Fourth of July
Chords (just for the intro and outro, the rest doesn't need specification)
F#m (x x 4 6 7 5)
E13 (0 x x 4 2 4)
Dmaj7 (x x 0 2 2 2)
[Intro]
F#m - E13 - Dmaj7 (x4)
[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 E A E
The evil it spread like a fever ahead
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
It was night when you died, my firefly
Dmaj7 E A E
What could I have said to raise you from the dead?
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
Oh could I be the sky on the Fourth of July?
[Verse 2]
E A
Well you do enough talk
E A E Dmaj7
My little hawk, why do you cry?
E A E A
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
E Dmaj7
Or the Fourth of July?
Dmaj7 E A E Dmaj7
We’re all gonna die
[Interlude]
Dmaj7 E A E Dmaj7
[Verse 3]
Dmaj7 E A E
Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
Was it all a disguise, like Junior High
Dmaj7 E A E
Where everything was fiction, future, and prediction
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
Now, where am I? My fading supply
[Verse 4]
E A E A
Did you get enough love, my little dove
E Dmaj7
Why do you cry?
E A E A
And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the best
E Dmaj7
Though it never felt right
Dmaj7 E A E Dmaj7 E
My little Versailles
Dmaj7 E A E Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
[Verse 5]
Dmaj7 E A E
The hospital asked should the body be cast
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
Before I say goodbye, my star in the sky
Dmaj7 E A E
Such a funny thought to wrap you up in cloth
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
Do you find it all right, my dragonfly?
[Verse 6]
E A E A
Shall we look at the moon, my little loon
Dmaj7
Why do you cry?
E A E A
Make the most of your life, while it is rife
E Dmaj7
While it is light
[Verse 7]
E A
Well you do enough talk
E A E Dmaj7
My little hawk, why do you cry?
E A E A
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
E Dmaj7
Or the Fourth of July?
Dmaj7 E A E Dmaj7 E
We’re all gonna die (x2)
Dmaj7 Dmaj7
We're all gonna die
[Outro]
F#m - E13 - Dmaj7
We're all gonna die (x5)
Transcription by Martín Ferroni
