Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Capo 1
Verse:
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a suitcase
B minorBm G+G
full of boulders across the river
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a shotgun
B minorBm G+G
aimed for destruction just pull the trigger
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a weight on
B minorBm G+G
every shoulder of every I've ever cried on
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a baby
B minorBm G+G
on a lonely doorstep with a lonely light on
Chorus:
A augmentedA
I could lay you down for good
D MajorD C majorC BB
But I am not that brave
G+G G minorGm D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
so I carry you all the way to my grave
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a soldier
B minorBm G+G
Out of the fire still in the war
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like an umbrella
B minorBm G+G
full of holes so when it rains it pours
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a dancer
B minorBm G+G
spinning in circles to silent music
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a memory
B minorBm G+G
Don't want to see it Don't want to lose it
Chorus:
A augmentedA
I could lay you down for good
D MajorD C majorC BB
But I am not that brave
G+G G minorGm D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
so I carry you all the way to my grave
Verse:
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a letter
B minorBm G+G
I keep on penning and never sending
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a cancer
B minorBm G+G
Ever growing never ending
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you like a genome
B minorBm G+G
Across the ages, the past has spoken
D MajorD A augmentedA
I carry you down a hallway
B minorBm G+G
Full of photographs, the frames all broken
Chorus:
A augmentedA
I could lay you down for good
D MajorD C majorC BB
But I am not that brave
G+G G minorGm D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
so I carry you all the way to my grave
I carry you