Aftershocks chords by Philip Labes

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: E

Verse 1:
           E
The other night there was an earthquake
         A
I ran outside in my boxers
         F#m           B
With my laptop and my passport in my hand
       E
In my head it was the big one
    A
I imagined my apartment
             F#m           A           E
Turned from concrete into rubble into sand

     E
And every night since then
         A            E
Around twelve-fifteen AM
        F#m                          B
As I'm cooling off and getting into bed
           E
I feel my mattress start to shake
         A            E
And I'm jolted back awake
        F#m          A              E
But it always turns out it's in my head

Pre-Chorus:
   A    B                   F#m           B
Nobody tells you about the magnitudes of heartache
          Am
When you think it's done there's more
          E
And I'm swaying like a waltz
        A                E
Under lines for all my faults
    F#m            B               E
Somebody ought to nail me to the floor

Chorus:
A  B   E
Aftershocks
A                            F#m         B
I forget sometimes I'm just living on a rock
A   B    E
I take walks
           A
But we're never really over
           F#m           B
There's a chasm in the clock
     A         B             E
And you don't pass with the dawn
       A      B      E
You go on and on and on

Verse 2:
          E
With new people I'm afraid
         A            E
I might have to run away
        F#m                           B
Near my bed I keep an extra pair of shoes
        E
And to ease my troubled mind
         A              E
I check seismographs online
      F#m           B             E
But nobody else is picking up on you

        E
And it only takes one person
       A
To convince you for forever
     F#m                B      Am
That you don't live on solid ground
          E
I'm not stable, and I ache
         A             E
And my furniture all shakes
      F#m           B     E
Even though you're not around

Pre-Chorus:
   A    B                   F#m           B
Nobody tells you about the magnitudes of heartache
          Am
When you think it's done there's more
          E
And I'm swaying like a waltz
        A                E
Under lines for all my faults
    F#m            B               E
Somebody ought to nail me to the floor

Chorus:
A  B   E
Aftershocks
A                            F#m         B
I forget sometimes I'm just living on a rock
A   B    E
I take walks
           A
But we're never really over
           F#m           B
There's a chasm in the clock
     A         B             E
And you don't pass with the dawn
       A      B      E
You go on and on and on-

Bridge:
 E              A
I’m back in my bed
           F#m
I get the shakes
            B
I'm still awake
 E               A
All alone in my head
             F#m
Everything breathes
             B
Everything breaks

Pre-Chorus:
   A    B                   F#m           B
Nobody tells you about the magnitudes of heartache
          Am                     Am7
When you think it's done there's more
          E
And I'm swaying like a waltz
        A                E
Under lines for all my faults
    F#m            B               E
Somebody ought to nail me to the floor

Chorus:
A  B   E
Aftershocks
A                            F#m         B
I forget sometimes I'm just living on a rock
A   B    E
I take walks
           A
But we're never really over
           F#m           B
There's a chasm in the clock
     A         B             E
And you don't pass with the dawn
       A      B
You go on and on
    A      B
And on and on
    E
And on