Nightingale December Song chords by Sunset Rubdown

Chords with lyrics

Tabbed and Submitted by Ryan Parmer  11-25-09

Capo 2nd Fret


C/GC/G
So let me hammer this point home:
     D MajorD
I see us all as lonely fires
      Bm7Bm7
that have burned alive as long as we remember.

       D MajorD
But like all fireworks and all sunsets,
    E minorEm
we all burn in different ways:
  G+G
You are a fast explosion,
       Bm7Bm7
and I am the embers.

        E minorEm
And though your flames are quick and mean,
   C/GC/G
they will not last the year,
   C/GC/G
but expire like a sudden falling star,
      E minorEm
that only nightingales had seen,
     E minorEm
before migrating to southern jungles.
      Bm7Bm7
And in this way you will come find me in December. Whoa ho ho.

       C/GC/G
He said he'd like to move to Nashville
  D MajorD
to master the guitar,
        G+G
where he would live a single day
     Bm7Bm7
the way I live a single year.

  D MajorD
He covered his body in mud,
   E minorEm
went hunting for the sun,
        C/GC/G
and then went swimming
   Bm7Bm7
in a lake of holy water.

  E minorEm
You are too hot for me.
 C/GC/G
I am too slow for you.
  D MajorD
You are a fast explosion
       C/GC/G
and I am the embers.
       E minorEm
You need the one who slowly burns,
  E minorEm
and burns to stay alive.
    G+G
In this way you will come find me in December

Solo part but same guitar riffs


C/GC/G
So let me hammer this point home:
     D MajorD
I see us all as lonely fires
      Bm7Bm7
that have burned alive as long as we remember.

       D MajorD
But like all sacrificial virgins,
    E minorEm
we all burn in different ways:
  G+G
You are a fast explosion,
       Bm7Bm7
and I am the embers.

        E minorEm
And though your flames are quick and mean,
   C/GC/G
they will not last the year,
  C/GC/G
but expire like a sudden shooting star,
     E minorEm
that only nightingales had seen,
      E minorEm
before transforming into bluebirds.
      G+G