Red chords by Meg & Dia

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: F

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Verse 1:
I've been keeping
  Dm    C
it real low key
F
Biting my tongue and
Gm
getting you what you
Dm    C  F
need for free Takes
     Gm
a lot to push me over
Dm  C  F
 The edge everybody
   Gm
has a breaking point
Dm C  F
 I guess modern reverie
  Gm
has been destroyed

Chorus 1:
Dm      C
 But then it all went red
F     Gm
 And I've felt it all since
Dm     C
then Wonder where I've been
F   Gm
 In a bad trip with no
Dm    C
end I was in my head
F    Gm       Dm
 Now I hear my pulse again
     C        F Gm
Breaking through my chest


Verse 2:
I've been burning on
Dm    C   F
high lid tight Doing
       Gm
no wrong but never
       Dm
quite get it right I
C  F
tried Push a little
   Gm
more make me lose it
Dm   C  F
 It's cool if I'm
      Gm
buried on a Sunday
   Dm  C  F
night The truth is I'm
     Gm
a 9 to 5 sacrifice


Chorus 2:
Dm      C
 But then it all went red
F     Gm
 And I've felt it all since
Dm     C
then Wonder where I've been
F   Gm
 In a bad trip with no
Dm    C
end I was in my head
F    Gm       Dm
 Now I hear my pulse again
     C        F Gm
Breaking through my chest


Instrumental:
Dm C


Bridge:
Dm       C
 You've got a funny way
  Dm
of talking Don't push
  Gm
me to the other side
Dm     C
 I try my best to
     Dm
keep from crashing
      Gm
So try your best
to look alive
Dm       C
 You know I'll hold
     Dm
it all together
So don't you push
   Gm
your luck tonight
Dm       C
 You've got a funny
    Dm
way of asking
    Gm
If I'm alright


Guitar Solo:
Dm C F Gm x4


Chorus 3/Outro:
Dm      C
 But then it all went red
F     Gm
 And I've felt it all since
Dm     C
then Wonder where I've been
F   Gm
 In a bad trip with no
Dm    C
end I was in my head
F    Gm       Dm
 Now I hear my pulse again
     C        F Gm Dm
Breaking through my chest