Verse
(Rationale)
D
Long-lost opinions
Gmaj7
All the words you can't redeem
D Bm
Don't come round here
G D
And be a slave to old ideas
Bm
Scream hallelujah
D
If it's a thing that helps you breathe
Your iron rule has often
Bm F#m G Bm
Had me on my knees
F#m Gmaj7 D F#m G
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
Bm
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
F#m G
All you have's your axe to grind
D
Grind, grind
F#m G
Round here
Bm
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
F#m G
All you have's your axe to grind
D
Grind, grind
F#m G
Round here
[Verse]
(Bastille)
Bm
Breaking the silence
F#m G
Like I'm bursting at the seams
D Bm
So many stifled thoughts
F#m G
And long-forgotten dreams
D
Scream hallelujah
G
I can almost taste reprieve
D
Your iron rule has often
G
Had me on my knees
Bm F#m Gmaj7
D F#m G
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
Bm
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
F#m G
All you have's your axe to grind
D
Grind, grind
F#m G
Round here
Bm
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
F#m G
All you have's your axe to grind
D
Grind, grind
F#m G
Round here
[Bridge]
(Rationale & Bastille)
Bm
Keep on talking to yourself
F#m G
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
D
Keep on talking to yourself
F#m G
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
Bm
Keep on talking to yourself
F#m G
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
D
Keep on talking to yourself
F#m G
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
Bm
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
F#m G
All you have's your axe to grind
D
Grind, grind
F#m G
Round here
Bm
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
F#m G
All you have's your axe to grind
D
Grind, grind
F#m G
Round here