The Airborne Toxic Event - The Graveyard Near The House

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C G Am B/C A/C G/C

E | – 0 – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – 1 – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – 2 – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – 3 – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – x – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – x – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – x – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

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 Am 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 Am C B/C A/C G/C Am 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 Am C B/C A/C G/C Am
and it seems a little less profound . like we’re all going the same way down .
C B/C A/C G/C Am C B/C A/C G/A Am
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 Am C B/C A/C G/C
and i’ll defy everyone and love you still . i will carry you with me up every
Am 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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this is an amazing song , closing an amazing album .
hope you guys enjoy : )