Violin chords by Amos Lee

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   (x2)

[Verse 1]

C      G  Am7      F             G
Lately I,  I been headin' for a breakdown
C     G               Am7        F                   G
Everytime I leave my house, it feels just like a shakedown

[Pre-Chorus]

G
Between the
Am7                     G              C          F                G
Streetsweepers and the pushers are the lawyers who may as well be butchers
Between the
Am7           G            C          F               G
Small timing hustlers who all seem to feed upon each other


[Chorus]

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


[Verse 2]

C      G  Am7    F             G
Lately I,  everytime I try to lie down
        C                 G, Am7       F                       G
Well my mind just gets away,   I can't even close my eyes now


[Pre-Chorus]

G
Between the
Am7        G              C            F                G
Big Fish ambition and the lovers using words as ammunition
Between the
Am7                   G          C               F                 G
Wood planks I've been pacing and this impossible dream that I been chasin'


[Chorus]

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


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

F        Am7           G
Ooooh   God
F        Am7           G
Ooooh   God


[Chorus]

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