Massachusetts Acoustic chords by Silverstein

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Silverstein
"Massachusetts (Acoustic)"
This is How the Wind Shifts (Deluxe Edition)

Tuning: Half-step down

Intro: Am-G-C-G

Verse 1:
       A minorAm
She's cutting out the bruises,
  FF       G+G        A minorAm
Forgetting her excuses for being here again
    FF          C majorC    G+G   A minorAm
with a suitcase packed and waiting by the door.
        FF         G+G        A minorAm
In her head, convinced herself she hasn't lost enough to quit.
   FF          C majorC
But tonight she lays here thinking,
 G+G    FF C majorC  G+G
"What if I just left
    A minorAm   G+G   FF
In the middle of the night
C majorC      G+G
Back to California
  Am-G
And never look back?"

Chorus:
A minorAm      FF
 She'll fantasize about it
C majorC      G+G         FF
every single day but she can't find it
    G+G       A minorAm
in her heart to run away,
  C majorC
and no one's listening.
A minorAm       FF
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C majorC        G+G
on his knees to stay, he's begging,
 FF        G+G        A minorAm
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
         F-G
It won't happen again."

Verse 2:
       A minorAm
He's putting out the fires
     FF      C majorC
and he's making her believe
   G+G   A minorAm
he's really changed this time;
     FF      G+G       A minorAm
But it's obvious it's just another lie, lapse and relapse.
   FF        C majorC    G+G
And again she lays beside him thinking,
 FF  C--G      A minorAm   G+G   FF
"I'll pretend in the middle of the night,
  C majorC           G+G
my eyes are closed, I'm sleeping,
A minorAm        G+G
But I won't come back."

Chorus:
A minorAm      FF
 She'll fantasize about it
C majorC      G+G         FF
every single day but she can't find it
    G+G       A minorAm
in her heart to run away,
  C majorC
And no one's listening.
A minorAm       FF
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C majorC        G+G
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
 FF        G+G        A minorAm
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
         Ad lib: Am-G-F-G
It won't happen again... It won't happen again"

Bridge:
A minorAm
 How long can this last?
G# minorG#m
 The final straw was the hospital.
FF
 At least she told herself that.
     G+G
But she just can't find the strength to end it.
 FF C majorC  G+G      A minorAm   G+G   FF
"I just left in the middle of the night,
C majorC      G+G
Back to California,
  Am-G
And never look back..."

Chorus:
A minorAm      FF
 She'll fantasize about it
C majorC      G+G         FF
every single day but she can't find it
    G+G       A minorAm
in her heart to run away,
  C majorC
And no one's listening.
A minorAm       FF
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C majorC        G+G
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
 FF        G+G        A minorAm
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
  C majorC
It won't happen again"

Chorus 2:
A minorAm      FF
 She'll fantasize about it
C majorC      G+G         FF
every single day but she can't find it
    G+G       A minorAm
in her heart to run away, (to run away...)
  C majorC
And no one's listening.
A minorAm       FF
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C majorC        G+G (ON his knees to stay...)
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
 FF        G+G        A minorAm
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
         A minorAm
It won't happen again"


THE END!

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