China chords by Sparkadia

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

China – Sparkadia
Capo 1st fret
No real chords are played over the verses (one C majorC note played throughout)but
based on the bass notes in the last verses, you can play these chords over
the verses if you want to do it acoustically)

Intro: C majorC
Verse 1:
     C majorC       G+G   FF
She's as distant as the winter sun,
    C majorC        G+G     FF
More consistent than the beat of a drum
     C majorC        G+G     A minorAm         G+G
All this time she's been hiding her weakness away from me

Verse 2:
     C majorC        G+G      FF
Then one day I touched a nerve by mistake
      C majorC      G+G      FF
Pressed too hard and she started to shake
   C majorC      G+G     A minorAm              G+G
Every time that I go there I know there's so much she can take,
(G+G)
before she breaks

Chorus:
[NC]      C majorC    (G+G) FF         C majorC     (G+G) FF
She breaks like China,    She breaks like China
(G+G) C majorC       (G+G) FF       (G+G)   C majorC    (G+G) FF
The longer we take, the bigger we break when we find out

Verse 3:
     C majorC        G+G   FF
I keep a close eye on the way I act
   C majorC        G+G      FF
Even when I start to see all the cracks
    C majorC     G+G     A minorAm          G+G
I give nothing away but expect her to stay with me

Verse 4:
     C majorC          G+G    FF
When she worked out where my weakness lay
    C majorC        G+G      FF
And she wouldn't stop until I gave way
   C majorC       G+G       A minorAm             G+G
Every time that she goes there she knows there's so much I can take,
(G+G)
before I break

Chorus:
[NC]     C majorC    (G+G) FF       C majorC        (G+G) FF
I break like China,    I break like China
(G+G) C majorC       (G+G) FF       (G+G)   C majorC    (G+G) FF
The longer we take, the bigger we break when we find out

Middle 8:
   G+G
The stronger we act, the longer we crack,
There's only so much we can take till we start to break

Solo: C majorC  (G+G) FF   C majorC (G+G) FF  (G+G) C majorC  (G+G)  FF  E minorEm  DmDm

Verse 5:
      C majorC        G+G    FF
We're constructed from the same design
    C majorC          G+G      FF
With a heart that makes no sense to the mind
    C majorC     G+G     A minorAm              G+G
We can keep it together but pressure and time have their way

Verse 6:
    C majorC        G+G   FF
For the things we try to keep inside
      C majorC       G+G      FF
Find their way out in the dark of the night
    C majorC      G+G    A minorAm            G+G
All it takes is the tiniest touch and there's only so much, before we break

Chorus:
[NC]     C majorC    (G+G) FF        C majorC       (G+G) FF
We break like China,    We break like China
(G+G) C majorC       (G+G) FF       (G+G)   C majorC    (G+G) FF
The longer we take, the bigger we break when we find out
(G+G) C majorC    (G+G) FF  C majorC   (G+G) FF        C majorC   (G+G) FF  G+G ~ ~