Take Offs And Landings chords by Rilo Kiley

Chords with lyrics

1. GO AHEAD


Verse:
C majorC
If you want to find yourself by traveling out west
C majorC
Or if you want to find somebody else that's better
  DmDm
Go ahead
  C majorC
Go ahead

Verse:
C majorC
If you want to buy a brand new fancy automobile
C majorC
Or if you want to build a place up in Coldwater Canyon
  DmDm
Go ahead
  C majorC
Go ahead
  DmDm
Go ahead
  G+G
I wish you would
  C majorC
Go ahead

Verse:
C majorC
If you want to hold your own hand going up that cliff
C majorC
Or if you want to just hold back cause you ain't up to it
  DmDm
Go ahead
  C majorC
Go ahead
  DmDm
Go ahead
  G+G
Be my guest
  C majorC
Go ahead

Verse:
C majorC
If you want to hold on to the first girl that you meet
C majorC
Or if you want to settle down and plant roses at my feet
  DmDm
Go ahead
  C majorC
Go ahead
  DmDm
Go ahead
  G+G
I wish you would
  C majorC
Go ahead

Verse:
C#C#
If you want to have your cake and eat it too
C#C#
And if you want to have other people watch you while you eat it
  D#mD#m
Go ahead
  C#C#
Go ahead
  D#mD#m
Go ahead
   G#G#
Be my guest
  C#C#
Go ahead

Bridge:
C#C#     D#mD#m
If you want better things
G#G#      C#C#
I want you to have them
C#C#     D#mD#m
If you want better things
   G#G#      C#C#
Then i want you to have them

Chorus:
  D#mD#m
Go ahead
  C#C#
Go ahead
  D#mD#m
Go ahead
  G#G#
I wish you would
  C#C#
Go ahead
  D#mD#m
Go ahead
 G#G#
I wish you would
  C#C#
Go ahead

2. SCIENCE VS ROMANCE
Intro:
D MajorD B7B7 E minorEm A7A7 (x8)

Verse:
D MajorD     B7B7  E minorEm      A7A7     D MajorD
I used to think if I could realize i'd die
      B7B7 E minorEm   A7A7
then T would be a lot nicer
D MajorD     B7B7 E minorEm   A7A7
Used to believe in a lot more
D MajorD     B7B7 E minorEm     A7A7
Now I just see straight ahead

D MajorD       B7B7 E minorEm      A7A7
That's not to say I don't have good times
D MajorD     B7B7
But as for my days
E minorEm       A7A7
I spend them waiting


Pre-Chorus:
G+G          F#F#
Crash sites keep me up at night
B minorBm          E minorEm
Impact division it splits in two
F#F#      G+G     G minorGm
Directly underneath you


Verse:
D MajorD     B7B7     E minorEm
As for those things (as for those things)
       A7A7       D MajorD
that act as markers in your life
     B7B7     E minorEm
But in between (but in between)
       A7A7
you can't remember

D MajorD     B7B7        E minorEm
And so it seems (and so it seems)
         A7A7     D MajorD
that you've grown up and over me
      B7B7      E minorEm
and these silly things (these silly things)
      A7A7
I like to dwell on


Pre-Chorus:
G+G         F#F#
Test sites keep me up at night
B minorBm
Chainlink and meters
  E minorEm
I talk to you
   F#F#
It's cold out there
     B minorBm
but I'm telling you
   G+G  G minorGm
I'm lonely too

Break:
D MajorD B7B7 E minorEm A augmentedA (x8)

Chorus:
D MajorD        B7B7
Facts versus romance
E minorEm     A7A7        D MajorD
You go and call yourself the boss
        B7B7 E minorEm     A7A7
But we're not robots inside a grid
D MajorD        B7B7
Text versus romance
E minorEm     A7A7       D MajorD
You go and add it all you want
         B7B7 E minorEm     A7A7
still we're not robots inside a grid

Break:
D MajorD B7B7 E minorEm A augmentedA (x8)

Outro:
A7A7    D MajorD
Zeros and ones


3. WIRES AND WAVES

Intro:
A augmentedA D MajorD (x2)

Verse:
     A augmentedA
There are twelve hours
            D MajorD
There's a day between us
    A augmentedA                   D MajorD
And you called to say you're sorry in your own way

     A augmentedA                 D MajorD
There are oceans and waves and wires between us
    A augmentedA
And you called to say
         D MajorD
You're getting older


Chorus:
  E MajorE           D MajorD        A augmentedA
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
  E MajorE        D MajorD           A augmentedA
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier


Verse:
   A augmentedA                 D MajorD
How did you survive all those fires and floods?
   A augmentedA                D MajorD
How did you survive your insufferable friends?
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
It was the plow that broke the western plains
    A augmentedA                 D MajorD
And its just my heart gets rejected by my veins


Chorus:
   E MajorE           D MajorD        A augmentedA
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
   E MajorE         D MajorD          A augmentedA
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier
  A augmentedA
And lonelier
  A augmentedA
and lonelier
  A augmentedA
and lonelier
  A augmentedA
and lonelier
  A augmentedA
and lonelier
  A augmentedA
and lonelier
  A augmentedA
and lonelier

Chorus:
   E MajorE           D MajorD        A augmentedA
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
   E MajorE        D MajorD          A augmentedA
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier

Outro:
A augmentedA D MajorD (x6)


PICTURES OF SUCCESS

Intro:
D/F#D/F# G+G D/B Asus4Asus4 (x8)

Verse:
D/F#D/F#    G+G  B minorBm  Asus4Asus4
Build your own television receiver
D/F#D/F#  G+G  B minorBm      Asus4Asus4
Staying home can't be that bad for me
D/F#D/F#     G+G        B minorBm       Asus4Asus4
Cause i'm not scared, but I'd like some extra spare time
D/F#D/F# G+G B minorBm     Asus4Asus4
Easily earn me big money

Verse:
   D/F#D/F#  G+G     B minorBm       Asus4Asus4
I'm a modern girl but I fold in half so easily
    D/F#D/F# G+G      B minorBm     Asus4Asus4
When I put myself in the picture of success
    D/F#D/F#    G+G
I could learn world trade
  B minorBm       Asus4Asus4
Or try to map the ocean


Chorus:
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead
  B minorBm      Asus4Asus4
In hospitals and freeways
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead
  B minorBm        Asus4Asus4
In resting homes and clinics
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead
  B minorBm       Asus4Asus4
It must be nice to finish
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead

Verse:
   D/F#D/F#    G+G    B minorBm     Asus4Asus4
I've had it with you, and Mexico can fucking wait
  D/F#D/F#  G+G      B minorBm    Asus4Asus4
And all of those French films about trains
   D/F#D/F#   G+G       B minorBm        Asus4Asus4
Cuse i'm not scared, but I'd like some extra spare time
D/F#D/F#  G+G        B minorBm         Asus4Asus4
I'm not scared, but the bills keep changing colors


Chorus:
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead
  B minorBm      Asus4Asus4
In hospitals and freeways
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead
  B minorBm        Asus4Asus4
In dress shirts and neckties
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead
  B minorBm        Asus4Asus4
In apartments and on beaches
      D/F#D/F# G+G
When you're dead

Bridge:
E minorEm      A augmentedA      D MajorD   A augmentedA   G+G
They say California is a recipe for a black hole
  E minorEm        A augmentedA
and I say i've got my best shoes on
       D MajorD      D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
     G+G      A augmentedA
Ready to go, ready to go.
       D MajorD      D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
     G+G      A augmentedA
Ready to go, ready to go.
       D MajorD      D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
     G+G      A augmentedA
Ready to go, ready to go.
       D MajorD      D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
     G+G      A augmentedA
Ready to go, ready to go.
       D MajorD
I'm ready to go.

Outro:
D MajorD          B minorBm
These are times that can't be weathered and
G+G         A augmentedA
we have never been back there since then.
(x4)



5. AUGUST

Intro:
FF   D7D7
G minorGm BbmBbm FF


Verse 1:
FF          D7D7
August, I'll see you soon
       G minorGm
Under yellow moons
      BbmBbm          FF
Where i'll gather what's left of you
  FF          D7D7
And august, I'm on your side
         G minorGm
Or did i speak to soon?
  BbmBbm           FF    F7F7
Now we've crossed the great divide


Chorus:
G minorGm      C majorC        FF   D7D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
     G minorGm   C majorC
And it'll be
     FF   F7F7
away from here
G minorGm      C majorC        FF      D7D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the time and the bars
     G minorGm   BbmBbm
And it'll be
     FF
away from here


Instrumental:
FF   D7D7
G minorGm BbmBbm FF


Verse 2:
FF           D7D7
August, August of last year
            G minorGm
Before the leaves disappeared
   B minorBm         FF
Told me you were not the one
FF             D7D7
August, something in your eyes
          G minorGm
Or was it that you lied?
    BbmBbm        FF
Told me not to take it to heart


Chorus:
G minorGm      C majorC        FF   D7D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
     G minorGm   C majorC
And it'll be
     FF  F7F7
away from here
G minorGm      C majorC        FF        D7D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the limits of who we are
     G minorGm   BbmBbm
And it'll be
     FF
away from here


Instrumental:
FF   D7D7
G minorGm BbmBbm FF
(x2)


Chorus:
G minorGm      C majorC        FF   D7D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
     G minorGm   C majorC
And it'll be
     FF  F7F7
away from here
G minorGm      C majorC        FF       D7D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the land that you call
    G minorGm    C majorC
miles away
C majorC     FF
away from here


6. BULLETPROOF
Intro:
C majorC G/BG/B A7A7 DmDm G+G C majorC


Verse:
C majorC          G/BG/B         A7A7
If you think you're bulletproof, you're right
         DmDm       G+G         C majorC
Because you've weathered all my slings and arrows, well.
C majorC         G/BG/B      A7A7
If you think I'm paranoid thats fine,
        DmDm   G+G   C majorC
Cause I've got evidence on my side.
C majorC      G/BG/B    A7A7
If you wanna come over tonight, thats fine
DmDm    G+G    C majorC
Because I have no plans.


Chorus:
FF           F minorFm   G+G    C majorC
Please be kind, don't drop a rock on me.

Verse:

C majorC       G/BG/B     A7A7
How many blows to the belly will this thing take
   DmDm     G+G      C majorC
that we refer to as our true love?
C majorC         G/BG/B        A7A7
We both know it's dead and its been dying for some time
  DmDm      G+G   C majorC
But we refuse to let it go.


Chorus:
FF           F minorFm   G+G    C majorC
Please be kind, don't drop a rock on me
FF          F minorFm        C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm
Don't go outside and discover that you like being free
FF
Cause if you did
     F minorFm      G+G    C majorC
You'd be dropping the rock on me.


7. PLANE CRASH IN C majorC

Verse:
     C majorC                G+G       FF
If you're scared and it shows cause you're watching them grow
  C majorC              G+G   FF
and traveling blows when you're out of road
  E MajorE       FF   E MajorE       G+G
and when you jump up the earth wants you back
    C majorC             G+G  FF
Your resentment grows till you're all alone
  C majorC          G+G       FF
but you're so smart how could they not know
      E MajorE    FF    E MajorE      G+G
when you're standing there in good humored white


Chorus:
C majorC       FF
And how do you do it?
         C majorC     C7C7
And make it seem effortless
         FF
When its all the stupid things
     C majorC      C7C7
So overwhelming to me
        G+G
Like paying my bills
            FF
Or showing up for work early
          C majorC  C7C7
Or laughing at your jokes


Verse:
C majorC            G+G    FF
When you first said that anything goes
   C majorC         G+G       FF
or a problems a task disguised in work clothes
E MajorE       FF     E MajorE    G+G
That's when I knew that I had to move


Chorus:
C majorC      FF
And why you do it?
         C majorC
And make it seem delicate
         FF
When its all the stupid things
      C majorC
So damn confusing to me
        G+G
Like talking it through
FF
Controlling my temper
        G+G
Like letting it go
FF
Saying please forgive me
           C majorC
For laughing at your jokes


Break:
FF G+G FF C majorC (x4)


Bridge:
FF     C majorC        G+G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
  FF      C majorC     G+G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things
FF     C majorC        G+G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
  FF      C majorC     G+G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things
FF     C majorC        G+G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
  FF      C majorC     G+G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things
FF     C majorC        G+G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
  FF      C majorC     G+G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things


Chorus:
C majorC     FF
Why do they do it?
       C majorC
and show up anyway
          FF
When they know that damn well
          C majorC
Theres no room for promotions out here
        G+G
and maybe it's wise
          FF
and maybe i'm just stupid
           C majorC
for laughing at your jokes


Outro:
FF G+G FF C majorC (x4)


8. VARIATIONS ON A augmentedA THEME (Science vs romance)
Song:
G+G B7B7 E minorEm A7A7 (x4)


9. SMALL FIGURES IN A augmentedA VAST EXPANSE

Verse:
   A augmentedA
Let's try a new change. Let's try a new change
   AbAb     F# minorF#m
Let's try a new change
      B minorBm
Then we'll go on back to the old one
      D MajorD      DmDm   A augmentedA
like we've done so many times before


Verse:
     A augmentedA
And I’ll buy a new brain, I’ll buy a new brain
    AbAb       F# minorF#m
you'll administer new pain
      B minorBm
then we'll go on back to our old school
    D MajorD      DmDm   A augmentedA
that we left so many times before


Chorus:
          E MajorE
And you'll ask for more
  E7E7
and more


Verse:
     A augmentedA
I’ve just begun a new phase. I’m trying these days.
   AbAb
I’ve watched you close
            F# minorF#m
I’m versed in all your ways
      B minorBm
I’m just beginning to realize
   D MajorD    DmDm      A augmentedA  A7A7
I’ll get you one of these days


Bridge:
  D MajorD
But in the end
     DmDm
If it was all pretend
   A augmentedA     A7A7     F# minorF#m
Isn't that what friends are for?
      D MajorD
But this is real life
          DmDm
It's supposed to be real life
  A augmentedA     A7A7    F# minorF#m
So let's pretend that we're not bored
   D MajorD
That we exist
     DmDm
and that we're resolved
  A augmentedA      A7A7      F# minorF#m  D MajorD DmDm A augmentedA
To real things happening to me

Break:
A augmentedA     AbAb
F# minorF#m  B minorBm  D MajorD DmDm A augmentedA (x4)


10. DON’T DECONSTRUCT

Intro:
D MajorD D/C D/B D/AD/A G+G E minorEm B minorBm

Verse:
       D MajorD     D/C
Something is changing inside of me
D/B     D/AD/A    G+G   E minorEm
Colors seem darker in light
   D MajorD     D/C    D/B
And I don't know what that means
     D/AD/A    G minorGm
But it's not a good sign

Pre-Chorus:
G+G      A minorAm
You can just add them up
B minorBm       C majorC     G+G F#7F#7   BB
Then you could memorize prehistoric bones
G+G        A minorAm
All of those old memories
    B minorBm        C majorC
You can push them out and prep yourself
  G+G     F#7F#7 BB
For brand new information

Chorus:
D MajorD   D/C D/B       D/AD/A    G+G E minorEm B minorBm
Don't deconstruct and then fill me in
D MajorD  D/C   D/B   D/AD/A  G+G E minorEm B minorBm
I'm not that basic I swear
D MajorD  D/C  D/B   D/AD/A      G minorGm
I've had enough of breakdowns and diagrams

Verse:
G+G      A minorAm
Judging from picture books
 B minorBm    C majorC      G+G   F#7F#7  BB
Apparently heaven is a partly cloudy place
G+G       A minorAm         B minorBm
And if the sky opened up and they let you in
  C majorC     G+G F#7F#7  BB
And gave you a formal invitation
G+G   A minorAm B minorBm C majorC G+G F#7F#7 BB
Would you go?
    G+G  A minorAm  B minorBm C majorC G+G F#7F#7 BB
You can work from home

Outro:
D MajorD D/C D/B D/AD/A G+G E minorEm B minorBm x4
D MajorD


11. ALWAYS

Intro:
C majorC

Verse:
C majorC       Cmaj7Cmaj7
I should have known
    C7C7                FF
With a boy like you, your middle name is always
  F minorFm         C majorC
I'd always love you-oooh
  G+G  C majorC   G+G
Uh huh, yeah

C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7
You let the needle drop
C7C7                FF
I think that you could do so much better
     F minorFm
Those conventions are taking
   C majorC     G+G  C majorC  G+G
Their toll on you


Chorus:
  FF    G+G
The phantom is disguised
   C majorC
It's horrifyin'
Cmaj7Cmaj7       C7C7
Right before your eyes
  FF    G+G
The phantom is inside


Verse:
  C majorC       Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I should have known
    C7C7                FF
With a boy like you your middle name is always
   F minorFm       C majorC
I'd always want you-oooh
  G+G  C majorC  G+G
Uh-huh, yeah


Chorus:
  FF    G+G
The phantom is disguised
   C majorC
It's horrifyin'
Cmaj7Cmaj7       C7C7
Right before your eyes
  FF    G+G
The phantom is inside
   C majorC
It's hideous
Cmaj7Cmaj7       C7C7
Right before your eyes
   FF   G+G
The phantom is watching
C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7 C7C7
You
  FF          F minorFm  C majorC
The phantom is watching you


12. WE’LL NEVER SLEEP

Verse:
C majorC
Stealing away into the night
   G+G
Won't get you any higher
A minorAm
We'll never sleep, God knows we’ll try
  G+G
The hospital is closed

Pre-Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G      C majorC
And how long will it last
 A minorAm   G+G
Before we go insane?

Verse:
C majorC
We circle your uncle's parking lot
G+G
Just to see how many
A minorAm
Times that we can before we get caught
G+G
You guessed on twenty

Pre-Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G       C majorC
And how long will you stare
 A minorAm   G+G
Before I look away?
    G7G7  C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm G+G
I don't wanna go

Break:
E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm
C majorC  G+G
(x8)

Verse:
C majorC               G+G
Begged them to stay they're on holiday
C majorC
Just close the door, you can watch final four
     G+G
And just fall away
C majorC
Sailing away just isn't right
G+G
Just because you're angry
A minorAm
If you go, I think I might
G+G
Lose it all together.

Pre-Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G       C majorC
And how long will you last
 A minorAm   G+G
Before we go insane?
G7G7
I don't wanna


13. REST OF MY LIFE

Verse:
     C majorC                 FF
There are worse ways for a guy to spend his time
         G+G            A minorAm
Than to sit and think of you I think I'd marry you
     FF        G+G    G7G7
Just your smile leaves me satisfied
         C majorC   C7C7
Though you're not mine


Chorus:
           FF
So for the rest of my life
     G+G              C majorC
I'm gonna search for someone just like you


Verse:
    C majorC            FF
And we tend the garden all day long
     G+G     A minorAm
Watching history unfold
    FF          G+G   G7G7
And I'd be enough and you'd be enough
       C majorC  C7C7
And we'd grow up


Chorus:
           FF
So for the rest of my life
      G+G              C majorC
I'm gonna search for someone just like you


Solo:
C majorC FF G+G A minorAm
FF G+G C majorC C7C7

Chorus:
           FF
So for the rest of my life
      G+G              C majorC C7C7
I'm gonna search for someone just like you
           FF
So for the rest of my life
      G+G              C majorC C7C7
I'm gonna search for someone just like you


Outro:
FF G+G C majorC


14. VARIATIONS ON A augmentedA THEME
C majorC FF G+G C majorC