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