The Graveyard Near The House
The Airborne Toxic EventVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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.
The other day, when we were walking by the graveyard near the house, you
asked me if I thought we would ever die. And if life and love both fade so
predictably, we've made ourselves a kind of predictable life.
And so I pictured us like corpses, lying side by side in pieces, in some dark
and lonely blood under a bow. We looked so silly there, all decomposed, half
turned to dust, in tattered clothes, but we probably look just as silly now.
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence. I cant pretend that I
can tell you what is going to happen next, or how to be. But you have no i-
dea about me, do you?
And it left me to wonder if people will ever know each other by just
stumbling around like strangers in the dark. 'Cause sometimes you seem so
strange to me, I must seem strange to you. We're like two actors playing our
parts. Did you memorize your lines? 'Cause I did. Here's the part where I get
so mad, I tell you I cant forget the past. You get so quiet now, and you
seem, somehow, like a lost and lonely child. And you just hope that the
moment wont last.
Bye bye bye bye, bye bye to all this dogged innocence. I cant pretend that I
can tell you what is going to happen next, or how to be. But you have no i-
dea about me, no i- dea about me, do you?
So there's always a way around. There's something tying our feet to the
ground. A moment passed, we hate how it sounds.
And it seems a little less profound. Like we're all going the same way down.
Yeah we're all going the same way down. I'm just trying to write it all down.
'Cause I write songs, and you write letters. We are tied like two, in
tethers. And we talk and read, and laugh and sleep, at night in bed,
together. And you wake in tears sometimes, I can see the thoughts flash
across your eyes. They say "Darling, will you be kind? Will you be a good
man, and stay behind if I get old?"
And then the letters all pass through my head, with the words that I was
told. About the fading flesh of life and love, the failures of the bold. I
can list each crippling fear like I'm reading from a will.
And I'll defy everyone and love you still. I will carry you with me up every
hill. If you die before I die, I'll carve your name out of the sky. I'll fall
asleep with your memory and dream of where you lie.
It maybe better to move on, and to let life just carry on. And I may be
wrong. But still, I'll try.
'Cause it's better to love whether you win or lose or die. Yeah, It's better
to love whether you win or lose or die. It's better to love, and I will love
you 'til I die.
End on C
This is an amazing song, closing an amazing album.
Hope you guys enjoy :)
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Readable chord sheet for The Graveyard Near The House by The Airborne Toxic Event
[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] The other d[C]ay, when we were walking by the grav[G]eyard near the house, you asked me i[C]f I thought we would ever d[Am]ie. And if l[C]ife and love both fade so pred[G]ictably, we've made ourselves a k[C]ind of predictable l[Am]ife. And so I pic[C]tured us like corpses, lying s[G]ide by side in pieces, in some d[C]ark and lonely blood under a b[Am]ow. We looked so si[C]lly there, all decomposed, half tur[G]ned to dust, in tattered clothes, but we pro[Am]bably look just as silly now. Bye bye bye b[C]ye, bye bye to all this do[G]gged innocence. I cant pre[C]tend that I can tell you what is go[G]ing to happen next, or how to [Am]be. But you have [C]no [B/C]i- [A/C]dea a[G/C]bout m[F]e, do [C]you? And it le[C]ft me to wonder if people will e[G]ver know each other by just stum[C]bling around like strangers in the d[Am]ark. 'Cause some[C]times you seem so strange to me, I m[G]ust seem strange to you. We're like two ac[C]tors playing our pa[Am]rts. Did you mem[C]orize your lines? 'Cause I did. Here's the pa[G]rt where I get so mad, I t[C]ell you I cant forget the p[Am]ast. You get so qu[C]iet now, and you seem, somehow, like a lo[G]st and lonely child. And you just h[C]ope that the moment wont l[Am]ast. Bye bye bye b[C]ye, bye bye to all this do[G]gged innocence. I cant pre[C]tend that I can tell you what is go[G]ing to happen next, or how to [Am]be. But you have [C]no [B/C]i- [A/C]dea a[G/C]bout [F]me,[C] no[B/C] i- [A/C] dea [G]ab[C]out[F] me, do[C] you? So there's al[C]ways a way ar[Am]ound. There's som[C]ething tying our feet to the gr[Am]ound. A moment pa[G]ssed, we hate how it so[Am]unds. And it s[C]eems a l[B/C]ittle [A/C]less [G/C]profo[F]und. Like we're [C]all [B]go[C]ing the[A] s[C]ame[G] w[C]ay [F]down. Yeah we're a[C]ll g[B/C]oing the [A/C]same [G/C]way d[F]own. I'm just t[C]ryin[B]g [C]to[A] w[C]rite[G/A] it all[F] down. 'Cause I write so[C]ngs, and you write let[G]ters. We are t[Am]ied like two, in te[G]thers. And we t[C]alk and read, and la[G]ugh and sleep, at n[Am]ight in bed, tog[G]ether. And you w[C]ake in tears somet[G]imes, I can s[Am]ee the thoughts flash across your e[G]yes. They say "Dar[C]ling, will you be ki[G]nd? Will you be a good [Am]man, and stay be[G]hind if I get o[Am]ld?" And then the let[C]ters all pass th[G]rough my head, with the wo[C]rds that [B]I [C]was t[Am]old. About the fa[C]ding flesh of li[G]fe and love, the fai[C]lures[B] o[C]f the b[Am]old. I can li[C]st each crippling f[G]ear like I'm re[C]ading f[B]ro[C]m a w[Am]ill. And I'll d[C]efy[B/C] ever[A/C]yone and [G/C]love you st[F]ill. I will ca[C]rry[B] y[C]ou with[A] m[C]e up [G]ev[C]ery h[F]ill. If you [Am]die before I [B/C]die, I'll carve your n[C]ame [B/C]out of the [Am]sky. I'll [Am]fall asleep with your m[B/C]emory and d[C]ream of w[B/C]here you l[Am]ie. It maybe bet[C]ter to move o[G]n, and to let l[Am]ife just carry [G]on. And I may be w[Am]rong. But still, I'll t[C]ry. 'Cause it's be[Am]tter to l[B/C]ove whether you w[C]in or l[B/C]ose or [Am]die. Yeah, It's be[Am]tter to l[B/C]ove whether you [C]win or l[B/C]ose or [Am]die. It's b[Am]etter to l[B/C]ove, and I will l[C]ove you '[B/C]til I d[Am]ie. End on C This is an amazing song, closing an amazing album. Hope you guys enjoy :)