The Bright Side chords by They Might Be Giants

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Novice

Chorus:
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
The bright side is blinding our eyes
A augmentedA          D MajorD
And the sound keeps ringin', ringin'
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
The bright side is just a white lie
A augmentedA          D MajorD
That the crowd keeps singin', singin'
E MajorE
You are a busy bee. You are a busy bee!

Verse:
D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD      A augmentedA
Sunshine, sitting on a pavement crack
D MajorD      A augmentedA
Everyone was staring back
  G+G
But you didn't mind
D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD        A augmentedA
Sunshine, futile were our defenses
D MajorD         A augmentedA
Backwards ran your sentences
 G+G
Until reeled the mind


Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm          G+G
Next what's fear and silence in
B minorBm      F# minorF#m
Wait just all well then
B minorBm     G+G
Upside-down everything
B minorBm      E MajorE
Turning done you're when


Chorus:
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
The bright side is blinding our eyes
A augmentedA          D MajorD
And the sound keeps ringin', ringin'
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
The bright side is just a white lie
A augmentedA          D MajorD
That the crowd keeps singin', singin'
E MajorE
You are a busy bee. You are a busy bee!

Verse:
D MajorD  A augmentedA   D MajorD         A augmentedA
Back then, fighting with the permanent
D MajorD          A augmentedA
Pushing through the sediment
   G+G
Till we lost the trail
D MajorD  A augmentedA   D MajorD          A augmentedA
Back then, those days felt like house arrest
D MajorD       A augmentedA
Half-awake and self-possessed
  G+G
We thought we'd prevail


Pre-Chorus:
 B minorBm        G+G
Among the rain and lights I saw
  B minorBm      F# minorF#m
The figure "5" in gold
B minorBm    G+G
On a red firetruck
B minorBm        E MajorE
That's what I was told


Chorus:
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
The bright side is blinding our eyes
A augmentedA          D MajorD
And the sound keeps ringin', ringin'
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
The bright side is just a white lie
A augmentedA          D MajorD
That the crowd keeps singin', singin'

  A augmentedA       D MajorD
The bright side is blinding our eyes
A augmentedA          D MajorD        E MajorE  A augmentedA
And the sound keeps ringin', ringin