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...
E/B is 332010
D#/A# is 224442
E/D# is x20010 (It's just a bass walk down from E to Am)
E/B G#m
Your crooked days come bundled up in bunches
A E/B D#/A#
break your brain like a branch
E/B G#m
And push you out here asking after something
A E/B
you should know I don't have
(C/B) C#m A E/B
'Cause If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) C#m A E/B
If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
E/B G#m
Later on, when you bargain with your mirror
A (Fm) E/B
and you ask "is it really that bad?"
(C/B) C#m A E/B
Well if it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) C#m A F#m F#7 (OR
F# if you so choose)
If it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
A E
How could you know if you didn't?
A E B A
What's left to say when your tongue's turned to ash?
E (OR Fm)
I'd tell you you're fine and forgiven
C#m A E/B
So you wouldn't have to ask
Interlude
E/B G#m A E/B D#/A#
E/B G#m A E/B
E/B G#m
Shoot what's left, slip inside your sinner's smile
A (Fm) E/B
Another man in a mask
(C/B) C#m A E/B
If you faced it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) C#m A E/B
If you meant it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) C#m A E/B
If I could fix you you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) C#m A E/B
D# E F# A B
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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