The Blade chords by Ashley Monroe

Chords with lyrics

Song: The blade
Artist: Ashley Monroe
Composers: Marc Beeson, Jamie Floyd & Allen Shamblin
Album: The blade
Tabbed by DJ
12st Oct 2015

This is mostly a piano piece, and Ashley's rhythm guitarist
plays along in E MajorE with a capo at the 2nd fret, sticking to
pretty basic chords. I've adapted it for a more interesting
acoustic guitar accompaniment with a few more extended chords
like the sus4's and (#11)'s that are suggested by the melody
and keyboards.

CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in the key of F#F#)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D MajorD    = xx0232  A4  = x02230
D4   = xx0233  A7A7  = x02020
G+G    = 320003  B minorBm  = x24432
Gadd#11 = 3x0023  D/C# = x40232
A augmentedA    = x02220  Dsus2Dsus2 = xx0230

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[Intro]
   D MajorD   D4 D MajorD   D MajorD
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x2]

[Verse 1]
D MajorD       D4  D MajorD  D MajorD       D4 D MajorD
  I let your love in,   I have the scar,
D MajorD       D4  D MajorD  D MajorD        D4  D MajorD
  I felt the ra - zor  ...against my heart,
G+G      Gadd#11 G+G  G+G     Gadd#11 G+G  D MajorD
  I thought we  were  ...both in all  the way,
      A augmentedA       A4  A augmentedA
But you caught it by the han - dle,
G+G     A7A7     D MajorD       D4 D MajorD
  And I caught it by ...the blade!


[Verse 2]
D MajorD       D4   D MajorD  D MajorD         D4 D MajorD
  You said, "Good - bye,  ...it's not the end,
D MajorD        D4 D MajorD   D MajorD          D4  D MajorD
  And, if you need me,  ...I'm still your friend"
G+G        Gadd#11 G+G  G+G   Gadd#11 G+G  D MajorD
  Well, that's eas - y  ...for  you  to say,
       A augmentedA        A4  A augmentedA
'Cause you caught it by the han - dle,
G+G     A7A7        D MajorD
  And I caught it by the blade!

[Verse 3]
 B minorBm         G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
 That's the risk you run when you love, when you love,
 D/C#   B minorBm         G+G      A augmentedA
 And you give it all you've ....got to give,

e |------------------|
BB |---7--5--3--2-----|
G+G |------------------|
D MajorD |---7--5--4--2-----|
A augmentedA |------------------|
E MajorE |------------------|

 B minorBm       G+G       A augmentedA
Knowing all a - long there's a chance,
      D MajorD   D/C#     B minorBm       G+G
There's a chance  ....you'll reach, and they won't,
     A4       A augmentedA      A augmentedA
You'll bleed, and they  ...don't!


[Verse 4]
D MajorD         D4  D MajorD   D MajorD       D4 D MajorD
  For you, it's o - ver, ...for me, it's not,
D MajorD      D4  D MajorD   D MajorD         D4  D MajorD
  I kept try - ing,  ...and you just stopped,
G+G     Gadd#11 G+G  G+G     Gadd#11 G+G  D MajorD
  Now I know  how  ...you can sound so brave,
       A augmentedA        A4   A augmentedA
'Cause you caught it by the handle, baby,
G+G     A7A7        D MajorD
  And I caught it by the blade!


[Verse 5]
 B minorBm         G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
 That's the risk you run when you love, when you love,
 D/C#   B minorBm         G+G      A augmentedA
 And you give it all you've ....got to give,

e |------------------|
BB |---7--5--3--2-----|
G+G |------------------|
D MajorD |---7--5--4--2-----|
A augmentedA |------------------|
E MajorE |------------------|

 B minorBm       G+G       A augmentedA
Knowing all a - long there's a chance,
      D MajorD   D/C#     B minorBm       G+G
There's a chance  ....you'll reach, and they won't,
    A4       A augmentedA     A augmentedA
You'll bleed, and they ...don't!


[Coda]
G+G      Gadd#11 G+G  G+G     Gadd#11 G+G  D MajorD
  I thought we  were  ...both in all  the way,
      A augmentedA       A4  A augmentedA
But you caught it by the han - dle,
G+G     A7A7          D MajorD   D4 D MajorD  D4 D MajorD
  And I ...caught it by the blade,    umm -umm,
   A augmentedA        A4   A augmentedA
You caught it by the handle, baby,
G+G     A7A7        D MajorD      D4 D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD