On The Mend chords by The Milk Carton Kids

Chords with lyrics

Standard Tuning


4/4 Time Signature

Intro:
F7F7  C majorC FF G+G C majorC

C majorC           G+G
The mice tell bedtime stories
FF       C majorC
Lullabies turned blue
E7E7         A minorAm G+G  FF       C majorC
A augmentedA crib song for the baby who has figured out the ruse
C majorC              G+G       E MajorE    F7F7
I travelled half way 'round the world to tell a story with no end
FF        C majorC
The dirt under a nation
FF   G+G     C majorC
Forsaken, on the mend

A minorAm        E minorEm      F7F7      C majorC
I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense
A minorAm         E minorEm   FF    G+G
No one holding posture, nothing heaven-sent
A minorAm         E minorEm         E7E7      F7F7
Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe
 FF        C majorC       FF G+G    C majorC
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe.

Instrumental:
FF  C majorC  FF  G+G FF  E7E7 A minorAm G+G F7F7   FF  C majorC  FF G+G C majorC

C majorC          G+G
There's nowhere left to sit
FF              C majorC
It's the dirt ground or a broke-down bench
E7E7        A minorAm         FF      C majorC
Four walls and a roof- they say the house that Jesus Built
C majorC         G+G       E7E7    F7F7
A augmentedA Child knows the kindness of a woman at her end
FF          C majorC
In Song she found salvation
FF   G+G      C majorC
Forsaken, on the mend

A minorAm            E minorEm      F7F7    C majorC
I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense
A minorAm      E minorEm   FF     G+G
No unholy posture, nothing heaven-sent
A minorAm         E minorEm      E7E7        F7F7
Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe
FF         C majorC        FF G+G  C majorC
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe
FF          C majorC        FF  G+G  A minorAm    C majorC
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe

 FF  G+G    C majorC
In the air we breathe.