Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: FF
Intro:
DmDm A minorAm DmDm E MajorE
Verse 1:
A minorAm
The world waits for you when
FF
And the dawn breaks for you when
DmDm
And the media will watch
Bb majorBb
And she will change her mind
A minorAm
I tried to win for you when
FF
I shed my skin for you when
DmDm
I loved you like my own
Bb majorBb
I fed you like a child
Pre-Chorus 1:
FF
Stay in bed and feed the day
Eb MajorEb
With my imagination, honey
DmDm D MajorD
Falling through the cracks in people's kindness
G minorGm
And the world won't step aside
G minorGm
I tried to make you want me
DmDm
I left my home at seventeen
G minorGm A augmentedA
But everywhere I looked I saw
Another me
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
And we are the invisibles
FF
Plain and lonely
DbDb Eb MajorEb FF
It's funny how it's always out of reach
Verse 2:
A minorAm
I hear the wood pigeons and
FF
I call my father in and
DmDm
He sits and hears me sing
Bb majorBb
But never wonders why
A minorAm
Why do I call out in the night
FF
He found the photos set alight
DmDm
Everything about her
Bb majorBb
Makes me want to smile
Pre-Chorus 2:
FF
I'll stay in bed and feed the day
Eb MajorEb
With my polite conversation, father
DmDm D MajorD
Papering the cracks in others' silence
G minorGm
But I still won't step aside
G minorGm
I tried to make her want me
DmDm
I tried to play her politics
G minorGm
But every step I took
A augmentedA
I had to swallow this
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
But we are the invisibles
FF
Strange and lonely
DbDb Eb MajorEb FF
It's funny how it's always out of reach
DbDb Eb MajorEb FF
It's funny how it's always out of reach
DbDb Eb MajorEb FF
It's funny how we're always out of reach