Verse
(Rationale)
F#
Long-lost opinions
Bmaj7
All the words you can't redeem
F# D#m
Don't come round here
B F#
And be a slave to old ideas
D#m
Scream hallelujah
F#
If it's a thing that helps you breathe
Your iron rule has often
D#m A#m B D#m
Had me on my knees
A#m Bmaj7 F# A#m B
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
D#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
A#m B
All you have's your axe to grind
F#
Grind, grind
A#m B
Round here
D#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
A#m B
All you have's your axe to grind
F#
Grind, grind
A#m B
Round here
[Verse]
(Bastille)
D#m
Breaking the silence
A#m B
Like I'm bursting at the seams
F# D#m
So many stifled thoughts
A#m B
And long-forgotten dreams
F#
Scream hallelujah
B
I can almost taste reprieve
F#
Your iron rule has often
B
Had me on my knees
D#m A#m Bmaj7
F# A#m B
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
D#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
A#m B
All you have's your axe to grind
F#
Grind, grind
A#m B
Round here
D#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
A#m B
All you have's your axe to grind
F#
Grind, grind
A#m B
Round here
[Bridge]
(Rationale & Bastille)
D#m
Keep on talking to yourself
A#m B
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
F#
Keep on talking to yourself
A#m B
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
D#m
Keep on talking to yourself
A#m B
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
F#
Keep on talking to yourself
A#m B
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
D#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
A#m B
All you have's your axe to grind
F#
Grind, grind
A#m B
Round here
D#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
A#m B
All you have's your axe to grind
F#
Grind, grind
A#m B
Round here