Verse
(Rationale)
C#
Long-lost opinions
F#maj7
All the words you can't redeem
C# A#m
Don't come round here
F# C#
And be a slave to old ideas
A#m
Scream hallelujah
C#
If it's a thing that helps you breathe
Your iron rule has often
A#m Fm F# A#m
Had me on my knees
Fm F#maj7 C# Fm F#
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
A#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Fm F#
All you have's your axe to grind
C#
Grind, grind
Fm F#
Round here
A#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Fm F#
All you have's your axe to grind
C#
Grind, grind
Fm F#
Round here
[Verse]
(Bastille)
A#m
Breaking the silence
Fm F#
Like I'm bursting at the seams
C# A#m
So many stifled thoughts
Fm F#
And long-forgotten dreams
C#
Scream hallelujah
F#
I can almost taste reprieve
C#
Your iron rule has often
F#
Had me on my knees
A#m Fm F#maj7
C# Fm F#
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
A#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Fm F#
All you have's your axe to grind
C#
Grind, grind
Fm F#
Round here
A#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Fm F#
All you have's your axe to grind
C#
Grind, grind
Fm F#
Round here
[Bridge]
(Rationale & Bastille)
A#m
Keep on talking to yourself
Fm F#
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
C#
Keep on talking to yourself
Fm F#
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
A#m
Keep on talking to yourself
Fm F#
Cause no one needs to hear the words you reel off
C#
Keep on talking to yourself
Fm F#
Cause you're gonna have to swing that axe round here
[Chorus]
(Bastille)
A#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Fm F#
All you have's your axe to grind
C#
Grind, grind
Fm F#
Round here
A#m
You'd better sharpen up, you'd better sharpen up 'cause
Fm F#
All you have's your axe to grind
C#
Grind, grind
Fm F#
Round here