Classical chords by Vampire Weekend

🎸 Intro:

FM7

FM7  G  Gm  C

FM7  G  Gm  C


🎸 Verse 1:
    FM7                         G
In times of war, the educated class knew what to do
    Gm                                    C
In times of peace, their pupils couldn't meet your baby blues
      FM7                        G
Four hundred million animals competing for the zoo
             Gm       C
It's such a bleak sunrise

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
   FM7     G       Gm        C
Untrue, unkind and unnatural
         FM7         G             Gm        C
How the cruel, with time, becomes classical

🎸 Chorus:
             FM7
I know that walls fall, shacks shake
  G
Bridges burn and bodies break
       Gm                      C
It's clear something's gonna change
             FM7  G                    Gm     C
And when it does,  which classical remains?

🎸 Interlude:
FM7   G   Gm   C

FM7   G   Gm   C


🎸 Verse 2:
     FM7                               G
The temple's gone, but still a single column stands today
      Gm                                C
That sinking feeling fades, but never really goes away
    FM7                          G
A staircase up to nothingness inside your DNA
                Gm      C
Well, that's a bleak sunrise

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
   FM7     G       Gm        C
Untrue, unkind and unnatural
         FM7         G             Gm        C
How the cruel, with time, becomes classical

🎸 Chorus:
             FM7
I know that walls fall, shacks shake
  G
Bridges burn and bodies break
       Gm                     FM7
It's clear something's gonna change
             FM7 G                     Gm    FM7
And when it does,  which classical remains?

Instrumental 🎸 Break:
FM7   G   Gm   C

FM7   G   Gm   C

FM7   G   Gm   C


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
   FM7     G       Gm        C
Untrue, unkind and unnatural
         FM7         G             Gm        C
How the cruel, with time, becomes classical

🎸 Chorus:
             FM7
I know that walls fall, shacks shake
  G
Bridges burn and bodies break
       Gm                      C
It's clear something's gonna change
             FM7  G                    Gm     C
And when it does,  which classical remains?

🎸 Outro:
FM7  G  Gm  C

FM7  G  Gm  C

FM7  G  Gm  C

FM7  G  Gm  C  FM7