G
I would prefer to be……

C majorC
I will find you where you roam
G+G
And we will build some better home
A minorAm               FF     G+G
A augmentedA treehouse by the water and a trusty old canoe
  C majorC
We won’t need electricity
  G+G
At the tail-end of history
   A minorAm                 FF     G+G
We’ll whittle our own soap and bathe with natural shampoo
   FF        C majorC
Cause if the world is ending
  FF     G+G    A minorAm
I’d prefer to be with you
    FF     G+G    C majorC
I would prefer to be with you