Garden Of Elysian chords by Local Natives

Verse 1:

Bm          D                F#m
In the time before we needed forgiveness

          Bm             D                      F#m     E
You said, "Meet me after school at the top of Elysian"

        Bm               D                 F#m
Sharing headphones and a plastic bottle of vodka

       Bm            D                       F#m
In the distance, the crowd going wild in the stadium


Chorus:

A         Bm                F#m
Orchestra playing under the bandshell

A         Bm                    F#m
Swaying together like cathedral bells

     D                 C#m               Bm
They ring and ring and ring and ring and ring

A           Bm             D
And I could only hear you singing


Verse 2:

           Bm                  D                     F#m
She said, "When do you think we'll stop feeling like children?

           Bm                D                   F#m          E
'Cause the last time I asked my mom she said she still did"

      Bm              D                     F#m
As we passed the cell towers disguised like palm trees

         Bm            D              F#m
She laid out across my lap and we kept driving


Chorus:

A         Bm                F#m
Orchestra playing under the bandshell

A         Bm                    F#m
Swaying together like cathedral bells

     D                 C#m               Bm
They ring and ring and ring and ring and ring

A           Bm             D
And I could only hear you singing


Bridge:

E                      D
Marian Harlow, sitting quiet

E                 D
Imagine if we had stayed

E                             D
Tourniquet stems the blushing tide

E                           D
Love isn't worship, love is change

A Bm F#m
A Bm F#m


Chorus:

A         Bm                F#m
Orchestra playing under the bandshell

A         Bm                    F#m
Swaying together like cathedral bells

     D                 C#m               Bm
They ring and ring and ring and ring and ring

A           Bm             D
And I could only hear you singing


A         Bm                F#m
Orchestra playing under the bandshell

A         Bm                    F#m
Swaying together like cathedral bells

     D                 C#m               Bm
They ring and ring and ring and ring and ring

A           Bm             D
And I could only hear you singing