Capricorn chords by Vampire Weekend

Key: G

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

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

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

G  C  D  Em
Am C  D  G

G  C  D  Em
Am C  D  G


Verse 2:
G           C
  Alone and wounded
G          C
  But in my prime
G              Am
  I called the hospital
     C               D
They didn't have the time

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


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

G  C  D  Em
Am C  D  G

G  C  D  Em
Am C  D  G


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

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


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


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