Mansion Door chords by Shakey Graves

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC FF
DmDm FF DmDm FF DmDm FF


Verse:
Bb majorBb   FF
Above below
C majorC       G minorGm  Bb majorBb   FF
Under a lonely star, head to toe
    C majorC
Hand in hand, it gets a whole lot better
Bb majorBb        FF
If your telephone rings at night
C majorC         Bb majorBb
would you put some time aside
       FF
to shut your eyes and fall apart
C majorC              FF  DmDm
under the light of a lonely star
FF     DmDm     FF DmDm FF DmDm
my one and only lonely star

*riff*
Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC

Verse 2:
Bb majorBb  FF   C majorC
Above below under a lonely star
Bb majorBb   FF     C majorC     Bb majorBb
Another day to sit around and dream
     FF     C majorC     Bb majorBb
As far as I can see, as long as memory
      FF       C majorC
I'll be watching from afar
               FF DmDm
Under the light of a lonely star
FF     DmDm
My one and only lonely star
  FF     DmDm
My one and only lonely

Bridge:
FF  DmDm    FF     Bb majorBb
Fire burning, clean cut flowers in the yard
FF    DmDm   C majorC        G minorGm
Daylight turning all the sleeping statues into girls
FF   DmDm    FF    Bb majorBb
I feel nothing, sleep is never coming
FF   DmDm      C majorC
I hear laughter from afar
G minorGm              A augmentedA DmDm
Must be the light of a lonely star
A augmentedA
If you knew what would happen
   Bb majorBb       FF          A augmentedA
Then you'd never set foot in the mansion door
DmDm           A augmentedA
So many voices singing all of your praises
Bb majorBb          FF DmDm FF
It gets a whole lot better
Bb majorBb          FF DmDm FF
It gets a whole lot better
 Bb majorBb            FF DmDm FF
I hope it gets a whole lot better
Bb majorBb              C majorC
If you leave please don't go far
G minorGm              FF DmDm
I need the light of a lonely star
FF G+G    DmDm  C majorC   FF DmDm
My one and only lonely star
FF     DmDm  C majorC   FF DmDm
My one and only lonely star

Outro:
FF DmDm FF DmDm FF DmDm
FF DmDm D MajorD DmDm D MajorD DmDm