Chords with lyrics
This is the way I play Note to Self on my acoustic. Enjoy!
Chord Reference:
E5/G# D5/F# G+G G7m
e|x| e|x| e|x| e|x|
BB|x| BB|x| BB|x| BB|3|
G+G|x| G+G|x| G+G|4| G+G|0|
D MajorD|6| D MajorD|4| D MajorD|5| D MajorD|4| Similar to an open C, but placed on the third fret
A augmentedA|7| A augmentedA|5| A augmentedA|2| A augmentedA|5|
E MajorE|4| E MajorE|2| E MajorE|x| E MajorE|x|
Intro:
FF G+G FF G+G *Dead Strum*
FF G+G Am* E5/G#
Verse 1:
N.C.
Holt's above my hideout
N.C.
I dug this hole beneath the floorboards
N.C.
Buzzing bad and locked in
N.C.
Try to not recall
FF A minorAm
Counting numbered days
G+G FF
From the wheel we cried to clutch
FF A minorAm
Looking for some inspired land
Gm* D5/F# Riff 1*
But all I found were empty cans and cigarette butts
Mid-Verse Riff:
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|------------1-----------1-|----------1----------1---|
G+G|---------0-----------0----|-------0----------0------|
D MajorD|------2-----------2-------|----0----------0---------|
A augmentedA|---3-----------3----------|-2----------2------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-------------------------|(x4)
Lining dirty parking lots in Ottawa
(Glazed eyes, trying to rub away at the sketches of the...)
Daytime
When every second of sun's the same
G+G (palm mute)
What's the point of staying awake?
Fill:
FF A minorAm G+G FF
FF A minorAm Gm* D5/F#
Verse 2:
FF (palm mute)
Your hands are out and I see
A minorAm (palm mute) Gm* (palm mute)
You're asking me for a vowel but I am weak and I am stubborn
G7m (palm mute)
So I'll say "This is all I have right now"
E5/G# (palm mute)
But I want to make something good
Am* (palm mute)
I want to make something better
FF (palm mute)
Something that cannot leave the ground
FF (let ring)
Unless we lift it up together
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away
A minorAm FF
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day
C majorC
It's a note to self mislaid
G+G A minorAm
You ate the words you always used to say
G+G FF
There will be no more fucking around today
Breakdown:
*let each chord ring except the E. I quickly transition from E MajorE to G minorGm when I play this*
A minorAm FF E MajorE Gm* Gm* FF E MajorE Gm*
Verse 3:
A minorAm FF G+G FF
Drunk and worthless, spewing bullshit all across the stage
A minorAm FF
Wake up and we find new hiding places
G+G FF
Trying desperately to escape
G+G Am* B*
The glare from our stupid, spineless
(I don't believe you, you're all the same)
C* G* C* G+G
Words just whining, every fucking day
FF
What do I really want to say?
Chorus:
N.C. G+G
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away
A minorAm FF
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day
C majorC
It's a note to self mislaid
G+G A minorAm
You ate the words you always used to say
G+G FF
There will be no more fucking around today
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| * represents barre chords
| (palm mute) represents palm muted chords
| N.C. represents a rest
| x Dead note