Venetian Blind Man chords by Will Wood

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

E minorEm


Verse 1:
E minorEm
Squints out of his window, he don't wanna see.
E minorEm
Venetian blind man, no one else to be.
E minorEm
Talleyrand forces come down from high ground.
E minorEm
Looks up at high horses. Well, we're safe for now. And he says:

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm              E minorEm
Oh, woah-woah! It's only an omen.
A minorAm              B7B7  C* E minorEm
Oh, woah-woah! Stay in the moment.


Chorus:
G+G          E minorEm        G+G
Private walls close in and cup their ears now.
E minorEm          E MajorE         A minorAm
Trust us, we've got ways to make them talk.
      FF    B7B7
Well I've read the writing.
C*         E minorEm
How do these things lock?


Verse 2:
E minorEm
String on his finger, a tourniquet ring.
E minorEm
Venetian blind man, memory loaded on springs.
E minorEm
Forward's behind him in the future that sneaks up.
E minorEm
Keepers become finders. What's worth weeping over's worth taking.


Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm           E minorEm
Oh, woah-woah! Sky is falling.
A minorAm             B7B7    C* E minorEm
Oh, woah-woah! Catch, or it all ends.

Bridge:
 G+G          E minorEm         G+G
Lord knows I've said awful things 'round this house.
   E minorEm        E MajorE         A minorAm
They echo through the frame and six feet down.
   FF     B7B7
What killed the dead end?
C*        E minorEm
Burn it to the ground.


Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm             E minorEm
Oh, woah-woah! Lose out or give out.
A minorAm             B7B7     BB
Oh, woah-woah! Give up or live down.
A minorAm           E minorEm
Oh, woah-woah! Nobody chose it.
A minorAm           B7B7    C*      E minorEm
Oh, woah-woah! Nobody knows it better than I do.


Chorus:
 G+G         E minorEm        G+G
Feet, don't fail me now the ways my eyes did!
 E minorEm          E MajorE           A minorAm
Mind, don't snap, and heart don't break, not now!
   FF    B7B7  BB
No, not like th--is!
C*         E minorEm
Any but this breakdown!


Outro:
E minorEm
Venetian blind man...
E minorEm
Venetian blind man...
E minorEm
Venetian blind man...
E minorEm
Venetian blind man...
(fade out)


* = single strum