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Apocalyptic Love Song by Josh Radnor


           Apocalyptic Love Song


Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret

[Intro]
C C C C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C     G       Am
They say the poles are shifting
        F                 G
I don’t mean the ones on CNN
       C                 G         Am
I mean north, north and south they are flipping
 F                         G
Maybe I’m alarmist but it sure feels like the end
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
If we’re plunged in darkness
F
What’ll I do
G
I don’t own a shotgun
G
I’ve stockpiled no food
Am
I can’t hunt or navigate
F
I’m hopeless with maps
G
I’m wholly unprepared
             G7
For societal collapse
 
 
[Chorus]
     C
But… I will find you where you are
G
Hitch a ride or steal a car
Am                             F               G
I will bike or jog or jump or break myself in two
C
When the streets run red with blood
   G
Or turn to rivers due to flood
Am                        F                     G
There is no dystopia that I wouldn’t walk on through
      F                C
Cause if the world is ending
      F       G        Am
I’d prefer to be with you
           F      G       C
I would prefer to be with you
 
 
[Verse 2]
  C        G       Am
I make my home in California
F                               G
Every other month the state’s on fire
C          G              Am
If I, if I said it didn’t concern me
F                                             G
You’d have every right to laugh and call me a liar
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
I don’t know if there is
F
A better place than this
G
If there could be a feeling
G
More soothing than your kiss
Am
And if the wild fires spread
F
And the ocean waters rise
G
I’ll be fine as long as my
                     G7
Last look is in your eyes
 
 
[Chorus]
C
I will find you where you are
G
Hitch a ride or steal a car
Am                               F          G
I will fight the zombies and the vigilantes too
     C
When everyone has lost their grips
G
In the post-apocalypse
Am                               F           G
I will keep my mind clear and my values ever true
      F               C
Cause if the world is ending
    F         G       Am
I’d prefer to be with you
           F        G
I would prefer to be……
 
C
I will find you where you roam
G
And we will build some better home
Am                              F          G
A treehouse by the water and a trusty old canoe
   C
We won’t need electricity
   G
At the tail-end of history
      Am                                  F          G
We’ll whittle our own soap and bathe with natural shampoo
      F               C
Cause if the world is ending
    F         G       Am
I’d prefer to be with you
        F         G       C
I would prefer to be with you





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