Intro
D# A# G#
D# A# G#
[Verse 1]
D# A# G# D#
I want to cross stitch shut my eyes
A# G# D#
Wage a war on the world outside
A# G# F
Brace the barricade in my mind,
G#
But that’s alright
[Verse 2]
D# A# G# D#
I stretch the truths ’til they lose shape
A# G# D#
As support beams bend and break
A# G# F
Watch reality’s slow cascade,
G#
But that’s alright
N.C.
And I’ve been thinking…
[Chorus]
D# A# C G
Ain’t life swell from a pretty little distance?
G# C A#
I don’t want to leave, I don’t want to stay
D# A# C G
Why look twice at a beautiful existence?
G# C A#
Ooh whoa oh oh
D# A# C G
Ain’t life swell from a pretty little distance?
G# C A#
I don’t want to leave, I don’t want to stay
D# A# C G
Why look twice at a beautiful existence?
G# C A#
Ooh whoa oh oh
D# A# G#
[Verse 3]
D# A# G# D#
I watch the sun dry out the grass
A# G# D#
Hear the silence shatter glass
A# G# F
Feel perfection swerve and crash,
G#
But that’s alright
F G#
Yeah, but that’s alright
[Chorus]
D# A# C G
Ain’t life swell from a pretty little distance?
G# C A#
I don’t want to leave, I don’t want to stay
D# A# C G
Why look twice at a beautiful existence?
G# C A#
Ooh whoa oh oh
D# A# C G
Ain’t life swell from a pretty little distance?
G# C A#
I don’t want to leave, I don’t want to stay
D# A# C G
Why look twice at a beautiful existence?
G# C A#
Ooh whoa oh oh
[Bridge]
C G#
Close my eyes, hope it all ends well this time
C G# A#
Close my eyes, hope it all ends well this time
Go! [Solo - listen to song for timing]
D# G# A#
D# G# A#
[Chorus]
D# A# C G
Ain’t life swell from a pretty little distance?
G# C A#
I don’t want to leave, I don’t want to stay
D# A# C G
Why look twice at a beautiful existence?
G# C A#
And that’s alright
D# A# C G
Ain’t life swell from a pretty little distance?
G# C A#
I don’t want to leave, I don’t want to stay
D# A# C G
Why look twice at a beautiful existence?
G# C A#
Ooh whoa oh oh
D# A# G#
Whoa oh oh oh
D# A# G#
Whoa oh oh oh
D# A# C G
Ain’t life swell from a pretty little distance?
G# C A#
Ooh whoa oh oh
(End on E)