Chords with lyrics
The song consists basically of three chords.
Here is the standard way of playing them:
Hm: x24432
D: xx0323
A: x02220
In acoustic/live versions he uses variations of these for the verses with more elaborate fingerings
(as can be seen here, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch v=5c9Px0worqA).
This is the basic outline of the song:
Verse:
Hm - A augmentedA - D MajorD
Hm - A augmentedA (last line of each verse)
Chorus:
D MajorD - Hm - A augmentedA
Each chord is played for two bars!
Timing as indicated.
Hm
do you wanna dance?
A augmentedA D MajorD
fine. but do you remember when
Hm
in your living room
A augmentedA D MajorD
when we made some room & moved ourselves around in it?
Hm
it's how my heart resumed.
A augmentedA D MajorD
i got caught/ you got those caravaggio moves
Hm A augmentedA
we had some good ideas but we never left that fucking room
Hm
do you wanna talk?
A augmentedA D MajorD
fine. i'll talk it out with my dad
Hm
it's always nice what he says
A augmentedA D MajorD
he'll have some good advice from something in a book he read
Hm A augmentedA
if i did what i wanted then why do i feel so bad?
Hm
would you like a drink
A augmentedA D MajorD
while we wait for everything
Hm
to get good again?
A augmentedA D MajorD
we're good at things & so are a lot of our friends
Hm A augmentedA
we should all be rich & making moves like nancy kerrigan, yea
Chorus:
D MajorD
i dont know what
Hm
i'm afraid of
A augmentedA
but i'm afraid
D MajorD
one day it all
Hm
will fall away
A augmentedA
maybe i read that
D MajorD
but still, let's see
Hm A augmentedA
if nothing else it's an idle curiosity
Hm
so would you like that drink?
A augmentedA D MajorD
fine, yea i know. i remember that too
Hm
in your living room, right?
A augmentedA D MajorD
when we began to fight but then we both got confused
Hm A augmentedA
then we were laughing & crying in awe of the size of the moon
Hm
do you want to die?
A augmentedA
fine you're right
D MajorD
but i wonder what it feels like
Hm
to stop feelin so alive
A augmentedA D MajorD
what if we could wake up in five years and things'd be feelin alright?
Hm A augmentedA
i wanna visit the future and dance in a field of light!
Chorus:
D MajorD
i dont know what
Hm
i'm afraid of
A augmentedA
but i'm afraid
D MajorD
one day it all
Hm
will fall away
A augmentedA
maybe i read that
D MajorD
but still, let's see
Hm A augmentedA