As The World Caves In chords by Matt Maltese

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:

  G+G
My feet are aching
     C majorC
And your back is pretty tired
     G+G
And we've drunk a couple bottles babe
  C6C6
And set our grief aside
  G+G
The Papers say it's doomsday
  C majorC
The button has been pressed
      G+G
We're gonna nuke each other up boys
     Cmaj7Cmaj7 C6C6
'Til old satan stands impressed

Bridge:

A minorAm          B7B7
 And here it is, our final night alive
      E minorEm     B7B7   G/DG/D
And as the earth burns to the ground
   A/C#A/C#
Oh, girl, it's..

Chorus:

 Cmaj7Cmaj7   C minorCm
..you that I lie with
    G+G     B7B7
As the atom bomb locks in
    Cmaj7Cmaj7    C minorCm
Oh it's you I watch TV with
    G+G       B7B7     Cmaj7Cmaj7  C minorCm
As the world, as the world caves in

Verse 2:

  G+G
You put your finest suit on
 C majorC
I paint my fingernails
     G+G
Oh, we're going out in style babe
  C6C6
And everything's on sale
  G+G
We creep up on extinction
 C majorC
I pull your arms right in
 G+G
I weep and say goodnight love
     C majorC         Em7/BEm7/B
While my organs pack it in

Bridge:

A minorAm          B7B7
 And here it is, our final night alive
      E minorEm     B7B7   G/DG/D
And as the earth burns to the ground
   A/C#A/C#
Oh, girl, it's..

Chorus:

 Cmaj7Cmaj7   C minorCm
..you that I lie with
    G+G     B7B7
As the atom bomb locks in
    Cmaj7Cmaj7    C minorCm
Oh it's you I watch TV with
    G+G      A/C#A/C#
As the world, as the world caves...
    Cmaj7Cmaj7     C minorCm
Oh it's you   that I lie with
    G+G    B7B7
As the atom bomb locks in
     Cmaj     C minorCm
Yes it's you I welcome death with
    G+G      B7B7       E minorEm  B7B7 G/DG/D A/C#A/C#
As the world, as the world caves in
Cmaj7Cmaj7  C minorCm

     G+G
As the world caves in.

Here are some extra details that I like to add to it, but they are just my interpretations/ad libs and
by no means essential - it'll sound fine with just the chords.


Verse 1:
       C majorC                     G+G                  C6C6
e|-----------0----------0---------0--------0------------3-------3--------3-------3----------0-----|
BB|-----------1----------1---------1--------1------------0-------0--------0-------0---0------1-----|
G+G|-----------0----------0---------0--------0----2-h-3---0-------0--------0-------0---0--3---2-----|
D MajorD|-----------2----------2---------2--------2----2-------0-------0--------0-------0---0------2-----|
A augmentedA|-----------3----------3---------3--------3------------2-------2--------2-------2----------3-----|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------3-------3--------3-------3----------3-----|
 ..And your back is  pretty  tired -   And we've drunk a couple of bottles, babe- And set our....


Bridge:

  A minorAm                B7B7
e|-0-------0-------0-------0--------2-------2-------2------2---------------------------|
BB|-1-------1-------1-------1--------0-------0-------0------0---------------------------|
G+G|-2-------2-------2-------2--------2-------2-------2------2---------------------------|
G+G|-2-------2-------2-------2--------1-------1-------1------1---------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-------0-------0-------0--0--1--2-------2-------2------2---------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      And here it is,  our final night alive

      E minorEm     B7B7    G+G   G6G6  A6/C#A6/C# A7/C#
e|----------0-----0-----2----3----x-------0-----2-----3------|
BB|----------0-----0-----0-- -0----0-------0-----2-----2------|
G+G|----------0-----0-----2----2----0-------0-----2-----2------|
D MajorD|----------2-----2-----1----1----0-------0-----2-----2------|
A augmentedA|----------2-----2-----2----2----2-------2-----4-----4------|
E MajorE|----------0-----0---------------3-------3------------------|
 And as the earth burns to the  ground Oh,  girl, it's..


Chorus:                                  bass run
  Cmaj7Cmaj7        Cm(maj7)        G+G           B7B7  ▼
e|--0---0---0---0------------------------------3---3---3---3----------2---2-----2---2-------------|
BB|--0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---------0---0---0---0----------0---0-----0---0-------------|
G+G|--0---0---2---0--------0---0---2---0---------0---0---2---0----------2---2-----2---2-------------|
D MajorD|--2---2---2---2--------1---1---1---1---------0---0---0---0----------1---1---0-1---1-------------|
A augmentedA|--3---3---3---3--------3---3---3---3---------2---2---2---2----------2---2-4---2---2-------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------3---3---3---3--------------------------------------|
 ..you     that I lie  with   As the a-------------tom bomb locks in


For the chorus rhythm, you can also hit a root note of each chord between strums so it builds it and
fills it out a bit more. Something like this;

  Cmaj7Cmaj7        Cm(maj7)        G+G           B7B7
e|--0---0---0---0------------------------------3---3---3---3----------2---2-----2---2-------------|
BB|--0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---------0---0---0---0----------0---0-----0---0-------------|
G+G|--0---0---2---0--------0---0---2---0---------0---0---2---0----------2---2-----2---2-------------|
D MajorD|--2---2---2---2--------1---1---1---1---------0---0---0---0----------1---1---0-1---1-------------|
A augmentedA|----3---3---3---3--------3---3---3---3-------2---2---2---2------------2---4-----2---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------3---3---3---3------------------------------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

..you     that I lie  with   As the a-------------tom bomb locks in


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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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| h Hammer-on
| x Dead note
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