Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Half-Step Down (D#D# G#G# C#C# F#F# A#A# D#D#)
Key: Eb MajorEb
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
E MajorE
Verse:
E MajorE
I took forty-five steps today:
E MajorE
Couch to bathroom to kitchen to couch
C# minorC#m
Thanksgiving ’15 in a
BB A augmentedA
loft across from a cemetery
E MajorE
Drinking beer & NyQuil in this old mill
C# minorC#m
It’s burnt out from a fire back in ’93
BB A augmentedA
Gentrified and standing tall
Chorus:
A augmentedA BB
And I feel like I’m stuck on an island
E MajorE
And I’ve been more than selfish
C# minorC#m
Wishing I could be landlocked again
G# minorG#m
Trying to do something great
A augmentedA
Instead I’ll question my age
BB
And wonder why I’m such a mess
E MajorE
Such a mess
Verse:
E MajorE
And now I want to be more than me
E MajorE
More for my friends and the
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
four people left in my family
E MajorE
I’m so sick of everything always bringing me down
E MajorE
I’ll try not to break my neck
E MajorE
Get my feet on the ground
C# minorC#m
So I don’t have to be a burden –
BB A augmentedA
Some sad kid up in bed
Chorus:
A augmentedA BB
And I feel like I’m stuck on an island
E MajorE
And I’ve been more than selfish
C# minorC#m
Wishing I could be landlocked again
G# minorG#m
Trying to do something great
A augmentedA
Instead I’ll question my age
BB
And wonder why I’m such a mess
Bridge:
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
But I’ve resigned my happiness
C# minorC#m
to “lack thereof.”
BB A augmentedA
Guess nothing’s perfect in the end
E MajorE
I’ll be alright
BB A augmentedA C# minorC#m
And I’ll upend every good thing that I find
BB A augmentedA
But I’ll keep pissing in the wind
Interlude:
E MajorE BB A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
Outro:
E MajorE
I want to be the one
E MajorE
I want to know what I love
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
I want to hold it together
E MajorE
I want to be the one
C# minorC#m
I want to know what I love
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
I want to hold it together
E MajorE
I want to be the one
C# minorC#m
I want to know what I love
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
I want to hold it together