Capo 3
All of the chords in brackets are optional. Kevin often plays them in his live performances.
The chords are pretty straightforward. Just to make things easier...
F/C is 332010
E/B is 224442
F/E is x20010 (It's just a bass walk down from F to Am)
F/C Am
Your crooked days come bundled up in bunches
A# F/C E/B
break your brain like a branch
F/C Am
And push you out here asking after something
A# F/C
you should know I don't have
(C/B) Dm A# F/C
'Cause If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Dm A# F/C
If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
F/C Am
Later on, when you bargain with your mirror
A# (Fm) F/C
and you ask "is it really that bad?"
(C/B) Dm A# F/C
Well if it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Dm A# Gm G7 (OR
G if you so choose)
If it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
A# F
How could you know if you didn't?
A# F C A#
What's left to say when your tongue's turned to ash?
F (OR Fm)
I'd tell you you're fine and forgiven
Dm A# F/C
So you wouldn't have to ask
Interlude
F/C Am A# F/C E/B
F/C Am A# F/C
F/C Am
Shoot what's left, slip inside your sinner's smile
A# (Fm) F/C
Another man in a mask
(C/B) Dm A# F/C
If you faced it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Dm A# F/C
If you meant it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Dm A# F/C
If I could fix you you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Dm A# F/C
E F G A# C
If I could help you you wouldn't have to ask
The last chord progression can be in open or barre chords, depending on your preference.
on G. :)
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