Capricorn chords by Vampire Weekend

Chords with lyrics

Key: G+G

Verse 1:
G+G         C majorC
 Can't reach the moon now
G+G        C majorC
 Can't turn the tide
G+G         A minorAm
 The world looked different
   C majorC        D MajorD
When God was on your side

G+G        C majorC
 Who builds the future?
G+G      C majorC
 Do they care why?
G+G        A minorAm
 I know you're tired of tryin'
C majorC       D MajorD         C majorC
Listen clearly, you don't have to try

Chorus 1:
   D MajorD     G+G         C majorC
Capricorn, the year that you were born
A minorAm     D MajorD      G+G        C majorC
  Finished fast and the next one wasn't yours
A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G       C majorC
  Too old for dyin' young, too young to live alone
A minorAm         D MajorD               G+G
  Sifting through centuries for moments of your own

G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G

G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G


Verse 2:
G+G      C majorC
 Alone and wounded
G+G     C majorC
 But in my prime
G+G       A minorAm
 I called the hospital
   C majorC        D MajorD
They didn't have the time

G+G       C majorC
 I'd seen it comin'
G+G      C majorC
 It's no surprise
G+G        A minorAm
 I know you're tired of tryin'
C majorC       D MajorD         C majorC
Listen clearly, you don't have to try

Chorus 2:
   D MajorD     G+G         C majorC
Capricorn, the year that you were born
A minorAm     D MajorD      G+G        C majorC
  Finished fast and the next one wasn't yours
A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G       C majorC
  Too old for dyin' young, too young to live alone
A minorAm         D MajorD               G+G
  Sifting through centuries for moments of your own

G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G

G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G


Verse 3:
G+G      C majorC
 A augmentedA hundred dollars
G+G       C majorC
 On someone's dime
G+G       A minorAm
 I looked for answers there
   C majorC        D MajorD
They weren't mine to find

G+G        C majorC
 Good days are comin'
G+G       C majorC
 Not just to die
G+G        A minorAm
 I know you're tired of tryin'
C majorC      D MajorD         C majorC
Listen baby, you don't have to try


Chorus 3:
   D MajorD     G+G         C majorC
Capricorn, the year that you were born
A minorAm     D MajorD      G+G        C majorC
  Finished fast and the next one wasn't yours
A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G       C majorC
  Too old for dyin' young, too young to live alone
A minorAm         D MajorD               G+G
  Sifting through centuries for moments of your own


Outro:
C majorC   D MajorD     G+G         C majorC
 Capricorn, the year that you were born
A minorAm     D MajorD      G+G        C majorC
  Finished fast and the next one wasn't yours
A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G       C majorC
  Too old for dyin' young, too young to live alone
A minorAm         D MajorD               G+G
  Sifting through centuries for moments of your own