Verse
(Rationale)
E
Long-lost opinions
Amaj7
All the words you can't redeem
E C#m
Don't come round here
A E
And be a slave to old ideas
C#m
Scream hallelujah
E
If it's a thing that helps you breathe
Your iron rule has often
C#m G#m A C#m
Had me on my knees
G#m Amaj7 E G#m A
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
C#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
G#m A
All you have's your axe to grind
E
Grind, grind
G#m A
Round here
C#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
G#m A
All you have's your axe to grind
E
Grind, grind
G#m A
Round here
[Verse]
(Bastille)
C#m
Breaking the silence
G#m A
Like I'm bursting at the seams
E C#m
So many stifled thoughts
G#m A
And long-forgotten dreams
E
Scream hallelujah
A
I can almost taste reprieve
E
Your iron rule has often
A
Had me on my knees
C#m G#m Amaj7
E G#m A
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
C#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
G#m A
All you have's your axe to grind
E
Grind, grind
G#m A
Round here
C#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
G#m A
All you have's your axe to grind
E
Grind, grind
G#m A
Round here
[Bridge]
(Rationale & Bastille)
C#m
Keep on talking to yourself
G#m A
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
E
Keep on talking to yourself
G#m A
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
C#m
Keep on talking to yourself
G#m A
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
E
Keep on talking to yourself
G#m A
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
C#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
G#m A
All you have's your axe to grind
E
Grind, grind
G#m A
Round here
C#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
G#m A
All you have's your axe to grind
E
Grind, grind
G#m A
Round here