Capo
2
Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
A Bm G D A Bm G D A A
Verse:
D G D
My window’s painted shut with the sashes screwed together
Bm A G D
Town was rough when I was young, but we’ve both been doing better
Em D C G
It’s an old flathead screw and I don’t have the tools I need
Bm A G D D
Or the will to make the effort it would take to pry it free
D G D
I’ve been trying to find a space between my thoughts and what I say
Bm A G D
I still struggle with myself after twenty years clean
Em G C G
I’ve been sleeping pretty good, least when I get the chance
Bm A G D
But there’s a slow creeping weariness no rest will ever catch
Chorus:
A Bm
It’s a slow motion roll of the dice
G D
You take what you get and you gamble with life
A Bm
And you chase what you love and renounce what you don’t
G D
Do the best that you can
G D
Try to live out of love
G D A
And you still have to let it all go
[Instrumental]
D D G D D Bm A G D D Em D C G G Bm A G D D D D
Verse:
D G D
Got a belly full of food and a head full of doubts
Bm A G D
Feel like a tiger in a cage waiting for a chance to squeeze out
Em D C G
Paint peeling everywhere reveals what’s beneath
Bm A G D
There’s workmen rattling chains and blocking up the streets
Chorus:
A Bm7
It’s a slow motion roll of the dice
G D
You take what you get and you gamble with life
A Bm
And you chase what you love and renounce what you don’t
G D
Do the best that you can
G D
Try to live out of love
G D A A
And you still have to let it all go
[Instrumental]
Bm G D A
Bm G D G D
G D A A
Bridge:
D G D
It’s choices and chances and chasing of dreams
Bm A G D
It’s all contradictions at the center of me
Em D C G G G G
I’m torn between loves that are all that I am
Bm A G D
I’d have half a heart without either of them
Chorus:
A Bm
It’s a slow motion roll of the dice
G D
You take what you get and you gamble with life
A Bm
And you chase what you love and renounce what you don’t
G D
Do the best that you can
G D
Try to live out of love
Chorus:
A Bm
It’s a slow motion roll of the dice
G D
You take what you get and you gamble with life
A Bm
And you chase what you love and renounce what you don’t
G D
Do the best that you can
G D
Try to live out of love
G D A A
And you still have to let it all go
[Outro/Instrumental]
Bm Bm G D A
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Published: April 15, 2026
Last Updated: April 15, 2026