Chords with lyrics
Key: F#F#
Tuning: Half-step Down (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb MajorEb)
🎸 Intro:
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B (x2)
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
I put the groceries down on the front lawn
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
and think maybe the children just want recognition
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
I wrote the fairytale on a midnight drive
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
Wanting to know if I’m more than alive
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm A7A7 C majorC
I torched the fields again and killed an honest man
D MajorD D augmentedDaug
Now I understand Mother Nature
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
Watch me running head-first into the thorns
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
It’s like the lights are off but somebody’s home
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
Unwrap that tourniquet ‘round the sun
E minorEm A minorAm C/BC/B
Turn those subtle reds into neon
C majorC A7A7
You’ll see the difference when it’s done,
G+G G/F#
But I understand your hesitation
🎸 Verse 3:
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
Come take a walk with me down billionaire’s row
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
Trying to keep our balance over zero
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
We’ll write the fairytale for the rest of our lives
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B
Throwing the trash away one more time
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
Holding on to Love like a stone
E minorEm A minorAm C/BC/B
Melting down today for tomorrow’s
C majorC
Covenant of the heart
A7A7
You know it’s turbulent from the start
G+G G/F#
And I understand it’s not your nature
🎸 Bridge:
E minorEm A7A7 G+G D MajorD
But you need a friend
C majorC A7A7 G+G B minorBm
To take you home
E minorEm A7A7 G+G D MajorD
You’ve got to begin
C majorC A7A7 G+G B minorBm
Again
🎸 Verse 4:
C/GC/G G+G G/F#
To open castle gates and let me go inside
C/GC/G G+G G/F#
and taste the bitter tea that won’t let you hide
C/GC/G G+G G/F#
Then we can take away as much as we can steal
C/GC/G G+G G/F#
Break all the precious bones before the guards appear
C/GC/G G+G G/F#
Before the fantasy is cast into the fire
C/GC/G G+G G/F#
And strike the temple bell to resonate the
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC
Covenant of the heart
A7A7
You know what comes right after the dark,
G+G G/F#
But I understand your hesitation
🎸 Outro:
G+G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7 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