Down In Flames chords by Semisonic

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Gm Eb Bb Cm Gm


Verse 1:
  Gm            Eb  Bb
It's not the pain, that I'm used to it
     Cm           Gm
It's feeling like I'm already dead
 Gm           Eb  Bb
I see from a ceiling of misty spirit
  Cm            Gm
Rising from a place in my head

Chorus:
    Eb          Bb
And I never even get to go down
 D  F Cm Eb Bb
Down in flames


Verse 2:
  Gm          Eb   Bb
I said, friend you have a life to see
   Cm           Gm
Why do you want to scare me so?
       Gm     Eb Bb
All the suffering and mystery me
   Cm         Gm
I can't even pretend to know


Chorus:
     Eb         Bb
So you never even get to go down
D   F Cm Eb
Down in flames
    Eb         Bb
You never even get to go down
  D F Cm Eb Bb
Down in flames


Bridge:
F        Gm Bb
We had plans to explore the stars
F        Gm Bb
Be rejected by stage door guards
F          Gm Bb
Mining for gold, the time unreels
D  F            Cm  Bb
Not stifling behind Suburban wheels
D  F            Cm  Bb
Not stifling behind Suburban wheels, yeah


Guitar Solo:
Gm Eb Bb Cm Gm
Gm Eb Bb Cm Gm
Eb Bb D F Cm Eb
Eb Bb D F Cm Eb Bb


Verse 3:
  Gm                   Eb Bb
The plan was to burn up when the air was clear
   Cm         Gm
We'd all wear our visors down
  Gm                Eb Bb
An arc welder's spark in the atmosphere
     Cm          Gm
Not this man-sized hole in the ground
     Gm                 Eb  Bb
Now your father's face is frozen between anger and tears
   Cm            Gm
Your mother's hair's amazingly grey
     Gm                Eb   Bb
And I'm seeing these friends for the first time in years
   Cm      Gm
It's icicle reunion day


Chorus:
     Eb         Bb
And you never even get to go down
D   F Cm Eb
Down in flames
    Eb         Bb
You never even get to go down
  D F Cm Eb
Down in flames
   Eb         Bb
You never even get to go down
D   F Cm Eb
Down in flames
   Eb       Bb
You never, ever, ever even got to go down
 D  F  Cm Eb  Gm
Down in flames