Keep It Even chords by Parquet Courts

Chords with lyrics

From "Human Performances" (2016)


Verse:

     D MajorD             DmDm             C majorC
There's a drawer in my house that I try to keep closed but it's open
     G+G             FF           C majorC
There's a commitment that I made to be somewhere but it's broken
  FF       Fm6Fm6      C majorC            G+G
An oblique mantra in my head, it lies there on the floor like a bed that would
FF        DmDm       C majorC
Collapse like a trap, if it was spoken


Chorus:

A minorAm        G+G
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight
A minorAm        A augmentedA
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for some
D MajorD                 DmDm            C majorC
Line I've had in mind, it's been repressed over time, so I'm breathing
 G+G               FF          C majorC
Seduced by an excuse that could not be made but I'm speaking

Instrumental:

A minorAm A minorAm C majorC  C majorC
G+G  FF  C majorC  C majorC
A minorAm A minorAm G+G  G+G
A minorAm A minorAm A augmentedA  A augmentedA


Verse:

     D MajorD             DmDm            C majorC
There's a phone with a number that I try not to call but it's ringing
  G+G             FF         C majorC
For someone I've tried to keep to myself but I'm singing
   FF            Fm6Fm6       C majorC       G+G
It's logic that's twisted and paraphrased and justified by a distance
   FF      DmDm        C majorC
That separates a bond, bound of persistence


Chorus:

A minorAm        G+G
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight
A minorAm        A augmentedA
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for
   D MajorD             DmDm             C majorC