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