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The Graveyard Near The House by The Airborne Toxic Event
The Graveyard Near The House
Chords:
C: x32010
C/B1: x2x013
C/B2: x2x010
C/B3: x2x00x
G1: 32003x
G2: 320003
G3: 3x00(0)x (The (0) means that it doesn't matter if you play this note whether or not)
F: 133210 (how they play the F)
Am: x02210 (Sounds like the F chord!)
Capo 3
Intro:
C G1 C/B1 Am
-Verse 1
C G1
The other day when we were walking by the graveyard near the house
C/B1 Am
You asked me if I thought we would ever die
C G1
And if life and love both fade so predictably
C/B1 Am
We've made ourselves a kind of predictable lie
F
And so I pictured us like corpses
G2
Lying side by side in pieces
C/B2 Am
In some dark and lonely plot under a bough
F
We looked so silly there all decomposed
G2
Half turned to dust in tattered clothes
C/B2 Am
Though we probably look just as silly now
-Chorus
F G2
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye to all this dog-eared innocence
F C C/B2 Am
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next or how to be
C C/B2 Am G3 F(Remember the high E-string)
But you have no i---de-a about me
C
Do you?
-Verse 2
C G1
And it left me to wonder if people ever know each other
C/B1 Am
Or just stumble around like strangers in the dark
C G1
'Cause sometimes you seem so strange to me, I must seem strange to you
C/B1 Am
We're like two actors playing our parts
F
Did you memorize your lines? 'Cause I did
G2
Here's the part where I get so mad
C/B2 Am
I tell you I can't forget the past
F
You get so quiet now and you seem somehow
G2
like a lost and lonely child
C/B2 Am
And you just hope that the moment won't last
-Chorus
F G2
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye to all this dog-eared innocence
F C C/B2 Am
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next or how to be
C C/B2 Am G3 F \
But you have no i---de-a about me / 2x
C
Do you?
-Bridge
F C
So there's always a way around
F C
There's something tying our feet to the ground
C/B2 Am
A moment passed we hear how it sounds
C C/B2 Am G3 F
Then it seems a little less profound
C C/B2 Am G3 F
Like we're all going the same way down
C C/B2 Am G3 F
Like we're all going the same way down
C C/B2 Am G F
I'm just trying to write it all down
-Verse 3
C G2
'Cause I write songs and you write letters
F G2
We are tied like two in tethers
C G2
And we talk and read, and laugh and sleep
F G2
At night in bed together
C G2
And you wake in tears sometimes
F G2
I can see your thoughts flash across your eyes
C G2
They say darling will you be kind,
F G
will you be a good man and stay behind
C/B2 Am
If I get old?
-Outro 1
F G2
And then the letters all pass through my head
C C/B2 Am
With the words that I was told
F G2
About the fading flesh of life and love
C C/B2 Am
The failures of the bold
F G2
I can list each crippling fear
C C/B2 Am
like I'm reading from a will
C C/B2 Am G3 F
And I'll defy everyone and love you still
C C/B2 Am G3 F
I will carry you with me up every hill
Am C/B3 C C/B3 Am
And if you die before I die I'll carve your name out of the sky
Am C/B3 C C/B3 Am
I'll fall asleep with your memory and dream of where you lie
-Interlude
F C C/B2 Am
Maybe better to move on and to let life just carry on and I may be wrong
-Outro 2
C
Still I try
C G2 Am G3 Am
Because it's better to love, whether you win or lose or die
C G2 Am G3 Am
Because it's better to love, whether you win or lose or die
C G2 Am G3 Am
It's better to love, and I will love you 'til I die
Ends on C
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version 2
Capo 3
Intro: C G C F
C G
The other day, when we were walking by the graveyard near the house,
C F
You asked me if I thought we would ever die.
C G
And if life and love both fade so predictably,
C F
We've made ourselves a kind of predictable life.
C G
And so I pictured us like corpses, lying side by side in pieces,
C F
In some dark and lonely blood under a bow.
C G
We looked so silly there, all decomposed, half turned to dust,
C F
In tattered clothes, but we probably look just as silly now.
C G
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence.
C F
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next,
C
Or how to be.
C F Em G C Em
But you have no idea about me, do you?
C G
And it left me to wonder if people will ever know each other
C F
By just stumbling around like strangers in the dark.
C
'Cause sometimes you seem so strange to me,
G
I must seem strange to you.
C F
We're like two actors playing our parts.
C
Did you memorize your lines? 'Cause I did.
G
Here's the part where I get so mad,
C F
I tell you I can't forget the past.
C
You get so quiet now, and you seem, somehow,
G
Like a lost and lonely child.
C F
And you just hope that the moment won't last.
C G
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence.
C F
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next,
C
Or how to be.
C F Em G C
But you have no idea about me.
C F Em G C Em
You have no idea about me, do you?
C Em
So there's always a way around.
C Em
There's something tying our feet to the ground,
F
A moment passed, we hate how it sounds.
C F Em G C
And it seems a little less profound,
C F Em G C
Like we're all going the same way down.
C F Em G C
Yeah we're all going the same way down,
C F Em G C
I'm just trying to write it all down.
C G
'Cause I write songs, and you write letters,
C G
We are tied like two, in tethers.
C G C G
And we talk and read, and laugh and sleep, at night in bed, together.
C G
And you wake in tears sometimes,
C G
I can see the thoughts flash across your eyes.
C G
They say "Darling, will you be kind?
C G F
Will you be a good man, and stay behind if I get old?"
Am G
And then the letters all pass through my head,
Em G C
With the words that I was told,
Am G Em G C
About the fading flesh of life and love, the failures of the bold.
Am G Em G C
I can list each crippling fear like I'm reading from a will.
C F Em G C
And I'll defy everyone and love you still,
C F Em G C
I will carry you with me up every hill.
Am G Em G C
And if you die before I die, I'll carve your name out of the sky,
Am G Em G C
I'll fall asleep with your memory and dream of where you lie.
C G
It may be better to move on, and to let life just carry on,
C
And I may be wrong.
F
But still, I'll try.
Am G Em G C
'Cause it's better to love whether you win or lose or die,
Am G Em G C
Yeah, It's better to love whether you win or lose or die.
Am G Em G C
It's better to love, and I will love you 'til I die.
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version 3
Capo 1st fret
Chords: D A G Bm
Intro: D A G Bm
Verse
D
The other day when we were walking by
A
The graveyard near the house you asked me
G
If I thought
Bm
We would ever die
D
And if life and love both fade so
A
Predictably we've made ourselves
G
A kind of
Bm
Predictable lie.
Pre Chorus
D
So I pictured us like corpses
A
Lying side by side in pieces
G Bm
In some dark and lonely plot, under a bough
D
We looked so silly there, all decomposed
A
Half turned to dust, in tattered clothes
G Bm
Though we probably look just as silly now.
Chorus
G D A
Bye bye bye, bye, bye bye, to all this dog-eared innocence
G D A
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next
Bm
Or how to be
D A Bm A G
But you have no idea 'bout me
D
Do you?
Verse 2
D
And it left me to wonder if
A
People ever know each other,
G
Or just stumble around like strangers
Bm
In the dark
D
Because sometimes you seem so strange to me
A
I must seem strange to you
G
We're like two actors
Bm
Playing our parts.
Pre Chorus 2
D
Did you memorise your lines? 'Cause I did
A
Here's the part where I get so mad
G Bm
I tell you that I can't forget the past
D
You get so quiet now and you seem somehow
A
Like a lost and lonely child
G Bm
And you just hope that the moment won't last.
Chorus 2
G D A
Bye bye bye, bye, bye bye, to all this dog-eared innocence
G D A
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next
Bm
Or how to be
D A Bm A G
But you have no idea 'bout me
D A Bm A G
You have no idea 'bout me
D
Do you?
Bridge
G Bm
Still there's always a way around
G D
There's something tying our feet to the ground
A Bm
A moment passed, we hear how it sounds
D A Bm A G
And then it seems a little less profound
D A Bm A D
Like we're all going the same way down
D A Bm A D
Like we're all going the same way down
D A Bm A D
I'm just trying to write it all down...
D A
'Cause I write songs and you write letters
G A
We are tied like two in tethers and
D A
We talk and read, and laugh and sleep
G A
At night in bed together and
D A G A
You wake in tears sometimes, I can see the thoughts flash across your eyes
D A G A
They say, "Darling will you be kind? Will you be a good man and stay behind,
Bm
When I get old?"
G A
And then the letters all pass through my head
D A Bm
With the words that I was told,
G A
About the fading flesh of life, and love,
D A Bm
The failures of the bold.
G A
I could list each crippling fear like I'm
D A Bm
Reading from a will.
D A Bm A G
And I'll defy every one and love you still
D A Bm A G
I will carry you with me up every hill
G A
And if you die before I die,
D A Bm
I'll carve your name out of the sky.
G A
I'll fall asleep with your memory,
D A Bm
And dream of where you lie.
G A D A
Maybe better to move on and to let life just carry on,
Bm
And I may be wrong.
D
Still I'll try.
G A D A Bm
Because it's better to love, whether you win, or lose, or die.
G A D A Bm
It's better to love, whether you win, or lose, or die.
G A D A Bm
It's better to love, and I will love you 'till I die.
A D
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version 4
CAPO 3
C G Am B/C A/C G/C F
e|-0------3-------0-------0-------0---------0------1-------------|
B|-1------0------ 1-------1-------1---------1------1-------------|
G|-0------0-------2-------0-------0---------0------2-------------|
D|-2------0-------2-------2-------2---------2------3-------------|
A|-3------2-------0-------2-------0---------x------3-------------|
E|-x------3-------x-------0-------0---------3------1-------------|
When Mikel plays the G chord in this song,
he only plucks the top 4 strings.
In the into and at some points in the song
he strums the D string and then strums the chord.
This is subtle, but it makes the chord sound like
a D chord at first. At other points in the song,
he does strum the whole G chord. So it's tricky,
but if you want it to be perfect, you can listen
closely and see what I mean.
Another side note - The B/C, A/C, and G/C chords
are C chords with B, A and G on the bottom instead of C.
I'm sure they have more official names than that, but
this will do for now. Let me know if you know what
their official name is, and i'll add them in.
C G C Am
C G
The other day, when we were walking by the graveyard near the house, you
C Am C
asked me if I thought we would ever die. And if life and love both fade so
G C Am
predictably, we've made ourselves a kind of predictable life.
C G C
And so I pictured us like corpses, lying side by side in pieces, in some dark
Am C
and lonely blood under a bow. We looked so silly there, all decomposed, half
G Am
turned to dust, in tattered clothes, but we probably look just as silly now.
C G C
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence. I cant pretend that I
G Am C B/C
can tell you what is going to happen next, or how to be. But you have no i-
A/C G/C F C
dea about me, do you?
C G
And it left me to wonder if people will ever know each other by just
C Am C
stumbling around like strangers in the dark. 'Cause sometimes you seem so
G C
strange to me, I must seem strange to you. We're like two actors playing our
Am C G
parts. Did you memorize your lines? 'Cause I did. Here's the part where I get
C Am C
so mad, I tell you I cant forget the past. You get so quiet now, and you
G C
seem, somehow, like a lost and lonely child. And you just hope that the
Am
moment wont last.
C G C
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence. I cant pretend that I
G Am C B/C
can tell you what is going to happen next, or how to be. But you have no i-
A/C G/C F C B/C A/C G/C F C
dea about me, no i- dea about me, do you?
C Am C
So there's always a way around. There's something tying our feet to the
Am G Am
ground. A moment passed, we hate how it sounds.
C B/C A/C G/C F C B/C A/C G/C F
And it seems a little less profound. Like we're all going the same way down.
C B/C A/C G/C F C B/C A/C G/A F
Yeah we're all going the same way down. I'm just trying to write it all down.
C G Am
'Cause I write songs, and you write letters. We are tied like two, in
G C G Am
tethers. And we talk and read, and laugh and sleep, at night in bed,
G C G Am
together. And you wake in tears sometimes, I can see the thoughts flash
G C G
across your eyes. They say "Darling, will you be kind? Will you be a good
Am G Am
man, and stay behind if I get old?"
C G C B/C
And then the letters all pass through my head, with the words that I was
Am C G C B/C Am
told. About the fading flesh of life and love, the failures of the bold. I
C G C B/C Am
can list each crippling fear like I'm reading from a will.
C B/C A/C G/C F C B/C A/C G/C
And I'll defy everyone and love you still. I will carry you with me up every
F Am B/C C B/C Am Am
hill. If you die before I die, I'll carve your name out of the sky. I'll fall
B/C C B/C Am
asleep with your memory and dream of where you lie.
C G Am G
It maybe better to move on, and to let life just carry on. And I may be
Am C
wrong. But still, I'll try.
Am B/C C B/C Am Am
'Cause it's better to love whether you win or lose or die. Yeah, It's better
B/C C B/C Am Am B/C C
to love whether you win or lose or die. It's better to love, and I will love
B/C Am
you 'til I die.
End on C
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version 5
Tuning:Standard
Capo: 3rd fret
C: 332010
F: 033210
Cadd9:032030
G: 320033
Am:002210
Cmaj9:020010
Intro
C Cadd9 G Am x1
C Cadd9
The other day, when we were walking by the graveyard near the house,
G Am
You asked me if I thought we would ever die.
C Cadd9
And if life and love both fade so predictably,
G Am
We've made ourselves a kind of predictable life.
C Cadd9
And so I pictured us like corpses, lying side by side in pieces,
G Am
In some dark and lonely blood under a bow.
C Cadd9
We looked so silly there, all decomposed, half turned to dust,
G Am
In tattered clothes, but we probably look just as silly now.
C Cadd9
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence.
G F
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next,
Am
Or how to be.
C Cmaj9 Am G F C
But you have no idea about me, do you?
C Cadd9
And it left me to wonder if people will ever know each other
G Am
By just stumbling around like strangers in the dark.
C
'Cause sometimes you seem so strange to me,
Cadd9
I must seem strange to you.
G Am
We're like two actors playing our parts.
C
Did you memorize your lines?
Cadd9
'Cause I did. Here's the part where I get so mad,
G Am
I tell you I can't forget the past.
C
You get so quiet now, and you seem, somehow,
Cadd9
Like a lost and lonely child.
G Am
And you just hope that the moment won't last.
C Cadd9
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence.
G F
I can't pretend that I can tell you what is going to happen next,
Am
Or how to be.
C Cmaj9 Am G F
But you have no idea about me.
C Cmaj9 Am G F C
You have no idea about me, do you?
F C
So there's always a way around.
F C
There's something tying our feet to the ground,
F Am
A moment passed, we hate how it sounds.
C Cmaj9 Am G F
And it seems a little less profound,
C Cmaj9 Am G F
Like we're all going the same way down.
C Cmaj9 Am G F
Yeah we're all going the same way down,
C Cmaj9 Am G F
I'm just trying to write it all down.
C G
'Cause I write songs, and you write letters,
F G
We are tied like two, in tethers.
F G F G
And we talk and read, and laugh and sleep, at night in bed, together.
F G
And you wake in tears sometimes,
F G
I can see the thoughts flash across your eyes.
F G
They say "Darling, will you be kind?
F G Am
Will you be a good man, and stay behind if I get old?"
F G
And then the letters all pass through my head,
C Cmaj9 Am
With the words that I was told,
F G
About the fading flesh of life and love,
C Cmaj9 Am
the failures of the bold.
F G
I can list each crippling fear l
C Cmaj9 Am
ike I'm reading from a will.
C Cmaj9 Am G F
And I'll defy everyone and love you still,
C Cmaj9 Am G F
I will carry you with me up every hill.
C G C Cmaj9 Am
And if you die before I die, I'll carve your name out of the sky,
F G C Cmaj9 Am
I'll fall asleep with your memory and dream of where you lie.
F G C G
It may be better to move on, and to let life just carry on,
Am
And I may be wrong.
C
But still, I'll try.
F G C Cmaj9 Am
'Cause it's better to love whether you win or lose or die,
F G C Cmaj9 Am
Yeah, It's better to love whether you win or lose or die.
F G C Cmaj9 Am C
It's better to love, and I will love you 'til I die.
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