Faultlines chords by Karine Polwart

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
FF  C majorC Dm7Dm7  C majorC
FF  C majorC Dm7Dm7  C majorC

Verse:
                           Dm7Dm7  C majorC
Have you ever held something until you hands were aching?
     FF              C majorC            Dm7Dm7  C majorC
And then let it go and watched it fall and listened to it breaking?
 A minorAm            C majorC      A minorAm         C majorC
I have held back time and tide when all the world was plenty
  A minorAm          C majorC      FF
But now my hands are open wide, open wide and empty

Verse:
  C majorC                           Dm7Dm7 C majorC
For every breath that leaves me now, another comes to fill me
    FF           C majorC            Dm7Dm7       C majorC
And for every death that grieves me now, the next will surely kill me
     A minorAm          C majorC       A minorAm      C majorC
For those borders crumble every day, the faultlines are showing
   A minorAm            C majorC      FF
And all I thought was here to stay slowly is going

Verse:
C majorC              Dm7Dm7         C majorC
History abandons us and we're holding on, holding on
  FF          C majorC            Dm7Dm7   C majorC
To nothing but dirt and dust, we're holding on, holding on
      A minorAm           C majorC      A minorAm      C majorC
While those borders crumble every day, the faultlines are showing
   A minorAm              C majorC     FF
And all I thought was here to stay slowly is going

Verse:
                           Dm7Dm7  C majorC
Have you ever held something until you hands were aching?
     FF              C majorC            Dm7Dm7  C majorC
And then let it go and watched it fall and listened to it breaking?