Violin chords by Amos Lee

Chords with lyrics

Amos Lee - Violin

Standard Tuning. Or you could tune down a half a step.. same chords.
These are the chords Amos uses live.


Intro: C, G, Am7, F, G+G  (x2)

[Verse 1]

C majorC   G+G Am7Am7   FF       G+G
Lately I, I been headin' for a breakdown
C majorC   G+G        Am7Am7    FF          G+G
Everytime I leave my house, it feels just like a shakedown

[Pre-Chorus]

G+G
Between the
Am7Am7           G+G       C majorC     FF        G+G
Streetsweepers and the pushers are the lawyers who may as well be butchers
Between the
Am7Am7      G+G      C majorC     FF        G+G
Small timing hustlers who all seem to feed upon each other


[Chorus]

FF    Am7Am7      G+G
Ooooh  God, why you been
FF       Am7Am7    G+G
Hangin out in that ol' violin
While I've been
FF    Am7Am7   G+G
Waitin   for you...  to pull me through
C, G, Am7, F, G+G


[Verse 2]

C majorC   G+G Am7Am7  FF       G+G
Lately I, everytime I try to lie down
    C majorC         G, Am7Am7    FF            G+G
Well my mind just gets away,  I can't even close my eyes now


[Pre-Chorus]

G+G
Between the
Am7Am7    G+G       C majorC      FF        G+G
Big Fish ambition and the lovers using words as ammunition
Between the
Am7Am7          G+G     C majorC        FF         G+G
Wood planks I've been pacing and this impossible dream that I been chasin'

[Chorus]

FF    Am7Am7      G+G
Ooooh  God, why you been
FF         Am7Am7   G+G
Hangin out in that ol' violin
While I've been
FF    Am7Am7   G+G
Waitin   for you...  to pull me through


C, G, Am7, F, G+G (2x)

FF    Am7Am7      G+G
Ooooh  God
FF    Am7Am7      G+G
Ooooh  God


[Chorus]

FF    Am7Am7      G+G
Ooooh  God, why you been
FF         Am7Am7   G+G
Hangin out in that ol' violin
While I've been
FF    Am7Am7   G+G
Waitin   for you...  to pull me through