Submarines Acoustic

artist : the lumineers
song : submarines ( acoustic live at wfuv )
video :
transcription : satir3 , satir3@net . hr

tuning : standard , no capo

note i : he often doesn’t play high E – string .
watch the video .

chords used :
name : E . A . D . G . B . E
Em7 : 0 . 2 . 2 . 0 . 3 . 3
G9 : 3 . 2 . 0 . 0 . 3 . 3
Cadd9 : x . 3 . 2 . 0 . 3 . 3
D/F# : 2 . 0 . 0 . 2 . 3 . 3
Dsus4 : x . x . 0 . 2 . 3 . 3
G : 3 . 2 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 3
C : x . 3 . 2 . 0 . 1 . 0
Cdim5 : x . 3 . 4 . 0 . 1 . 0
Fmaj7 : x . 3 . 3 . 2 . 1 . 0

intro : G C G D/F# x2

verse :
G C G D/F#
i believe submarines
G C G D/F#
underneath deep blue seas
G C G D/F#
saw the flags : japanese
G C G D/F#
no one will believe me

bridge :
Em7 Dsus4 G9 D/F#
ran back to the town bar and i told the people how
Em7 Dsus4 C Cdim5 C Fmaj7 G9
i had seen the submarine and everyone laughed aloud

break : G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F# x2

verse :
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
i did spy perisc – opes
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
dead of night on the eastern coast
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
the police made them jokes
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
told me i’d seen a ghost

bridge :
Em7 Dsus4 G9 D/F#
everyone thinks i’m a liar no one knows the truth
Em7 Dsus4 C Cdim5 C Fmaj7 G9
if it was a bigger fire i would be on the roof

break : G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F# x2

verse :
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
ships will rust in baldwin bay ( let me go! )
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
no one trusts what i say ( i don’t know! )
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
oh my god , no one paid ( attention! )
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
overnight my hair turned gray ( oh oh oh! )

bridge :
Em7 Dsus4 G D/F#
in the end it boils down to credibility
Em7 Dsus4 C Cdim5 C Fmaj7 G
i had none , so i will die with the secrets of the sea

ending :
G C Em7 D/F#
submarine!
G9 Cadd9 G9 Em7 D/F#
japanese!
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
submarine!
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#