Fixer Upper chords by Grace Petrie

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Intro:

F  C  Dm  C
A#   C
F  C  Dm  C
A#   C

🎸 Verse 1:
   F
I woke up from an awful dream
    Am
In June of two thousand sixteen
      A#                                F      C
In a far right fake news fucked up universe
      F
And though we sang the Mountain Goats
       Am
Loud enough to bruise our throats
 A#                                   F         C
Every year that followed still got worse and worse
       A#                               F                  C
And I read the warning signs of these dark and troubled times
         A#                                F      C
Now I'm trying to keep my head above the water line
     A#
I'm losing sleep on sleeping masses
  F                   C
Counting sheep and greenhouse gases
     A#
As doomsday clocks and TikToks
           C
Say we're running out of time

🎸 Chorus:
                   F               C
But I think this world's a fixer upper
       Dm             C              A#
Broken in the middle of a salvage yard
                      C
And I know it will be hard
           F                C
All we've got now is each other
           Dm               C                    A#
And we're overwhelmed and Wondering where to start
                       C
Yeah I know it will be hard
 A#
Maybe I'm delusional
        C
But I think it could be beautiful
   F               C                 Dm     C
If we could only keep from losing heart
                A#
Then we might still
              C                                F
Have time to build something better from the parts

🎸 Interlude:
F  C  Dm  C
A#   C

🎸 Verse 2:
     F
When I was young and still naive
   Am
I thought that it was guaranteed
       A#                                       F     C
That things would change for better, Not for worse
     F
But now the place I'm born and grown
    Am
Is pillaged like the end of Rome
    A#                                 F      C
It feels just like we're going ninety in reverse
      A#
As misinformation thrives
         F                C
We are fighting for our lives
         A#                                           F         C
Just to make sure when the smoke clears there'll be anything left
     A#
The road ahead feels bleak and jaded
F               C
All my future hopes are faded
     A#                           C
I'm sinking, overthinking, overdrinking and bereft

🎸 Chorus:
                   F               C
But I think this world's a fixer upper
       Dm             C              A#
Broken in the middle of a salvage yard
                      C
And I know it will be hard
           F                C
All we've got now is each other
           Dm               C                    A#
And we're overwhelmed and wondering where to start
                       C
Yeah I know it will be hard
 A#
Maybe I'm delusional
        C
But I think it could be beautiful
   F               C                 Dm     C
If we could only keep from losing heart
                A#
Then we might still
              C                                F     C
Have time to build something better from the parts
Dm            C                 A#        C
  Something better from the parts

🎸 Bridge:
          A#
So don't mourn we will organise
  F                C
Stronger when we unionise
     A#
The sorrow shining in your eyes
     F           C
I'm keeping at bay
       A#
Don't mourn we will organise
   F               C
Stronger when we empathise
   A#
Resistance rising like the tides
    F             C       A#
To wash all the winter away
F            C      A#
  To wash it all away

🎸 Interlude:
F  C

🎸 Verse 3:
    F
So grab a spade, yeah grab a hammer
 Am
Plant some seeds and raise a banner
 A#                                         F                C
Roll your sleeves and rake the leaves Left by the passing storm
 F
Boil the kettle, build a movement
 Am
Every day some small improvement
 A#                                 F               C
Ready ground to lay down all the World yet to be born
            A#
Lace your boots and find the shoots
                    Dm                C
Still struggling through the rotted roots
              A#
The saplings laid by other folks
             Dm            C
We will turn into mighty oaks
             A#
The battle scars, the broken parts
               Dm                C
Of dreams who outlasted those hearts
         A#
Oh everything you dream is possible It's waiting to be made
          C
So my comrade
              A#   C
Come grab a spade

🎸 Chorus:
               F               C
Because this world's a fixer upper
       Dm             C              A#
Broken in the middle of a salvage yard
                      C
And I know it will be hard
       F                C
I go singing for my supper
         Dm                 C              A#
Dragging half the contents of a salvage yard
                       C
Lord I know it will be hard
 A#
Maybe I'm delusional
        C
But I think you are beautiful
   F               C                 Dm     C
If we could just keep from losing heart
           A#
We might still
           C
Not rest until
                    A#
If anybody can, we will
 C                 A#              F
Build something better from the parts