Tragedy Time Acoustic chords by Rise Against

Capo on Fret 3

Intro [ C G Am G F ]

Verse 1 [ Am G C F Am G F ]

Am
on the edges of the sharpest knives
G
in the middle of the darkest nights
C
always knew that i would find you here
F
in a puddle of the bravest tears
Am
i've seen enough to know
   G        F
it's lonely where you are

Prechorus 1 [ C F G ]

C           F
above the crowd, feet dangling
    G
from a rooftop
        C
she waits from ledges
   F         G
for a voice to talk her down


Chorus 1 [ C G Am G F ]

and nothing matters but the
C
pain when you're alone
         G
the never-ending nights

when you're awake
      Am
when you're praying
   G       F
that tomorrow it's ok

there will be a time to
C
crack another smile
      G
maybe not today or for awhile
     Am
but we're holding on to
G       F
laugh again someday

laugh again someday


Verse 2 [ Am G C F Am G F ]

Am
all that matters is the time we had
G
doesn't matter how it all went bad
C
never wonder what it might be like
F
shut the door, say goodbye
Am
when faced with tragedy
G            F
we come alive or come undone


Prechorus 2 [ C F G ]

      C
don't look back
    F         G
let it shape you like an ocean
     C
even the deepest scars
F      G
in time will fade


Chorus 2 [ C G Am G F ]


and nothing matters but the
C
pain when you're alone
    G
or the nights when your awake
Am       G      F
praying that tomorrow it's ok

there will be a time
  C
to crack another smile
      G
maybe not today or for awhile
     Am
but we're holding on
  G       F
to laugh again someday
     Am
but we're holding on
  G       F
to laugh again someday


Post-Chorus [ C F Am G C F G F ]

C G

  C         F
sometimes you have to go back
  Am            G
to know just where you have been
     C
but we're old enough
  F
to know that
   G
what has been will be again
   F
and again


Bridge [ F G Am C F G ]

G Am C F G Am C

    F     G
and the bravest of faces
    Am      C
are the ones where we fake it
    F       G
in the roles that we play


Chorus 3 [ C G Am G F ]

but nothing matters when
  C
the pain is all but gone
       G
when you are finally awake
      Am      G
despite the overwhelming odds;
     F
tomorrow came

and when they see
  C
you crack a smile
     G
and you decide to stay awhile
     Am
you'll be ready then
     F
to laugh again

nothing matters but the pain
C
we are tragedy
G
we are sympathy
Am   G        F
you see what you want to see
C
we are misery
G
and distant memories
Am     G        F