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Halfway Home by Tv On The Radio
Halfway Home
Great song, sounds good put to acoustic chords. Chords for the verses and chorus stay
same throughout song but it's nice to play along to the words.
B
The lazy way they turned your head
E
Into a rest stop for the dead
B E
And did it all in gold and blue and grey
B
The efforts to allay your dread,
E
In spite of all you knew and said,
B E
Were hard to see and harder still to say
B
A comfort plush all laced in lead
E
Was sent to quell your sentiment
B E
And keep your trembling sentinel hand at bay
B
And when a sudden silhouette
E
Escaped the top-side of your bed
B E
I knew you'd never ever be the same
F#m
Is it not me?
C#m
Am I not folded by your touch?
F#m
The words you spoke
E
I know too much
B
It's over now
F#
And not enough
F#m
Is it not me?
C#m
The damage you hold inside your blush?
F#m
The load you towed
E
You showed it up
B
It's over now
F#
And I'm insane
B
Wild spirits winds from out your chest
E
Collides with world and wilderness
B E
It needs a gentle hand to call it home
B
Now surfs the sun and scales the moon
E
And winds the waistband of her womb
B E
All eyes ablaze the day you break your mold
F#m
Is it not me?
C#m
Am I not culled into your clutch?
F#m
The words you spoke
E
I know too much
B
We're closer now
F#
And said enough
F#m
Is it not me?
C#m
Am I not rolled into your crush?
F#m
The road you chose
E
Unloads control
B
See it take me so
Go on throw this stone
Into this halfway home
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version 2
Try to keep the B-string ringing open throughout the intro and verse
without hitting the high E
Intro- strum this chord (actually its just a note, B, with a doubled higher octave)
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--0--
--4--
--x--
--2--
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Verse - Always a B chord, with a moving note
All chords are strummed for 4 bars
"The lazy way..."
B5 Bsus4 Bmaj B(note)
--------------------|
--0---0---0---0-----|
--4---4---4---4-----|
--4---2---1---x-----|
--2---2---2---2-----|
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Chorus (and outro)
The first three chords get 4 bars each, the last 2 just 2 bars
"Ah-oh, Is it not me...?"
B A G F#7sus4 F#7
--2---0---3---2---2-|
--4---2---0---2---2-|
--4---2---0---4---3-|
--4---2---0---2---2-|
--2---0---2---4---4-|
----------3---2---2-|
Lyrics
Verse
The lazy way they turned your head
Into a rest stop for the dead
And did it all in gold and blue and grey
The efforts to allay your dread,
In spite of all you knew and said,
Were hard to see and harder still to say
A comfort plush all laced in lead
Was sent to quell your sentiment
And keep your trembling sentinel hand at bay
And when a sudden silhouette
Escaped the top-side of your bed
I knew you'd never ever be the same
Chorus
Is it not me?
Am I not folded by your touch?
The words you spoke
I know too much
It's over now
And not enough
Is it not me?
The damage you hold inside your blush?
The load you towed
You showed it up
It's over now
And I'm insane
Verse
Wild spirits winds from out your chest
Collides with world and wilderness
It needs a gentle hand to call it home
Now surfs the sun and scales the moon
And winds the waistband of her womb
All eyes ablaze the day you break your mold
Chorus
Is it not me?
Am I not culled into your clutch?
The words you spoke
I know too much
We're closer now
And said enough
Is it not me?
Am I not rolled into your crush?
The road you choose
Unloads control
See it take me so
Go on throw this stone
Into this halfway home
Outro
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