Method Acting
Bright EyesVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
/: 2x023x
+: x21000
There's no beginning to the story, a bookshelf sinks into the sand
And a language learned and forgot, in turn, is studied once again
It's a shocking bit of footage viewed from a shitty TV screen
You can squint out into snowy static to make out the meaning
And keep on stretching the antenna hoping that it will come clear
We need some reception, a higher message, just tell us what to fear
'Cause I don't know what tomorrow brings
It's alive with such possibilities
All I know is I feel better when I sing
Burdens are lifted from me
That's my voice rising
So, Michael, please keep the tape rolling, boys keep strumming those guitars
We need a record of our failures, yes, we must document our love
I've sat too long in my silence, I've grown too old in my pain
To shed this skin, be born again, it starts with an ending
So thank you, friends, for the time we shared
My love stays with you like sunlight and air
And though I truly wish I could keep hanging around here
My joy is covering me
Soon, I will disappear
It's not a movie
No private screening
This method acting
Well, I call that living
It's like a fountain
A door has opened
We have a problem
With no solution
But to love and to be loved
So I've made peace with the falling leaves
I see their same fate in my own body
But I won't be frightened when I'm awoken from this dream
And returned to that which
Gave birth to me
Gave birth to me
Gave birth to me
Gave birth to me
And the story goes
And the story goes
And it goes on and on and on and on
It's going on and on and on and on
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Readable chord sheet for Method Acting by Bright Eyes
[F#]/[D]: 2x023x [B]+: x21000 There's n[Em]o beginning to the story, a booksh[Bm7]elf sinks into the sand And a[C] language learned and forgot, in turn, is[G] st[F#]udi[D]ed once again It's a[Em] shocking bit of footage viewed from a[Bm7] shitty TV screen You can[C] squint out into snowy static to[G] ma[F#]ke [D]out the meaning And keep on[Em] stretching the antenna hoping tha[Bm7]t it will come clear We need some[C] reception, a higher message, just[G] te[F#]ll [D]us what to fear 'Cause[Am] I don't[D] know what[G] to[F#]mor[D]row bri[Em]ngs It's[Am] alive [D]with such possib[G]ili[F#]tie[D]s [Em] [Am]All I [D]know is I feel [G]better [F#]whe[D]n I si[Cmaj7]ng Burdens are[B] lifted from me That's my voice r[Em]ising[Bm7] [C] [G] [F#] [D] [Em] [Bm7] [C] [G] [F#] [D] [Em] [Bm7] [C] [G] [F#] [D] So, Michael,[Em] please keep the tape rolling, boys keep[Bm7] strumming those guitars We need a[C] record of our failures, yes, we must[G] do[F#]cum[D]ent our love I've[Em] sat too long in my silence, I've grown[Bm7] too old in my pain To[C] shed this skin, be born again, it st[G]art[F#]s w[D]ith an ending So[Am] thank you,[D] friends, for the[G] ti[F#]me [D]we [Em]shared My love[Am] stays with [D]you like sun[G]lig[F#]ht [D]and [Em]air And though I[Am] truly [D]wish I could keep [G]hanging [F#]aro[D]und her[Cmaj7]e My joy is[B] covering me Soon, I will disa[Em]ppea[Bm7]r [C] [G] [F#] [D] [Em] [Bm7] [C] [G] [F#] [D] [C]It's not a movie [Em]No private screening [Am]This method acting Well, I [D]call that living It[C]'s like a fountain [Em]A door has opened [Am]We have a problem With [D]no solution But to[Cmaj7] love and to be lo[B]ved So[Am] I've made[D] peace with the[G] fal[F#]lin[D]g le[Em]aves I see[Am] their same [D]fate in my [G]own [F#]bod[D]y [Em] But I won't[Am] be frig[D]htened when I'm[G] awoken[F#] fr[D]om this dr[Cmaj7]eam And r[B]eturned to that which Gave birth to[Em] me[Bm7] [C] [G] [F#] [D] [Em]Gav[Bm7]e bi[C]rt[G]h [F#]to [D]me Gave birth to me Gave birth to me And the story goes And the story goes And it goes on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on