Possibly my favorite Automatic Loveletter song… it’s gorgeous.
Chords used:
C: 032010
D: xx0232
Em: 022000
Am: x02210
G: 320033
F: 133211
A: x02220
Cadd9: 032030
Capo 2nd Fret
Intro C Em D x 2
Em
You build a heart that’s strong
C
Walls to last long
Am G F
It’s paper mache
Em
You think the battle’s won
C
No use for shields and guns
Am G F
You’ll need them now
Em D
That the lump takes a home in your throat
Am G F
With the words that you’re choking as you try
Em D Am G F
To tell yourself its ok, flying by time to gaze but never face
C D
You’re stuck in the moment when you thought you were rolling but you
Em D C
cant move on
C D
You feel like you’re able to live past the moment but you
Em D A
can’t move on
Cadd9
Asking why
Em D
Asking why
Cadd9 Em D
Why I can’t move on
Em
You can’t go please stay
C
No don’t stay go away
Am G
I’m left I’m right
F
I’m black I’m white
Em C
You ride a carousel round and round till
Am G F
the sickness grows inside
Em D
that lump takes a strangling hold
Am G F
squeezes tight till you’re cold and tears run dry
Em D
and where you once were warm now is tattered and
Am G F
torn crumbles and fades
C D
You’re stuck in the moment when you thought you were rolling but you
Em D C
cant move on
C D
You feel like you’re able to live past the moment but you
Em D A
can’t move on
Cadd9
Asking why
Em D
Asking why
Cadd9 Em D
Why I can’t move on
C D Em F
C
Incomplete and stereo
D
Typical reaction
Em F
I can’t get over over
Over you
C
This is how the story goes
D
Glory in the moment
Em
I won’t let you go
F
Won’t let
C
You can’t move on
D
cant move on
Em D C
cant move on
C D
You’re stuck in the moment when you thought you were rolling but you
Em D C
cant move on
C D
You feel like you’re able to live past the moment but you
Em D A
can’t move on
Cadd9
Asking why
Em D
Asking why
Cadd9 Em D
Why I can’t move on
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