The Muse by Darren Criss
Capo 3
Intro: Em
Verse:
Em Am
You're a diamond that I'm afraid to touch
Em Am
You're damn near flawless and I'm sure you'd cut
C D
on my eyes, my hands, my head, my heart
D#dim Em
You tear this canvas skin apart
D#dim B7 Em D D#dim Em
Oh, what a waste of human art that'd be
Em Am
You're a dungeon, but you're made of glass
Em Am
Your prisoners have no idea they're trapped
C D
'cause you look so beautiful inside
D#dim Em
It makes us feel like we're alive
D#dim B7 E
but lord knows we'll never survive your walls
Chorus:
E Am E
But didn't you know that all along
Am E
You didn't need to hear your song
Am
and if you don't know that
C Cm D Em
then you might as well be dead
Interlude: Em D Em
Verse:
Em Am
Medusa's child preserved her former looks
Em
She kept her out of all the storybooks
C D
just to get back at all of the men
D#dim Em
who have tried time and time again
D#dim B7 Em D D#dim Em
to claim the right of her demise and end
Em Am
A million years go by and you're still around
Em Am
You're knocking us off our feet; you're knocking us down
C D
but we still can't leave you alone
D#dim Em
The way you move one would be prone
D#dim B7 E
to want to be turned into stone by you
Chorus:
E Am E
But didn't you know that all along
Am E
You didn't need to hear your song
Am
and if you don't know that
C Cm
then you might as well be dead
Bridge:
G D C
You make me feel so alive
Bm Am
but its consequence: I want to be dead
G D C
Was it how you arrived?
Bm Am C
I can't tell or was it in the way you left...
Em
us.... here?
Instrumental: Em D Am C Cm
Chorus:
E Am E
But didn't you know that all along
Am E
You didn't need to hear your song
Am
and if you don't know that
C Cm
then you might as well be, you might as well, oh
E Am E
You didn't need to hear your song
Am E
'cause you just knew it all along
Am
You didn't know that so
C Cm (Em)
you might as well, might as well be dead
