Cicada Days Live chords by Will Wood

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Performance: "In Case I Make It,"

Key: C

Intro:

C


Verse 1:
C
The greener grass grows where the wildfires fertilize
C
With ashes of sparrows, peppered moths, and butterflies
Dm                   F                    C
Ghosts of trees and termites bloom in the beanstalk

C
And if you get lightheaded when standing too fast
C
Is it from shaking out the weight of phosphenes and past
       Dm                    F                         C
Salt deposits on warm little rivers that burst from our words


Pre-Chorus:
    G                F                    C
And God knows crying ain't gonna change a thing
    G                     F                C       Cmaj7  C7
She said take care, but I take more than I bring


Chorus:
             F                                C
She said "It just feels inhumane to lose this much"
             F                                       C     Cmaj7 C7
Cuz when you leave you know, you take more than your love
              F                            C
Just one week of cicada days, we're losing touch
              F                                C
And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much

Dm F


Verse 2:
C
Our nerves were braided under ceiling stars, they were all
C
Glow-in-the-dark, hanging over queen-sized
Dm              F
Purple waves of ancient chemicals
     C                  Dm     F
Just whispeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

C
Did you ever build with those endangered bones?
N.C.      C                        C7              Dm
Well, the ground looks soft enough to bury this now
 F             C
Oh, please, oh no


Pre-Chorus:
            G                 F                C
And then my sponsor said, "Do nothing, nothing works"
            G                   F             C         Cmaj7 C7
And then my doctor said, "Don't do that if it hurts"


Chorus:
             F                                C
She said "It just feels inhumane to lose this much"
             F                                       C     Cmaj7 C7
Cuz when you leave you know, you take more than your love
            F                             C
The seasons of cicada days, we can't make up
              F                                C
And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much, woaaaaaah


Bridge: (Single strum on all the chords)
           F                                       C
Let all my red flags fade to white, yeah, I give up
             F                                 C
Don't let me leave, I'll only take more than I gave

Okay, I'll pack my stuff
            F                                C
Here at the end of days, my God, what have I done?
               Dm             F                        c               Dm F
Christ, now it feels damn inhumane to get all I've dreamed of, woaaaah


Outro: (break down the chords, let final chord ring out)
C
Keep coming back, it works if you work it
C
So work it, you're worth it, it won't if you don't
    Dm               F                      C
One day at a time, tomorrow's too late, amen