Verse
(Rationale)
G
Long-lost opinions
Cmaj7
All the words you can't redeem
G Em
Don't come round here
C G
And be a slave to old ideas
Em
Scream hallelujah
G
If it's a thing that helps you breathe
Your iron rule has often
Em Bm C Em
Had me on my knees
Bm Cmaj7 G Bm C
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
Em
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Bm C
All you have's your axe to grind
G
Grind, grind
Bm C
Round here
Em
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Bm C
All you have's your axe to grind
G
Grind, grind
Bm C
Round here
[Verse]
(Bastille)
Em
Breaking the silence
Bm C
Like I'm bursting at the seams
G Em
So many stifled thoughts
Bm C
And long-forgotten dreams
G
Scream hallelujah
C
I can almost taste reprieve
G
Your iron rule has often
C
Had me on my knees
Em Bm Cmaj7
G Bm C
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
Em
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Bm C
All you have's your axe to grind
G
Grind, grind
Bm C
Round here
Em
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Bm C
All you have's your axe to grind
G
Grind, grind
Bm C
Round here
[Bridge]
(Rationale & Bastille)
Em
Keep on talking to yourself
Bm C
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
G
Keep on talking to yourself
Bm C
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
Em
Keep on talking to yourself
Bm C
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
G
Keep on talking to yourself
Bm C
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
Em
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Bm C
All you have's your axe to grind
G
Grind, grind
Bm C
Round here
Em
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Bm C
All you have's your axe to grind
G
Grind, grind
Bm C
Round here