Intro: | C - C/B | G | Dm - F | Am - G |
Verse:
AmG
I shake through the wreckage for signs of life
DmF
Scrolling through the paragraphs
AmG
Clicking through the photographs
AmG
I wish I could make sense of what we do
DmF
Burning down the capitals
AmG
The wisest of the animals
Pre-Chorus:
F
Who are you?
GF
What are you living for?
F
Tooth for tooth
GF
Maybe we'll go one more
Chorus:
CC/B
This life
G
is lived in perfect symmetry
DmF
What I do
AmG
That will be done to me
Verse:
AmG
Read page after page of analysis
DmF
Looking for the final score
AmG
We're no closer than we were before
Pre-Chorus:
F
Who are you?
GF
What are you fighting for?
F
Holy truth
GF
Brother I choose this mortal....
Chorus:
CC/B
...life,
G
lived in perfect symmetry
DmF
What I do
AmG
That will be done to me
CC/B
As the needle
G
slips into the run-out groove
DmF
Love
AmG
Maybe you'll feel it too
Bridge:
FC
And maybe you'll find life is unkind
G
And over so soon
F
There is no golden gate
CG
There's no heaven waiting for you
F
Oh boy, you oughta leave this town
G
Get out while you can
CAm
The meter's running down
Fm
The voices in the streets you love
GC
Everything is better when you hear that shout
AmDm
Woah!
CAm
Woah!
G
Woah!
Chorus:
CC/B
Spineless dreamers
G
Hide in churches
DmF
Pieces of, pieces of
AmG
Rush hour buses
CC/B
I dream in e-mails
G
Worn-out phrases
DmF
Mile after mile of just
AmG
Empty pages
CC/BG
Wrap yourself around me
DmFAmG
Wrap yourself around me
CC/B
As the needle
G
slips into the run-out groove
DmF
Maybe you'll feel it too
AmG
Maybe you'll feel it too
Outro (FADE WITH Chorus CHORDS: CC/BGDmFAmG)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.