Hairline Fracture chords by Rise Against

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E
E F#
G#m F# E F# (x2)

Verse 1:
G#m                B
A sinking ship, an awkward kiss,
  E                    F#
A chance to set things straight.
    G#m               B
The kind of hurt that burns and burns,
E             F#
Like fires we can't contain.

Verse 2:
   G#m          B               E                 F#
We hole up in a shelter made of bones and ice and there we'll wait,
   G#m         B
To start again with steady hands,
E           F#                C#m
This time nothing gets in our way,
          E                         F#
But as we peer a little closer what do we see?


Chorus:
C#m               G#m
   A crack in the surface,
F#               E                              B             F#
   A flaw in the plan
                (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand)
                  G#m
   A cadence imperfect
F#                    E                                       B               C#m
   Like a building condemned
                      (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don't face what we're against?)

Intro Riff:
E
E F#

Verse 3:
G#m                B
A promise kept, the dirt unswept,
  E              F#
A poorly worn disguise.
G#m                  B
A child unloved that then grows up,
E            F#
To love what we despise.

Verse 4:
      G#m              B                 E                  F#
We're broken but still breathing, we are wounded but we are healing.
   G#m                   B
We pick up right where we left off,
E           F#            C#m
Breathe on the ashes that remain,
              E                                   F#
So that these coals may become fire, to guide our way.


Chorus:
C#m               G#m
   A crack in the surface,
F#               E                              B             F#
   A flaw in the plan
                (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand)
                  G#m
   A cadence imperfect
F#                    E                                       B               C#m       E
   Like a building condemned
                      (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don't face what we're against?)


Interlude:
G#m                          E
I walk on wounds that seldom prove to slow me down,
G#m                         E
I laugh this constant pain away, so you can't tell,
F#
But there it lies under the smiles,
E
It drains me mile after mile,
F#                          E
But seldom proves to slow me down,
G#m      F# E
Here I go,
G#m      F# E
Here I go,
G#m      F# E
Here I go.

               F#     E
Should we just hold on,
          F#      E
To what remains of,
         F#         E
What we thought was lost.

Chorus:
E                 G#m
   A crack in the surface,
F#               E                              B             F#
   A flaw in the plan
                (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand)
                  G#m
   A cadence imperfect
F#                    E                                       B               F#
   Like a building condemned
                      (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don't face what we're against?)
                                                                                                G#m
                                                                                A crack in the surface,
F#                E
   A crack in the surface.

Outro:
B C#m
F# E