Tight Rope chords by Young The Giant

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: G minorGm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
G minorGm Gm DmDm C majorC x2

Verse 1:
G minorGm
When I was just a boy
G minorGm
My momma told me, "Son:
DmDm
You look so serious
C majorC          G minorGm
Smile and have some fun"
G minorGm
When I was seventeen
G minorGm
My father let me know
DmDm
"Life isn't fun and games
DmDm  C majorC     G minorGm
Gotta sell your soul!"

Pre-Chorus:
G minorGm
I don't know how I ended up
DmDm
So close to where I started
G minorGm
I went to war for peace of mind
DmDm      C majorC
But what's it for?

Chorus:
         G minorGm
I'm dancing on a tightrope
         DmDm  C majorC
No time to mess around
           G minorGm
Just trying to let my mind go
         DmDm  C majorC
I'm never coming down

Verse 2:
G minorGm
I found a preacher man
G minorGm
To help me understand
DmDm
What we are doing here
C majorC        G minorGm
What comes after life?
G minorGm
And now the years have passed
G minorGm
Been to the moon and back
DmDm
And all I've realized
DmDm   C majorC    G minorGm
No one knows a thing

Pre-Chorus:
G minorGm
I don't know how I ended up
DmDm
So close to where I started
G minorGm
I went to war for peace of mind
DmDm     C majorC
What was it for?

Chorus:
         G minorGm
I'm dancing on a tightrope
         DmDm  C majorC
No time to mess around
           G minorGm
Just trying to let my mind go
         DmDm  C majorC G minorGm
I'm never coming down
         DmDm  C majorC G minorGm
I'm never coming down
         DmDm  C majorC
I'm never coming down

Bridge:
G minorGm                      DmDm C majorC
Teachers always say stay in between the lines
G minorGm                         DmDm C majorC
Mamma said be quiet if you can't say something nice
G minorGm                         DmDm C majorC
Doctors always say take these pills for your health
  G minorGm                      DmDm
But now I can't remember how to think for myself

Chorus:
         G minorGm
I'm dancing on a tightrope
         DmDm  C majorC
No time to mess around
           G minorGm
Just trying to let my mind go
         DmDm  C majorC G minorGm
I'm never coming down
         DmDm  C majorC G minorGm
I'm never coming down
         DmDm  C majorC
I'm never coming down

Outro:
G minorGm G minorGm DmDm A minorAm
G minorGm G minorGm DmDm C majorC