This song is in standard tuning, in the key of E major. Great song,
best on the new Lights and Sounds album, in my opinion.
Chords used:
E5 A5 B5 E C#m7 Bsus Asus
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
B|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
G|-9---11--8---1---6---4---2---|
D|-x---x---x---2---6---4---2---|
A|-7---9---6---2---4---2---0---|
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
Intro: E5, A5, B5, E5
E5 A5
I could tell you the wildest of tales
B5 E5
My friend the giant and traveling sales
E5 A5
Tell you all the times that I failed
B5
The years all behind me
E5
The stories excelled.
C#m7 E
And I'm drying out
Bsus
Crying out
Asus E
This isn't how I go
Repeat intro.
E5 A5
I could tell you of a man not so tall
B5 E5
Who said life's a circus and so we are small
E5 A5
Tell you of a girl that I saw
B5 #5
I froze in the moment and she changed it all
C#m7 E
And I'm drying out
Bsus
Crying out
Asus C#m7
This isn't how I go
E
Hurry now
Bsus
Lay me down
Asus Bsus
And let these waters flow
C#m7 Asus(x2)
Flow, ooo
Bsus
Flow,
C#m7 Asus(x2)
Flow, ooo
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C#m7 Bsus Asus E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m7 Bsus Asus(x2)
But every story I have told is part of me
E5 A5
And you keep the air in my lungs
B5 E5
Floating along as a melody comes
E5 A5
And my heart beats like timpani drums
B5 E5
Keeping the time while a symphony strums
C#m7 E
And I'm drying out
Bsus
Crying out
Asus C#m7
This isn't how I go
E
Hurry now
Bsus
Lay me down
Asus Bsus
And let these waters flow
C#m7 Asus(x2)
Whoa, whoa...
Bsus
Flow,
C#m7 Asus(x2)
Whoa, whoa...
Bsus C#m7 Asus
Let it flow, whoa, whoa
Bsus C#m7 Asus
Let it flow, whoa, whoa
C#m7 Bsus Asus E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m7 Bsus Asus(x2)
But every story I have told is part of me
C#m7 Bsus Asus E
Son I leave you now but you have so much more to do
C#m7 Bsus Asus Bsus E
And every story I have told is part of you
Outro: E5, B5, C#m7, Asus, E
So, this is a basic idea of it. Of course, it's just by ear, so have fun with it,
fix up parts you think are different.
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