Autumn chords by Niki (Nicole Zefanya)

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Verse 1:
C                Dm        Am     F
I carved my name into your ribcage
C                  Dm             Am   F
We talked of lands away from this cage
          C                                            Dm      Am   F
You said, don’t fret love, someday I’ll be my own man
I'll be free
                        F
Oh, but darling did you mean
                 G              C
Darling, did you mean free from me?

C
You promised home
    Dm             Am     F
The kind I'd never known, oh
             C
But here we are, skin and flesh and beating hearts
        Dm                 Am                  F
and I'm wondering what the hell I'm doing wrong
           C                                               Dm                   Am
You said, “Let's make ourselves our very own brigade, this love our shield, our blade”
                       F                         G
Oh, but darling do you see the cuts from which I bleed?
               C
It’s me you’ve slain


Chorus:
F                         G                                 C
I didn’t obliterate these walls for you to come and raid my home
F
And here you are right next to me
G                                C
Ironically
I've never felt more alone




Verse :
C              Dm            Am        F
I fell for you faster than I fell apart
      C                                             F
And I guess I'm the one to blame for letting myself fall too hard
F                                                            G             C
I ripped my heart out and put it in your hands in hopes that we’d put up a fight
         F                           G                                C
How paradoxical, since now all I can think about is when will we stop trying
Ooh
C               Am
Oooh, how do we stay afloat
        F     G   C
When do I let go?


        C                                   C/B
All you do is blindside me, it's hard to be brave
             Am                                        Am/G
But when the night cuts into the day, it’s your love I crave
  F                                  G
I must’ve thanked my lucky stars too much
C
they left me sitting in too much dust

    C                                      C/B
You know all my dreams you were one, so it seemed
       Am                                    Am/G
And I love you but with you it's heartache I breathe
    F                           G                         C
You gave it your all, just with everything you took from me

C
Oh, my love
Am
Is this the end for us?
F
Maybe we’ve had enough