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