Beating St Louis chords by Shilpa Ray

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: E MajorE

Intro:

E MajorE C# minorC#m G# minorG#m


Verse 1:
E MajorE      C# minorC#m        G# minorG#m
For all the excuses we use for destroying our lives
E MajorE        C# minorC#m        G# minorG#m
Was it two and a half years of bad timing?

Verse 2:
A augmentedA              BB
We fought in streets of our neighborhood
A augmentedA              BB
Like drunk tornados tearing plains we fell
A augmentedA               BB         E MajorE
Till our skulls shattered the concrete of St. Louis

Verse 3:
  E MajorE        C# minorC#m
Who knows who’s been keepin' tabs?
  G# minorG#m
Who struck the first blow?
 E MajorE       C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m
A augmentedA bitter boxing Bukowski won’t explain us now

Verse 4:
A augmentedA         BB
Can’t see you as a child no more
A augmentedA           BB
Can’t see you in your mother's home
A augmentedA       BB            E MajorE
Catching frogs my orphan when you felt brand new

A augmentedA         BB
Can’t see you as a child no more
A augmentedA           BB
Can’t see you in your mother's home
A augmentedA       BB            C# minorC#m
Catching frogs my orphan when you felt brand new

Pre-Chorus:
E MajorE                C# minorC#m
Was it a waste of time? Was it a waste?
   G# minorG#m
Oh oh oh
E MajorE                 C# minorC#m
Was it a waste of crying? Was it a waste?
    G# minorG#m
I don’t know (I don't know)

Chorus:
A augmentedA           BB
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A augmentedA               BB
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A augmentedA           BB           E MajorE
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean
A augmentedA           BB
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A augmentedA               BB
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A augmentedA           BB           C# minorC#m
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean

Break:
E MajorE C# minorC#m G# minorG#m (x2)

Verse 5:
E MajorE      C# minorC#m             G# minorG#m
I raised my fists to the motion of your dying car
E MajorE           C# minorC#m        G# minorG#m
Till all of the city
St. Louis drowned around me

Verse 6:
A augmentedA           BB
Our shovel left in disgust
A augmentedA                 BB
We watched Law and Order, till our shame grew numb
     A augmentedA            BB        E MajorE
While the drummer danced with the devil in his underoos
A augmentedA
Our shovel left in disgust
A augmentedA                 BB
We watched Law and Order, till our shame grew numb
     A augmentedA            BB        C# minorC#m
While the drummer danced with the devil in his underoos

Pre-Chorus:
E MajorE                C# minorC#m
Was it a waste of time? Was it a waste?
   G# minorG#m
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
E MajorE                 C# minorC#m
Was it a waste of crying? Was it a waste?
    G# minorG#m
I don’t know (I don't know)

Chorus:
A augmentedA           BB
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A augmentedA               BB
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A augmentedA           BB           E MajorE
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean
A augmentedA           BB
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A augmentedA               BB
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A augmentedA           BB           C# minorC#m
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean