Velvety Jesus chords by Glen Phillips
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: B
Intro:
A D/B D DM7
A D/B D
Verse 1:
A D/B
Climb up the ladder
D
Slip off the rungs
A D/B
Beginning to doubt
D
What I'm tryin' to become, but there's
A D/B
Hands to be shaken
D DM7
Songs to be sung
A D/B
And there's souls to be sowed
D
When you do what you love
Chorus 1:
E
When I had nothin'
E F#m
I had nothin' to lose
F#m B
But nothin' to give
D
Too much to prove
A E
You can choose what you want
D
What you want might not choose you
Verse 2:
A D/B
Sort through the wreckage
D
Pick up the pieces
A D/B
Cards on the mantle
D
Of Velvety Jesus
A D/B
Books on forgiveness
D DM7
And all of her quotes
A D/B
On the notes that you hide
D
In my bags with my coats
Chorus 2:
E
When I had nothin'
E
I had nothin' to lose
F#m B
But nothin' to give
D
Too much to prove
A E
You can choose what you want
D
What you want might not choose you
Bridge 1:
G D
If nothing is promised
A
Theres no guarantees
G D
Why do we think
A
That we know anything
F5 G5
Head on the table
Bb C
Heart on my sleeve
C
I don't know anything
Dadd4
I don't know anything
[Break 1]
A D/B D DM7
A D/B D
Chorus 3:
E
When I had nothin'
E F#m
I had nothin' to lose
B
But nothin' to give
D
And everything to prove
A E
You can choose what you want
D
What you want might not choose you
Bridge 2:
G D A
Hey-ey-ey-ey-hey Hey-ey-ey
G D A
Hey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey Hey
F5 G5
Head on the table
Bb C
Heart on my sleeve
C
I don't know anything
Dadd4 A D/B
I don't know anything
C
I don't know anything
Dadd4
I don't know anything
[Break 2]
A D/B D DM7
A D/B D
Outro:
A D/B
Nothing's enough
D
Then the answer is simple
A D/B
Don't play the game
D
And you'll possibly win
A D/B
Pull the wool from your eyes and
D
Believe what you're singin Published:
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