Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
A augmentedA C majorC E MajorE
Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Look at the sun and the sky and the sand and
G+G
The sea behind me
A augmentedA G+G
Look at me, suddenly I am on land and I'm free
Don't mind me as I
FF
Climb for the first time
A minorAm
Jump for the first time
E MajorE A augmentedA G+G E MajorE
Trying to stand but this gravity's pulling me down
Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Look, it's a fire, it's warm and it glows
G+G
And it lights this chamber
A augmentedA G+G
Let me admire it—, ow, get too close and it bites
FF
I came too close for the first time
A minorAm
Burned for the first time
E MajorE C#C#
Everything's clearer and brighter and hotter
F#F# F minorFm
But now that I'm here like a fish out of water
E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC C minorCm E MajorE
I'm trying to stand but this gravity's pulling me down
Bridge:
A augmentedA G+G
Are we only food for slaughter
F# minorF#m E MajorE
Is this life on land?
A augmentedA C majorC
Well, you were lonely underwater
D#D# E MajorE
Come on, Ariel, time to stand
Verse 3:
A augmentedA
Squeeze in the shoes and the corset, it's tight
G+G
And the seams are bursting
A augmentedA
Some women choose this, I guess it's alright
C majorC A augmentedA G+G C majorC
Are my dreams adjusting?
Chorus:
FF
As I wait for the first time
A minorAm
Here for the first time
FF
Now for the first time
A minorAm FF
He's coming through those doors
A minorAm
Up the stairs
FF
From the shore
A minorAm
From that moment
FF
And he'll smile
A minorAm
Like he knows
G#G# A minorAm E minorEm DmDm E MajorE
When I say—
Outro:
N.C.
Realize the prize that you paid with your voice
C majorC
As he turns from you
A augmentedA
Those sacrifices you made were a choice
C majorC
That you can't undo
FF
Lost for the first time
A minorAm
Scared for the first time
E MajorE A augmentedA
Gravity feels like an undertow pulling me down