Before And After chords by Carrie Newcomer

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E minorEm

Verse:
           C majorC
Dust settles after a hit and run
 E minorEm       C majorC
Bewildered by the damage done
    G+G           C majorC
I don't know why we choose the roads we travel
  G+G          C majorC       E minorEm C majorC
Or how a life could get so unravelled

Chorus:
  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
We live our lives from then until now
    E minorEm    C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
By the mercies received or the mark upon our brow
   E minorEm      C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter
  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G    C majorC   E minorEm C majorC
And frame my life by before and after

Verse:
    E minorEm         C majorC
Once a trick of light made me believe
   E minorEm          C majorC
A augmentedA red fire was blazing from every tree
G+G          C majorC
We held hands as the evening gathered
   G+G           C majorC        E minorEm C majorC
I forgave myself for what I didn't ask her

Verse:
    E minorEm           C majorC
Once I saw the sky filled with falling stars
     E minorEm           C majorC
Bumped my head in the dark and it left a scar
G+G             C majorC
Held on too tight before I let it go
    G+G           C majorC      E minorEm C majorC
Then forgave myself for what I didn't know

Chorus:
  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
We live our lives from then until now
    E minorEm    C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
By the mercies received or the mark upon our brow
   E minorEm      C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter
  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G    C majorC   E minorEm C majorC
And frame my life by before and after

Bridge:
             G+G
I've stretched my soul over fifty states
    A minorAm          G+G
I have lived on fumes and religious cornflakes
      C majorC            G+G
And once I dreamt my shoes had grown thin and battered
  A minorAm           C majorC       N.C.
And forgave myself for what didn't matter

Verse:
E minorEm          C majorC         E minorEm
God said, "Cain where is your brother?"
           C majorC
And who will tell his grieving mother?
G+G           C majorC
Jacob dreamt an angel called his name
G+G        C majorC       E minorEm C majorC
And he never was quite the same

Chorus:
  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
We live our lives from then until now
    E minorEm    C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
By the mercies received or the mark upon our brow
   E minorEm      C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter
  E minorEm    C majorC     G+G    C majorC   E minorEm C majorC
And frame my life by before and after

Outro:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD