Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Novice
Going Nowhere - Frank Turner
Capo 2
Verse 1:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When you're just a stone's throw from where you started and you're going nowhere
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When everything you had that was solid is melted into air
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When you worked your fingers down to the bone but didn't get your fair share
Chorus 1:
G+G
I'll be there
FF
In there like swimwear
C majorC G+G FF
I'm going nowhere
Verse 2:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When you feel like you're letting down your friends and you failed your family
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When you're a hedgehog who can't help pricking all the people that you meet
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When the ravens leave the tower and you're cowering for fear in the city
Chorus 2:
G+G
I'll be there
FF
In there like swimwear
C majorC G+G FF
I'm going nowhere
FF F minorFm A minorAm DmDm
The empires may fall, and the seas may rise but I'll be at your side by and by
FF G+G
I'm like an armchair
C majorC G+G FF
I'm going nowhere
Verse 3:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When you took your umbrella in the rain but you still got soaked
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When you worked a 62-hour week but you ended up broke
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
And when the world that you thought made sense turned out to be a joke
Chorus 1:
G+G
I'll be there
FF
In there like swimwear
C majorC G+G FF
I'm going nowhere
Verse 4:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
When you made your best plans but somehow they just didn't work
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
'Cause you were counting on your countrymen and women not to go berserk
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF
And the future's falling in and all that's left is a hollow kind of hurt
Chorus 2:
G+G
I'll be there
FF
In there like swimwear
C majorC G+G FF
I'm going nowhere
Post-Chorus:
FF F minorFm A minorAm DmDm
You think my beauty may slip away, but I can try to make you happy every day
FF G+G
I'm like your gray hair
C majorC G+G FF
I'm going nowhere
Outro:
FF F minorFm A minorAm DmDm
Now the tune may falter and the words may slide but here's hoping that the sentiment survives
FF
I'm like your record player
G+G
I'm like an armchair
C majorC G+G FF
I'm going nowhere