Chords with lyrics
Key: A augmentedA
♫ Verse 1:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
I pick you up inside a hopeless prayer
B minorBm (G+G)
I see you beholden to nothing
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
I make a living crying it ain’t fair
B minorBm
And not budging
♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA
I don’t see why you would lie
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
It was never the love you wanted
A augmentedA
It’s a state of mind you designed
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
You get everything that you want
♫ Verse 2:
A augmentedA E MajorE
You might get lost in the moment
D MajorD B minorBm
Take it easy on your opponent
A augmentedA
It plays on my mind
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
How the time passing covers you like a friend
♫ Instrumental:
A augmentedA | E MajorE | D MajorD | B minorBm |
♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA
I don’t see why you would lie
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
It was never the love you wanted
A augmentedA
It’s a state of mind you designed
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
You get everything that you want
♫ Verse 3:
A augmentedA E MajorE
If you’re not living then you’re dying
D MajorD B minorBm
Just a raw nerve satisfying
A augmentedA
Some futile bottom line
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
All my life I’ve been running from what you want
♫ Verse 4:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
You drive like you’re wanted in four states
B minorBm (G+G)
In a busted truck in Opelika
A augmentedA E MajorE
Your bad reputation carries
D MajorD B minorBm
And I’m just like you
♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA
I try to justify and scrape by
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
I was always the one unsteady
A augmentedA
It’s a state of mind
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
You malign and you don’t get caught up in much
♫ Verse 5:
A augmentedA E MajorE
I’m defenseless against the sales pitch
D MajorD B minorBm
Bm I your moat or your drawbridge?
A augmentedA
It plays on my mind
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
How the time passing holds you like pocket change
♫ Instrumental:
A augmentedA | E MajorE | D MajorD | B minorBm |
♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA
I don’t see why you would try
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
It was never my love you wanted
A augmentedA
It always mystifies me
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
The time passing covers you like a friend
♫ Verse 6:
A augmentedA E MajorE
If you’re not living then you’re dying
D MajorD B minorBm
BB lightning bolt, horrifying
A augmentedA
An unsuspecting sky
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
All my life, I’ve been running from what you want
♫ Outro:
A augmentedA | E MajorE | D MajorD | B minorBm |
A augmentedA | E MajorE | D MajorD | B minorBm |
A augmentedA |