Nine chords by La Dispute

Chords with lyrics

Not a whole lot to say, one of my favorite songs by this band and want to throw up some simple chords/lyrics
for anyone looking to do maybe an acoustic cover of this superb piece of art. Any questions, corrections,
or concerns, leave them below in the comments. Thank you!

    G minorGm  Bb majorBb  FF   C majorC
E MajorE|-----3-----1-----1-----3-----|
BB|-----3-----3-----1-----5-----|
G+G|-----3-----3-----2-----5-----|
D MajorD|-----5-----3-----3-----5-----|
A augmentedA|-----5-----1-----3-----3-----|
E MajorE|-----3-----------1-----------|

If you would like, you can do the lead part, here's an idea of how it would go:

E MajorE|-----3-------------6-----1-----------------3-----------------|
BB|-----3-------------6-----1-----1-----------5-----5-----------|
G+G|-----3-------------7-----2-----------------5-----------5-----|
D MajorD|-----5-----5/7-----8-----3-----------3-----5-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----5-------------8-----3-----------------3-----------------|
E MajorE|-----3-------------6-----1-----------------------------------|

G minorGm                 Bb majorBb
    I recall once on the church steps,
             FF
When I moved to kiss your chest,
            C majorC
How we paid such close attention
              G minorGm
To each sweet and stuttered breath,
                  Bb majorBb
I should’ve stopped to paint our picture,
            FF
Captured honest pure affection,
               C majorC
Just to document the difference
                 G minorGm
between attraction and connection.


G minorGm            Bb majorBb
I can see all of my friends and
          FF
I break into empty buildings,
FF
When the coast was clear,
   C majorC
With backpacks full of beer,
        G minorGm
We’d throw our bottles from the rooftops
    Bb majorBb
At this city-it looked endless.
    FF
Guess I still don’t see the difference
        C majorC             G minorGm
between real purpose and that urgent adolescence.

G minorGm         Bb majorBb
And I remember in a basement sharing sweat
        FF
With all these stranger boys and girls,
         C majorC
“We’ll change the world!” We sang,
               G minorGm
“We’ll change the world!” But,
G minorGm
Nothing seems to change and
     Bb majorBb
They say none of them will listen,
   FF                 C majorC
But I still see much more power in that basement
           G minorGm
than in heartless politicians.


G minorGm              Bb majorBb
And if we get beaten by this winter,
               FF
If we get strangled by regret, just
              C majorC
Let our love of life and tension
              G minorGm
Gasp in sweet and stuttered breaths, and
             Bb majorBb
Have them lay us in a basement,
             FF
Smash some bottles on the ground, and
                C majorC
Say we couldn't tell the difference
C majorC                G minorGm
between the feeling and the sound.


            Bb majorBb
Remember not our faulty pieces,
            FF
Remember not our rusted parts,
               C majorC
It’s not the petty imperfections that define us but
  G minorGm
The way we hold our hearts,
    Bb majorBb
And the way we hold our heads,
      FF
I hope they write your names beside mine
   C majorC
on my gravestone when I’m dead.
     G minorGm               Bb majorBb
And when we’re dead let our voices carry on
Bb majorBb
To find a better song.
  FF                C majorC