Capo 3
All of the chords in brackets are optional. Kevin often plays them in his live performances.
The chords are pretty straightforward. Just to make things easier...
C/G is 332010
B/F# is 224442
C/B is x20010 (It's just a bass walk down from C to Am)
C/G Em
Your crooked days come bundled up in bunches
F C/G B/F#
break your brain like a branch
C/G Em
And push you out here asking after something
F C/G
you should know I don't have
(C/B) Am F C/G
'Cause If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If I had it you wouldn't have to ask
C/G Em
Later on, when you bargain with your mirror
F (Fm) C/G
and you ask "is it really that bad?"
(C/B) Am F C/G
Well if it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F Dm D7 (OR
D if you so choose)
If it wasn't you wouldn't have to ask
F C
How could you know if you didn't?
F C G F
What's left to say when your tongue's turned to ash?
C (OR Fm)
I'd tell you you're fine and forgiven
Am F C/G
So you wouldn't have to ask
Interlude
C/G Em F C/G B/F#
C/G Em F C/G
C/G Em
Shoot what's left, slip inside your sinner's smile
F (Fm) C/G
Another man in a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If you faced it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If you meant it you wouldn't need a mask
(C/B) Am F C/G
If I could fix you you wouldn't have to ask
(C/B) Am F C/G
B C D F G
If I could help you you wouldn't have to ask
The last chord progression can be in open or barre chords, depending on your preference.
on G. :)
