Key: F# Tuning: Half-step Down (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb) 🎸 Intro: G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B (x2) 🎸 Verse 1: G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B I put the groceries down on the front lawn G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B and think maybe the children just want recognition G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B I wrote the fairytale on a midnight drive G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B Wanting to know if I’m more than alive
🎸 Pre-Chorus: Em A7 C I torched the fields again and killed an honest man D Daug Now I understand Mother Nature 🎸 Verse 2: G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B Watch me running head-first into the thorns G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B It’s like the lights are off but somebody’s home 🎸 Chorus: Em Am Unwrap that tourniquet ‘round the sun Em Am C/B Turn those subtle reds into neon C A7 You’ll see the difference when it’s done, G G/F# But I understand your hesitation 🎸 Verse 3: G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B Come take a walk with me down billionaire’s row G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B Trying to keep our balance over zero G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B We’ll write the fairytale for the rest of our lives G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B Throwing the trash away one more time 🎸 Chorus: Em Am Holding on to Love like a stone Em Am C/B Melting down today for tomorrow’s C Covenant of the heart A7 You know it’s turbulent from the start G G/F# And I understand it’s not your nature 🎸 Bridge: Em A7 G D But you need a friend C A7 G Bm To take you home Em A7 G D You’ve got to begin C A7 G Bm Again 🎸 Verse 4: C/G G G/F# To open castle gates and let me go inside C/G G G/F# and taste the bitter tea that won’t let you hide C/G G G/F# Then we can take away as much as we can steal C/G G G/F# Break all the precious bones before the guards appear C/G G G/F# Before the fantasy is cast into the fire C/G G G/F# And strike the temple bell to resonate the 🎸 Chorus: C Covenant of the heart A7 You know what comes right after the dark, G G/F# But I understand your hesitation 🎸 Outro: G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B (x8) Chords Instructions: G: 320003 Gadd9/F#: 2x0005 Cmaj7: x32003 Cmaj13/B: x2x005 Em: 022000 A7: x02020 C: x32010 D: xx0232 Daug: xx0332 Am: x02210 C/B: x2x010 G/F#: 2x0003 Bm: x24432 C/G: 332010