Melodrama Album chords by Lorde

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

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                       Lorde
                     Melodrama Album
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Lorde’s second studio album
Release date: June 16, 2017


-- Track listing –-

1. Green Light
2. Sober
3. Homemade Dynamite
4. The Louvre
5. Liability
6. Hard Feelings/Loveless
7. Sober II (Melodrama)
8. Writer in the Dark
9. Supercut
10. Liability (Reprise)
11. Perfect Places

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                   Track 1 – Green Light
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Verse      Refrain    Pre-Chorus + Chorus
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E minorEm 0220xx   D MajorD  x0023x   FF 13321x       Note for ease of reading:
G+G  32003x   C majorC  x3201x   C majorC x3201x       - C majorC shown for C/GC/G in Verse
C majorC  33201x   E minorEm 02200x   G+G 32003x       - D MajorD shown for D/AD/A in Refrain


Capo 2nd fret


Verse 1:
E minorEm         G+G         C majorC
  I do my makeup in somebody else's car
E minorEm          G+G          C majorC
  We order different drinks at the same bars
E minorEm             G+G             C majorC
  I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth
E minorEm             G+G              C majorC
  She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar


Refrain 1:
D MajorD
  Those great whites, they have big teeth
C majorC         E minorEm                       D MajorD
  Oh they bite you, thought you said that you would always be in love
               C majorC
  But you're not in love no more, did it frighten you?
E minorEm                       D MajorD
  How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor, on the light up floor

Pre-Chorus 1:
FF         C majorC       G+G
  But I hear the sounds in my mind
FF       C majorC      G+G
  Brand new sounds in my mind
       FF       C majorC      G+G
  But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go
       FF       C majorC       G+G
  But honey I'll be seein' you down every road

 (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)


Chorus 1:
         FF         C majorC           G+G
  'Cause honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go

  (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
       FF        C majorC         G+G
  Oh I wish I could get my things and just let go

  (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)


Verse 2:
E minorEm            G+G        C majorC
  Sometimes I wake up in a different bedroom
E minorEm            G+G            C majorC
  I whisper things, the city sings them back to you


Refrain 2:
D MajorD
  All those rumours, they have big teeth
C majorC         E minorEm                       D MajorD
  Oh they bite you, thought you said that you would always be in love
               C majorC
  But you're not in love no more, did it frighten you?
E minorEm                       D MajorD
  How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor, on the light up floor


Pre-Chorus 2:
FF         C majorC       G+G
  But I hear the sounds in my mind
FF       C majorC      G+G
  Brand new sounds in my mind
       FF       C majorC      G+G
  But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go
       FF       C majorC       G+G
  But honey I'll be seein' you down every road

 (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)


Chorus 2:
         FF         C majorC           G+G
  'Cause honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go

  (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
       FF         C majorC           G+G
  Oh honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go

  (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
       FF         C majorC           G+G
  Yes honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go

  (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
       FF        C majorC         G+G
  Oh I wish I could get my things and just let go

  (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)


Outro:
FF C majorC G+G
     I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
FF C majorC G+G
     I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
FF C majorC G+G
     I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
FF C majorC G+G
     I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
FF C majorC G+G
     I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
FF C majorC G+G
     I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it


(Pre-Chorus melody):
  FF           C majorC           G+G
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G+G|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|--0---0---0---0-0-0--|---------------------|
D MajorD|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|--0---0---0---0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|
E MajorE|--1---1---1---1-1-1--|---------------------|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|


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                    Track 2 – Sober
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C majorC  x3201x
E minorEm 02200x
D MajorD  x0023x  (Note for ease of reading, D MajorD shown for D/AD/A)


Capo 4th fret


Intro:
C majorC
Night, midnight, lose my mind
E minorEm
Night, midnight, lose my mind
D MajorD
Night, midnight, lose my mind
D MajorD
Night, midnight


Verse 1:
C majorC              E minorEm            D MajorD
 Oh God, I'm clean out of air in my lungs, it's all gone
            D MajorD               C majorC
Played it so nonchalant, it's time we danced with the truth
E minorEm           D MajorD     D MajorD
  Move along with the truth, ooh-ooh (hey)
C majorC                 E minorEm              D MajorD
 We're sleeping through all the days, I'm acting like I don't see
         D MajorD           C majorC
Every ribbon you used to tie yourself to me


Pre-Chorus 1:
    E minorEm
But my hips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks
     D MajorD
Will you sway with me, go astray with me?


Chorus 1:
    C majorC
(Ah-ha-ah) King and queen of the weekend
E minorEm                  D MajorD
  Ain't a pill that could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C majorC
  When you dream with a fever
E minorEm                 D MajorD
  Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C majorC
These are the games of the weekend
E minorEm                D MajorD
  We pretend that we just don't care, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C majorC
Ah, when you dream with a fever
E minorEm                 D MajorD
  Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)


Verse 2:
  C majorC          E minorEm
Oh God, I'm closing my teeth, around this liquor wet
D MajorD            D MajorD             C majorC
Limelight, lose my mind, I know you're feeling it too
E minorEm             D MajorD     D MajorD
  Can we keep up with the ruse, ah-ah-ah (hey)
C majorC             E minorEm             D MajorD
 B-bodies all through my house, I know this story by heart
N.C.                            C majorC
Jack and Jill get fucked up and possessive when they get dark


Pre-Chorus 2:
    E minorEm
But my hips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks
     D MajorD
Will you sway with me, go astray with me?


Chorus 2:
    C majorC
(Ah-ha-ah) King and queen of the weekend
E minorEm                  D MajorD
  Ain't a pill that could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C majorC
  When you dream with a fever
E minorEm                 D MajorD
  Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C majorC
These are the games of the weekend
E minorEm                D MajorD
  We pretend that we just don't care, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C majorC
Ah, when you dream with a fever
E minorEm                 D MajorD
  Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)


Bridge:
C majorC
Midnight, we're fading
   E minorEm
'Til daylight, we're jaded
  D MajorD              D MajorD
We know that it's over, in the morning
                C majorC
You'll be dancing with all the heartache
           E minorEm
And the treason, the fantasies of leaving
    D MajorD                D MajorD
But we know that when it's over, in the morning
            C majorC E minorEm
You'll be dancing with us, oh
       D MajorD
Dancing with us, oh (but what will we do when we're sober?)
            C majorC              E minorEm
You'll be dancing with us (can you feel it, can you feel it)
       D MajorD
Dancing with us, us (but what will we do when we're sober?)


Outro:
 N.C.
 Night, midnight, lose my mind
(Light, when you get to my)
 N.C.
 Night, midnight, lose my mind
(Light, when you get to my)


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                  Track 3 – Homemade Dynamite
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A minorAm x0221x
E minorEm 02200x
G+G  32000x


Capo 3rd fret


Verse 1:
        A minorAm       E minorEm           G+G
A augmentedA couple rebel top gun pilots flying with nowhere to be, oh
           A minorAm
Don't know you super well but I think that you
E minorEm          G+G
Might be the same as me, behave abnormally


Pre-Chorus 1:
     A minorAm
Let's let things come out of the woodwork
       E minorEm
I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies
   G+G
Yeah, awesome right?
       A minorAm
So let's let things come out of the woodwork
       E minorEm
I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies
     G+G
Seeing me rolling showing someone else love, dancing with my shoes off

Know I think you're awesome right?


Chorus 1:
N.C.      E minorEm      E minorEm
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
  A minorAm      E minorEm    E minorEm
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm  A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G    (A minorAm)
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite


Verse 2:
A minorAm            E minorEm            G+G
Might get your friend to drive but he can hardly see, ooh-ooh
              A minorAm
We'll end up painted on the road, red and chrome
    E minorEm         G+G
All the broken glass sparkling, I guess we're partying


Pre-Chorus 2:
       A minorAm
So let's let things come out of the woodwork
       E minorEm
I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies
     G+G
Seeing me rolling showing someone else love, hands under your t-shirt

Know I think you're awesome right?


Chorus 2:
N.C.      E minorEm      E minorEm
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
  A minorAm      E minorEm    E minorEm
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm  A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm  A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G+G N.C.
  Now you know it's really gonna blow (pchwoo)


Chorus 3:
N.C.      E minorEm      E minorEm
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
  A minorAm      E minorEm    E minorEm
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm  A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     A minorAm  A minorAm E minorEm E minorEm
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G+G      G+G    G+G    G+G     (A minorAm)
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite


Outro:
A minorAm        E minorEm
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G+G                    (A minorAm)
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
A minorAm        E minorEm
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G+G
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite


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                   Track 4 – The Louvre
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Verse 1:
C majorC                      E minorEm
 Well summer slipped us underneath her tongue
            FF          A minorAm
Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession
                     G+G
Half of my wardrobe is on your bedroom floor

Use our eyes, throw our hands overboard

C majorC                   E minorEm
 I am your sweetheart, psychopathic crush
            FF           A minorAm
Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough
                G+G
I overthink your p-punctuation use

Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do


Chorus 1:
 FF   G+G       A minorAm
A augmentedA ru-u-u-ush at the beginning
       FF   G+G         A minorAm
I get caught u-u-u-up, just for a minute
      FF                 G+G               A minorAm
But lover, you're the one to blame, all that you're doing, can you hear the violence?
  FF    G+G        A minorAm
Megapho-o-o-one to my chest
N.C.
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it


Post-Chorus 1:
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it


Verse 2:
C majorC                       E minorEm
 Our thing progresses, I call and you come through
            FF           A minorAm
Blow all my friendships, to sit in hell with you
                         G+G
But we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the Louvre

Down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre

C majorC                        E minorEm
 Okay I know that you are not my type (still I fall)
                FF              A minorAm
I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind (but what about love?)
           G+G
Nothing wrong with it, supernatural
FF              G+G
 Just move in close to me, closer, you'll feel it coasting


Chorus 2:
 FF   G+G       A minorAm
A augmentedA ru-u-u-ush at the beginning
       FF   G+G         A minorAm
I get caught u-u-u-up, just for a minute
      FF                 G+G               A minorAm
But lover, you're the one to blame, all that you're doing, can you hear the violence?
  FF    G+G        A minorAm
Megapho-o-o-one to my chest
N.C.
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it


Post-Chorus 2:
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
FF G+G A minorAm                 G+G
     Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it


Outro:
C majorC E minorEm FF A minorAm G+G
C majorC E minorEm FF A minorAm G+G
C majorC E minorEm FF A minorAm G+G
C majorC E minorEm FF A minorAm G+G


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                   Track 5 – Liability
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First set   Second set
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C majorC  x32010   FF   13321x
E minorEm x22010   Am/E 00221x  (Note for ease of reading, E minorEm shown for C/BC/B)
A minorAm x02210   DmDm  xx0231
G+G  32003x   G+G   32003x


Capo 1st fret


Intro:
C majorC E minorEm  A minorAm G+G
FF Am/E DmDm G+G


Verse 1:
      C majorC           E minorEm          A minorAm
Baby really hurt me, crying in the taxi, he don't wanna know me
           G+G            FF
Says he made the big mistake of dancing in my storm
Am/E       DmDm G+G
   Says it was poison

        C majorC       E minorEm           A minorAm
So I guess I go home into the arms of the girl that I love
        G+G         FF
The only love I haven't screwed up
         Am/E        DmDm     G+G
She's so hard to please but she's a forest fire

    C majorC             E minorEm            A minorAm
I do my best to meet her demands, play at romance, we slow dance in the living room
  G+G             FF
But all that a stranger would see
    Am/E     DmDm        G+G
Is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek


Chorus 1:
   C majorC       E minorEm       A minorAm
They say, you're a little much for me
     G+G   FF
You're a liability
     Am/E      DmDm G+G
You're a little much for me

       C majorC        E minorEm      A minorAm
So they pull back, make other plans, I understand
   G+G   FF
I'm a liability
    Am/E      DmDm
Get you wild, make you leave
   G+G        A minorAm       G+G  FF
I'm a little much for eh, a-na-na-na everyone


Verse 2:
     C majorC    E minorEm        A minorAm
The truth is I am toy that people enjoy
        G+G          FF
'Til all of the tricks don't work anymore
Am/E          DmDm    G+G
   And then they are bored of me

          C majorC             E minorEm
I know that it's exciting running through the night but
       A minorAm         G+G         FF
Every perfect summer's eating me alive until you're gone
Am/E    DmDm  G+G
   Better on my own


Chorus 2:
   C majorC       E minorEm       A minorAm
They say, you're a little much for me
     G+G   FF
You're a liability
     Am/E      DmDm G+G
You're a little much for me

       C majorC        E minorEm      A minorAm
So they pull back, make other plans, I understand
   G+G   FF
I'm a liability
    Am/E      DmDm
Get you wild, make you leave
   G+G        A minorAm       G+G  FF
I'm a little much for eh, a-na-na-na everyone


Outro:
E minorEm      A minorAm      G+G       FF
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
    E minorEm    A minorAm      G+G       FF
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun


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To match piano melody

(Intro, verse, and second part of chorus)

  C majorC     C/BC/B    A minorAm    G+G     FF     Am/E   DmDm    G+G
e|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
BB|-1---1---|-1---1---|-1---1---|-3-------|-1-------|-1-------|-3-------|---------|
G+G|---------|---------|-------2-|-0---0---|-2---2---|-2---2---|-2---2---|---------|
D MajorD|---------|---------|---------|-------0-|-------3-|-------2-|-0-----0-|-0-----0-|
A augmentedA|-3-----3-|-2-----2-|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---0-2---|
E MajorE|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|-1-------|-0-------|---------|-3-------|


(First part of chorus – higher voicing)

  C majorC     C/BC/B    A minorAm    G+G     FF     Am/E   DmDm    G+G
e|--8---8--|--8---8--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--1---1--|--0---0--|--1---1--|---------|
BB|--8---8--|--8---8--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--1---1--|--3---3--|---------|
G+G|--9---9--|--9---9--|--5---5--|--4---4--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--2---2--|---------|
D MajorD|--10--10-|--9---9--|--7---7--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--0---0--|-0-----0-|
A augmentedA|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---0-2---|
E MajorE|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|


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                Track 6 – Hard Feelings/Loveless
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Capo 4th fret

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Part 1 - Hard Feelings
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Intro:
N.C.
(Go back and tell it)


Verse 1:
          G+G           C majorC
Please could you be tender and I will sit close to you
   E minorEm                     C majorC
Let's give it a minute before we admit that we're through
         G+G           C majorC
Guess this is the winner, our bodies are young and blue
  E minorEm                       C majorC
I'm at Jungle City, it's late and this song is for you

           G+G
Cause I remember the rush, when forever was us
         C majorC
Before all of the winds of regret and mistrust
          E minorEm
Now we sit in your car and our love is a ghost
           C majorC
Well I guess I should go, yeah I guess I should go


Chorus 1:
N.C.
Hard feelings
             G+G     C majorC
These are what they call hard feelings of love
   E minorEm                          C majorC
When sweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the cold, oh oh
        G+G     C majorC
Alone with the hard feelings of love
   E minorEm                        C majorC
God I wish I believed you when you told me this was my home, oh oh


Verse 2:
        G+G            C majorC
I light all the candles, cut flowers for all my rooms
 E minorEm                      C majorC
I care for myself the way I used to care about you

      G+G
These days, we kiss and we keep busy, the waves come after midnight
C majorC
 I call from underwater, why even try to get right?
E minorEm
  When you've outgrown a lover, the whole world knows but you
C majorC
 It's time to let go of this endless summer afternoon


Chorus 2:
N.C.
Hard feelings
             G+G     C majorC
These are what they call hard feelings of love
   E minorEm                          C majorC
When sweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the cold, oh oh
        G+G     C majorC
Alone with the hard feelings of love
   E minorEm                        C majorC
God I wish I believed you when you told me this was my home, oh oh


Outro:

G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC
G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC
G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC
G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC

   G+G                            C majorC
Three years, loved you every single day, made me weak, it was real for me, yup, real for me
     E minorEm                     C majorC
Now I'll fake it every single day 'til I don't need fantasy, 'til I feel you leave
  G+G                         C majorC
But I still remember everything, how we'd drift buying groceries, how you'd dance for me
   E minorEm                         C majorC
I'll start letting go of little things 'til I'm so far away from you, far away from you, yeah


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Part 2 - Loveless
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Intro:
N.C.
"What is this tape?"
"This is my favorite tape"


Verse 1:
C majorC           A minorAm
 Bet you wanna rip my heart out
           FF
Bet you wanna skip my calls now
   G+G       C majorC
Well guess what, I like that

              A minorAm
'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up
          FF
Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut
G+G
Look out, lovers


Chorus 1:
   C majorC        A minorAm
We're l-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
FF    G+G    C majorC
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
A minorAm                 FF   G+G
All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation


Verse 2:
C majorC           A minorAm
 Bet you wanna rip my heart out
           FF
Bet you wanna skip my calls now
   G+G       C majorC
Well guess what, I like that

              A minorAm
'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up
          FF
Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut
G+G
Look out, lovers


Chorus 2:
   C majorC        A minorAm
We're l-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
FF    G+G    C majorC
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
A minorAm                 FF   G+G
All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation


Outro:
C majorC        A minorAm
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
FF    G+G    C majorC
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
A minorAm       FF    G+G
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation

C majorC        A minorAm
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
FF    G+G    C majorC
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s  generation
A minorAm
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s


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                 Track 7 – Sober II (Melodrama)
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Chord progression 1     Chord progression 2
(Intro + Bridge + Outro)  (Verse + Chorus)
------------------------  -------------------
E minorEm 02200x         E minorEm 02200x
G+G  32000x         G+G  32000x
C majorC  x3201x         D MajorD  x0023x  (Note for ease of reading, D MajorD shown for D/AD/A)
A minorAm x0221x         C majorC  x3201x
D MajorD  x0023x


Capo 4th fret


Intro:
E minorEm G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
E minorEm G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD


Verse:
  E minorEm               G+G
You asked if I was feeling it, I'm psycho high
D MajorD               C majorC
Know you won't remember in the morning when I speak my minds
E minorEm                   G+G
Lights are on and they've gone home but who am I?
D MajorD                C majorC
Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses


Chorus:
E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
D MajorD                C majorC
Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses
E minorEm           G+G
  Our only wish is melodrama
D MajorD                C majorC
Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses


Bridge:
E minorEm G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD

    E minorEm               G+G
And the terror, and the horror, when we wonder why we bother
 C majorC     A minorAm  D MajorD
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh
    E minorEm              G+G
And the terror, and the horror, gotta wonder why we bother
 C majorC     A minorAm  D MajorD
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
    E minorEm                G+G
All the glamour, and the trauma, and the fucking melodrama
 C majorC     A minorAm  D MajorD
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
    E minorEm                   G+G
All the gunfights, and the limelights, and the hope we stick divine nights
 C majorC   A minorAm  D MajorD
Whoa-oh
       E minorEm               G+G
They'll talk about us, all the lovers, how we kissed and killed each other
 C majorC   A minorAm  D MajorD
Whoa-oh
       E minorEm              G+G
They'll talk about us, and discover, how we kissed and killed each other
 C majorC   A minorAm  D MajorD
Whoa-oh

E minorEm G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD


Outro:

E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
C majorC                A minorAm   D MajorD
  You wanted something that we offered
E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
C majorC                A minorAm   D MajorD
  You wanted something that we offered
E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
C majorC                A minorAm   D MajorD
  You wanted something that we offered
E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
C majorC                A minorAm   D MajorD
  You wanted something that we offered

E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
C majorC              A minorAm  D MajorD
  We told you this was melodrama
E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
C majorC              A minorAm  D MajorD
  We told you this was melodrama
E minorEm             G+G
  We told you this was melodrama
C majorC              A minorAm
  We told you this was melodrama


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                  Track 8 – Writer in the Dark
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Verse       Pre-Chorus   Chorus
-------------   ----------   ----------
D MajorD   xx023x   D MajorD xx023x   G+G  32003x
C majorC   x3201x   C majorC x3201x   A minorAm x0221x
Cmaj7Cmaj7 x3200x   G+G 32003x   E minorEm 02200x
                 D MajorD  xx0232


Verse 1:
D MajorD
 Break the news, you're walking out
C majorC
 To be a good man for someone else
D MajorD               C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
 Sorry I was never good like you

D MajorD
 Stood on my chest and kept me down
   C majorC
Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd
D MajorD                C majorC
 Did my best to exist just for you


Pre-Chorus 1:
        D MajorD               C majorC
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
        D MajorD               C majorC
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
        D MajorD                 C majorC
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
        D MajorD        C majorC       G+G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark


Chorus 1:
G+G               A minorAm        E minorEm
 I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
   A minorAm        E minorEm        D MajorD
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G+G               A minorAm      E minorEm
 But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
   A minorAm      E minorEm       D MajorD
I'll find a way to be without you, babe


Verse 2:
D MajorD
 I still feel you, now and then
C majorC
 Slow like pseudo-ephedrine
D MajorD                  C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7
 When you see me, will you say I've changed?

D MajorD
 I ride the subway, read the signs
 C majorC
I let the seasons change my mind
 D MajorD                    C majorC
I love it here since I've stopped needing you


Pre-Chorus 2:
        D MajorD               C majorC
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
        D MajorD               C majorC
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
        D MajorD                 C majorC
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
        D MajorD        C majorC       G+G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark


Chorus 2:
G+G               A minorAm        E minorEm
 I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
   A minorAm        E minorEm        D MajorD
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G+G               A minorAm      E minorEm
 But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
   A minorAm      E minorEm       D MajorD
I'll find a way to be without you, babe


Chorus 3:
G+G               A minorAm        E minorEm
 I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
   A minorAm        E minorEm        D MajorD
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G+G               A minorAm      E minorEm
 But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
   A minorAm      E minorEm       D MajorD
I'll find a way to be without you, babe


Outro:
G+G A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
G+G A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD


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                    Track 9 – Supercut
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Verse 1:
   C majorC             FF
In my head, I play a supercut of us
           A minorAm              FF
All the magic we gave off, all the love we had and lost
     C majorC            FF
And in my head, the visions never stop
           A minorAm                      FF
These ribbons wrap me up, but when I reach for you, there's just a supercut


Pre-Chorus 1:
A minorAm
In your car, the radio up
A minorAm
In your car, the radio up
FF
We keep trying to talk about us
FF
I'm someone you maybe might love
   A minorAm
I'll be your quiet afternoon crush
G+G
Be your violent overnight rush
FF
Make you crazy over my touch


Chorus 1:
              C majorC        FF
But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
              A minorAm       FF
Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us


Verse 2:
   C majorC             FF
So I fall, into continents and cars
            A minorAm                FF
All the stages and the stars, I turn all of it to just a supercut


Refrain 1:
      C majorC
Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right)
     FF
When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
    A minorAm
Because ours (are the moments, I play in the dark)
    FF
We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart


Pre-Chorus 2:
A minorAm            (mute)
In your car, the radio up
A minorAm            (mute)
In your car, the radio up
FF               (mute)
We keep trying to talk about us
FF
Slow motion, I'm watching our love
   A minorAm
I'll be your quiet afternoon crush
G+G
Be your violent overnight rush
FF
Make you crazy over my touch


Chorus 2:
              C majorC        FF
But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
              A minorAm       FF
Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
              C majorC        FF
But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
              A minorAm       FF
Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us


Refrain 2:
      C majorC
Cause in my head, in my head, I do everything right
FF
 When you call I'll forgive and not fight
A minorAm
  All the moments I play in the dark
FF
Wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart


Refrain 3:
      C majorC
Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right)
     FF
When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
    A minorAm
Because ours (are the moments, I play in the dark)
    FF
We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart

      C majorC
Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right)
     FF
When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
    A minorAm
Because ours (are the moments, I play in the dark)
    FF
We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart


Outro:
C majorC                  FF
  In my head, I do everything right
A minorAm                  FF
  In my head, I do everything right

C majorC FF A minorAm FF
C majorC FF A minorAm FF
C majorC FF A minorAm FF
C majorC FF A minorAm FF
C majorC FF A minorAm FF


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                 Track 10 – Liability (Reprise)
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Intro:
FF C majorC      FF
  I'm a liability
      A minorAm    FF
I'm a liability, much for me
A minorAm             FF
  You're a little much for me, no-no-no, no
       G+G     (C majorC)
Whatcha gonna do, whoa-oh-oh


Verse 1:
C majorC              FF
 All of the dreams that get harder
             A minorAm    FF
All of the things that I offer you, eh
A minorAm               FF
  And all of the shit that we harbour
              G+G
Make all of the kids in the choirs sing woo-hoo, hoo-hoo


Verse 2:
C majorC            FF
 Maybe all this is the party
            A minorAm        FF
Maybe the tears and the highs we breathe, oh no
A minorAm            FF
  Maybe all this is the party
          G+G
Maybe we just do it violently


Outro:
      C majorC      FF        A minorAm FF
But you're not what you thought you were
      A minorAm      FF        C majorC  G+G
But you're not what you thought you were
      C majorC      FF        A minorAm FF
But you're not what you thought you were
      A minorAm      FF        C majorC  G+G
But you're not what you thought you were
N.C.
Leave


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                  Track 11 – Perfect Places
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Verse      Chorus     Outro
-----------   -----------   -------------
E MajorE  022100   A augmentedA  x02220   A augmentedA   x02220
G# minorG#m 46644x   C# minorC#m x4665x   E MajorE   022100
C# minorC#m x4665x   E MajorE  022100   BB   x2444x
BB  x2444x   BB  x2444x   Bsus2Bsus2 x2442x
                Bsus4Bsus4 x2443x


Verse 1:
E MajorE
 Every night, I live and die
           G# minorG#m
Feel the party to my bones
                                C# minorC#m
Watch the wasters blow the speakers, spill my guts beneath the outdoor light
   BB
It's just another graceless night

E MajorE
 I hate the headlines and the weather
            G# minorG#m
I'm nineteen and I'm on fire
               C# minorC#m
But when we're dancing, I'm alright
   BB
It's just another graceless night


Pre-Chorus 1:
    A augmentedA
Are you lost enough?
            C# minorC#m
Have another drink, get lost in us
           BB
This is how we get notorious, ah-ah-ah oh oh

    A augmentedA
'Cause I don't know
             C# minorC#m
If they keep tellin' you where to go
                BB           (mute)
I'll blow my brains out to the radio, ah-ah-ah oh oh, ch-ch


Chorus 1:
A augmentedA      C# minorC#m
 All of the things we're taking
A augmentedA       E MajorE     BB   A augmentedA
 'Cause we are young and we're ashamed
       C# minorC#m      BB
 Sends us to perfect places

A augmentedA      C# minorC#m
 All of our heroes fading
A augmentedA       E MajorE    BB  A augmentedA
 Now I can't stand to be alone
       C# minorC#m      BB
 Let's go to perfect places


Verse 2:
E MajorE
 Every night, I live and die
            G# minorG#m
Meet somebody, take 'em home
                 C# minorC#m
Let's kiss and then take off our clothes
   BB
It's just another graceless night, 'cause


Chorus 2:
A augmentedA      C# minorC#m
 All of the things we're taking
A augmentedA       E MajorE     BB   A augmentedA
 'Cause we are young and we're ashamed
       C# minorC#m      BB
 Sends us to perfect places

A augmentedA      C# minorC#m
 All of our heroes fading
A augmentedA       E MajorE    BB  A augmentedA
 Now I can't stand to be alone
       C# minorC#m      BB
 Let's go to perfect places


Outro:
A augmentedA           E MajorE    BB
 All the nights spent off our faces
A augmentedA           E MajorE    BB
 Trying to find these perfect places
A augmentedA          C# minorC#m      BB
 What the fuck are perfect places anyway?

A augmentedA           E MajorE    BB
 All the nights spent off our faces
A augmentedA           E MajorE    BB
 Trying to find these perfect places
A augmentedA          C# minorC#m      BB
 What the fuck are perfect places anyway?

A augmentedA           E MajorE    BB
 All the nights spent off our faces
A augmentedA           E MajorE    BB
 Trying to find these perfect places
A augmentedA          C# minorC#m      BB    Bsus2Bsus2 BB B  Bsus4Bsus4 A augmentedA
 What the fuck are perfect places anyway?

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