Chords with lyrics
Desert Island Questionnaire (Upside Down Mountain, 2014)
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
G+G - 320003
G/BG/B - x20002
C majorC - X32010
D MajorD - XX0232
E minorEm - 022000
A minorAm - x02210
I tabbed out the intro riff as well since it comes back to tie all the verses together. The xxxxxx chords are
rakes; just lightly mute the strings with your fretting hand and them strum for the amount of beats.
Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern.
Intro Riff:
Gadd9Gadd9 G+G Gmaj7Gmaj7 G+G Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9Gadd9 G+G Gmaj7Gmaj7
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BB|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
G+G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
D MajorD|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----|
A augmentedA|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
E MajorE|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
G+G
Say that you were stranded on a desert island
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along
G+G
Say you had a month and you knew you were dying
G+G
How would you spend your time
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
What goodbyes would take too long
D MajorD
You don't like this game and you take exception
D MajorD E minorEm
Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical
A minorAm
With the charging sky above
A minorAm D MajorD
And the ground below that could swallow everyone
Intro Riff
G+G
Staring at your phone at another party
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show
G+G
People in the pool like the drowning army
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
Smoke along the moats and the hotel lobby glows
D MajorD
Wish that you can dance but you've got no partner
D MajorD E minorEm
Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast
A minorAm
To the ennui of our times
A minorAm D MajorD
To the selfishness in everyone you know
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
C majorC D MajorD
Made a lot of friends but they can't be trusted
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Don't know what their angle is
C majorC D MajorD
Post up at the bar and I m double fisted
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Talking to a mannequin
C majorC D MajorD
I don't know what it means when he takes my pulse
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
And says that I'm a lot like him
C majorC D MajorD
I say that's fair enough that's why I'm trying to loosen up
Intro Riff
G+G
Every lunatic must be well intentioned
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
Sets himself apart he's an instrument of god
G+G
Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan
D MajorD
They finally found her body many Autumns after
D MajorD E minorEm
Interviewed her mother who said she'd now be 21
A minorAm
And although we lost her young
A minorAm D MajorD
I know the good lord has a plan for all of us
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
C majorC D MajorD
Mormons at the door they are clean and handsome
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Always have a good sales pitch
C majorC D MajorD
Your little sisters swears that she can read my aura
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
But I can't take her serious
C majorC
Need something to bring
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
For this human nature is not what this condition is
C majorC D MajorD
I'm so bored with my life but I'm still afraid to die
C majorC D MajorD
Everyone's asleep in this burning building
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
And I can't wake them up in time
C majorC D MajorD
You go on ahead I'll be right behind you
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
I'm headed to the finish line
C majorC D MajorD
I can't ignore the sun until this is over
Intro Riff
G+G
Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
What would be the message that you'd spell out for the plane
G+G
Say the engine failed when that plane was flying
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
If you were the pilot would you curse or would you pray
D MajorD
No one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral
D MajorD E minorEm
Not a lot to say did it even have a name
A minorAm
Light a candle just in case he was someone's friend
A minorAm D MajorD
Throw some flowers on the grave
Outro Riff:
Gadd9Gadd9 G+G Gmaj7Gmaj7 G+G Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9Gadd9 G+G Gmaj7Gmaj7
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BB|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
G+G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
D MajorD|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4---let ring---------------|
A augmentedA|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--------------------------|