Contain Thyself chords by Pepe Deluxé

Chords with lyrics

Fig. I (Intro):

e|------12-12-12---12---12---12-----------------|
BB|--------------------------------12---12-13-12-|
G+G|-14-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|

e|-------------10--12--14--15---15----12--14----|
BB|----------12----------------------------------|
G+G|-14-12----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|

e|-10----12-|
BB|----------|
G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|----------|
E MajorE|----------|

A minorAm         G+G
Are we crossing the border of the pale,
C majorC          D MajorD     E MajorE
is this the end, the end of our tale?
A minorAm         G+G
 Are we saying goodbye to old friends
C majorC     D MajorD    E MajorE
sailing away on a crave?

A minorAm    G+G
Wisdom to understand,
FF      E MajorE
kindness of strength,
A minorAm    G+G
mercy in victory,
 FF   G+G   E MajorE
majestic foundation.

(I pray.) FF C majorC G+G A minorAm

A minorAm           G+G
Nothing is turning our ships off the course,
C majorC           D MajorD        E MajorE
day after day heading straight to the source.
A minorAm           G+G
No one is sailing these seas of harm,
C majorC      D MajorD   E MajorE
sailing without remorse.

A minorAm    G+G
Wisdom to understand,
FF      E MajorE
kindness of strength,
A minorAm    G+G
mercy in victory,
 FF   G+G   E MajorE
majestic foundation.

FF C majorC  G+G  A minorAm (Fig.II)
Contain Thyself.

Fig.II (Bridge)
  A minorAm         G+G       FF      E MajorE
e|-----8--8--8--8--8-----7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-5----4-4-|
BB|----10-10-10-10-10-----8-8-8-8-8----6-6-6-6-6----5-5-|
G+G|-----9--9--9--9--9-----7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-5----4-4-|
D MajorD|--------------------0--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--------------------------------8------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------0-----|

FF C majorC  G+G  A minorAm (Fig.II)
Contain Thyself.
FF C majorC  G+G  A minorAm
Contain Thyself.
  G+G
My sweetest friend,
 FF
remember how
E MajorE        C majorC  G+G  A minorAm
we used to lend all our hope.
 G+G
Remember how

   FF     G+G    E MajorE
there was always more to spend.

||: FF C majorC G+G A minorAm :|| 4x

FF C majorC G+G A minorAm           G+G
   This is the island, the island by the edge,
  C majorC           D MajorD     E MajorE
the end of the world, the end of our pledge
  A minorAm
to uphold our friendship,
  G+G
to safeguard the tree,
  C majorC      D MajorD       E MajorE
the tree of the sheltered and free...  sheltered and free...

A minorAm           G+G
This is the island, the island by the edge,
  C majorC           D MajorD     E MajorE
the end of the world, the end of our pledge....

(the end of the world)
        A minorAm
       to uphold our friendship,
  G+G
to safeguard the tree,
  C majorC      D MajorD       E MajorE
the tree of the sheltered and free...


A minorAm      G+G   C majorC    D MajorD E MajorE
?....Island....Edge....World....pledge
A minorAm       G+G       C majorC      D MajorD       E MajorE
?....Friendship...tree....the tree of the sheltered and free...
       A minorAm  G+G C majorC D MajorD
sheltered and free..........

  E MajorE     A minorAm  G+G
The end of the world,

    C majorC      D MajorD
||: the tree of the sheltered :|| 3x

  E minorEm
and free...