Versaemerge - Forced Doors On The 14th Floor

drop D

* the strum pattern in the beginning mostly involves muting the frets with your * left * hand .

chords :

D5 A#5 F5 G5 A5 C5 E5

E x x x x x x

xb x x x x x x

xg x x x x x x

xd 0 8 3 5 7 10 2

A 0 8 3 5 7 10 2

D 0 8 3 5 7 10 2

verse 1 :

D5
abandon me!
A#5 F5 D5
i was never one to hold out well under pressure .
D5
and i hope you can find me .
A#5 F5 G5 D5
i’ve gotta find myself before i can move on this time .

F5 G5 A5
can we penetrate the barricades created by me?
F5 G5 A5 C5
we know our mouths aren’t locked through forced doors . . .

chorus :

D5 F5 A#5
and i can feel the tension in your words ,
( A#5 )
screaming for me
G5
to understand what you’ve been thinking .
D5 F5
there’s a cloud casting o’er your head .
A#5
can’t see anything clear;

G5
you’re only seeing who you were .

verse 2 :

A#5 C5
too far to reach i’ll say . . .
D5 F5
she’s on the tips of my fingers .
A#5
don’t let her fall!
C5 D5
there will be no re – turn . . .

[ palm – muted ]

F5
the burdened act which brought
D5
us to a halt will some – day make us stronger!

chorus :

D5 F5 A#5
and i can feel the tension in your words ,
( A#5 )
screaming for me
G5
to understand what you’ve been thinking .

D5 F5
there’s a cloud casting o’er your head .

A#5
can’t see anything clear;
G5
you’re only seeing who you were .

verse 3 :

A#5
clouds casting over your head;
C5 F5
self portraits of what you once were . . .
G5
you once were . . .

A#5
clouds casting over your head;
C5 F5
self – portraits of what you once were . . .
G5/C5
you once were!

D5 F5 D5 C5
she will break and shatter .
D5 D5 – E5 – F5
there will be no return .

G5

F5
hold on tight .

bridge :

lets stop everything;
exchange all that we know . . . d5x8
its much better without having gravity holding you down from the air .

blake’s solo ( starting as ’air’ ) :

d5x8/F5x8/C5x8/F5x8/G5x8/E5x8/D5x8d5 – F5 – D5 – g5x4

D5 – F5 – D5 – g5x4

d5x8/F5x8/C5x8/F5x8/A#5×8/E5x8/D5x8/A5x6 *

d5x4
take action , action!

f5x4 c5x4 G5
stand up for what you once were . [ this is my time ]

A#5 E5 D5
our time to make the changes that we want to make real .

D5
take action , action!

E5 C5
stand up for what you once were .

G5 F5 A#5/E5/D5
( this is ) our time