Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E minor 7Em7 C majorC C majorC G+G E minor 7Em7 C majorC C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
G+G E minor 7Em7 C majorC
I’ve been finding it hard to say how I feel, as of late
G+G E minor 7Em7 C majorC C majorC
There’s a depth to my fatigue, it’s getting hard to explain
G+G E minorEm C majorC C majorC
There’s a dirt on my skin and it doesn’t seem to wash off
G+G E minorEm G+G C majorC C majorC
Set sail or call to port, this wind’s tying round my neck in knots
Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7 G+G C majorC
And I won’t stand by you when you’re smoking cigarettes
Am7Am7 G+G C majorC C majorC
Oh I adore your warmth in my lungs, not that pain in my chest
Am7Am7 C majorC
I feel like a man gone blind in the warmth of the sun, so
C majorC Am7Am7 C majorC D MajorD
Teach me braille I can learn to map your body like the stars above
Chorus:
E minor 7Em7 C majorC
‘Cause I didn’t know how to say that I needed help
C majorC E minor 7Em7
And I wasn’t very good at looking after my health
E minor 7Em7 C majorC
Tell me, tell me, are we going to stay here (love, no)
E minor 7Em7 C majorC
‘Cause I didn’t know how to say that I needed help
C majorC E minorEm
And I wasn’t very good at looking after myself
D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Tell me, tell me, are we going to stay here (love, no)
G+G C majorC
If you want me to leave just say I’ve got to go
G+G C majorC G+G
If you want me to stay then love don’t be shy invite me home
Solo:
G+G E minorEm C majorC
Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm C majorC
And the river flows better when the nets aren’t filling up with stones
G+G E minorEm C majorC
Like the sea there ain't a day in recent years that I’m not tired anymore
G+G E minorEm C majorC
There’s a man in the mirror, but no king to the throne
G+G N.C. E minorEm C majorC
And you're a queen with a sweetness like the morning lights on the fjords
A minorAm
So tell me how are we going to change
C majorC
When you want to stay put
A minorAm
And I’m always away and I can hear
C majorC
The change in my voice on the phone breaking up
N.C. D MajorD N.C
Pieces of the styrofoam from places where the tide’s been low
Chorus:
E minor 7Em7 E minorEm C majorC
‘ Cause I didn’t know how to say that I needed help
C majorC E minorEm
And I wasn’t very good at looking after my health
E minorEm C majorC
Tell me, tell me, are we going to stay here (love, no)
E minorEm C majorC
‘Cause I didn’t know how to say that I needed help
C majorC E minorEm
And I wasn’t very good at looking after myself
E minorEm C majorC
Tell me, tell me, are we going to stay here (love, no, no, no)
G+G N.C. C majorC N.C.
If you want me to leave just say I’ve got to go
G+G C majorC G+G
If you want me to stay then love don’t be shy invite me home
Outro:
G+G C majorC C majorC G+G G+G C majorC C majorC G+G