The Light Despondent Chords by Biting Elbows
Tempo:
132.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
B
F#
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[E] [B] [D]
[B] He [F#] took [D] his final [E] breath, I [B] hear it [F#] to this day
[B] There's [F#] no [D] redemption [B] and the punishments [D] delay
[B] The [F#] only [D]
reaction that [E] I [B] face is [F#] hidden [D] well behind [B] my face
[F#] A trace [D]
surely [E] can [B] lead the [F#] law [D] right to them and [Bm] well hurry up
[F#m] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
[G] [B] [F#m] [Bm]
I [F#] did not [D] betray no [B] shot, [Bm] I heard the [D] door behind me lock
[Bm] And I was [F#] now [D] held hostage to [Em] [Bm] a hostile [F#] scene
And [D] I wasn't sure [G] what to do, but [F#m] I knew I had [D] to get [G] away
[B] The light [F#] dispersed and [D] falls upon its prey
And I put a [F#] foreign object [D] in its neck
And I was so [F#m] sure by now I would [D] be a suspect
[Bm] [F#] [D]
[B] [Bm]
[D]
[G] [B] [F#] [D]
[A#] [C]
[D]
[A#] [C]
[D]
[A#] [C]
[D] I feel this and it feeds on me, [A#] my self-defense [C]
catastrophe
[D] It sees my kids grow [A#] and tells me they [C] will have to one [D] day know
[F#] I used [D] to blame the [Bm] girl that left [D] me there
[Bm] [F#m] Until [D] I made [Em] her [Bm] mine
[D]
White
[B] And the house [D] that we have [Bm] built is white with crimson [B] inside
My [D]
God, my [F#] mouth [B] is [F#] dry
[D] [B] I am [D] suicidal, [G] [B] [D]
[B] [D]
[G] [B] [D]
[B] [D] I am [G] suicidal, [B] I won't drink my way [D] out to no one's [G] side
I'm out [B] of character, [D] ignored
[G] [B] Like the bubble head on [D] my dashboard
[G] [B] Why are you [A] nodding at [G] me?
[B] [F#]
[D] [G] [B] Why are [F#] you nodding [D] at me?
[G] [B] [D] [G] [F#]
[Em] [B]
[N]
[E] [B] [D]
[B] He [F#] took [D] his final [E] breath, I [B] hear it [F#] to this day
[B] There's [F#] no [D] redemption [B] and the punishments [D] delay
[B] The [F#] only [D]
reaction that [E] I [B] face is [F#] hidden [D] well behind [B] my face
[F#] A trace [D]
surely [E] can [B] lead the [F#] law [D] right to them and [Bm] well hurry up
[F#m] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
[G] [B] [F#m] [Bm]
I [F#] did not [D] betray no [B] shot, [Bm] I heard the [D] door behind me lock
[Bm] And I was [F#] now [D] held hostage to [Em] [Bm] a hostile [F#] scene
And [D] I wasn't sure [G] what to do, but [F#m] I knew I had [D] to get [G] away
[B] The light [F#] dispersed and [D] falls upon its prey
And I put a [F#] foreign object [D] in its neck
And I was so [F#m] sure by now I would [D] be a suspect
[Bm] [F#] [D]
[B] [Bm]
[D]
[G] [B] [F#] [D]
[A#] [C]
[D]
[A#] [C]
[D]
[A#] [C]
[D] I feel this and it feeds on me, [A#] my self-defense [C]
catastrophe
[D] It sees my kids grow [A#] and tells me they [C] will have to one [D] day know
[F#] I used [D] to blame the [Bm] girl that left [D] me there
[Bm] [F#m] Until [D] I made [Em] her [Bm] mine
[D]
White
[B] And the house [D] that we have [Bm] built is white with crimson [B] inside
My [D]
God, my [F#] mouth [B] is [F#] dry
[D] [B] I am [D] suicidal, [G] [B] [D]
[B] [D]
[G] [B] [D]
[B] [D] I am [G] suicidal, [B] I won't drink my way [D] out to no one's [G] side
I'm out [B] of character, [D] ignored
[G] [B] Like the bubble head on [D] my dashboard
[G] [B] Why are you [A] nodding at [G] me?
[B] [F#]
[D] [G] [B] Why are [F#] you nodding [D] at me?
[G] [B] [D] [G] [F#]
[Em] [B]
[N]
Key:
D
B
F#
G
Bm
D
B
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [B] He [F#] took [D] his final [E] breath, I [B] hear it [F#] to this day
_ _ _ [B] There's [F#] no [D] redemption _ [B] and the punishments [D] delay
_ _ _ [B] The [F#] only [D]
reaction that [E] I [B] face is [F#] hidden [D] well behind [B] my face
[F#] A trace [D]
surely [E] can [B] lead the [F#] law [D] right to them and [Bm] well hurry up
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ I [F#] did not [D] betray no [B] shot, [Bm] I heard the [D] door behind me lock
[Bm] And I was [F#] now [D] held hostage to [Em] [Bm] a hostile [F#] scene
And [D] I wasn't sure [G] what to do, but [F#m] I knew I had [D] to get [G] away
[B] The light [F#] dispersed and [D] falls upon its prey
And I put a [F#] foreign object [D] in its neck
And I was so [F#m] sure by now I would [D] be a suspect
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] I feel this and it feeds on me, [A#] my self-defense [C] _
catastrophe
[D] It sees my kids grow [A#] and tells me they [C] will have to one [D] day know _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] I used [D] to blame the [Bm] girl _ that left [D] me there
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] Until [D] I made [Em] her [Bm] _ mine
_ [D] _
White
_ [B] And the house [D] that we have [Bm] built is white with crimson [B] inside
_ My [D]
God, my [F#] mouth [B] is _ [F#] _ dry
[D] _ _ [B] I am _ [D] suicidal, _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] I am [G] suicidal, [B] I won't drink my way [D] out to no one's [G] side
I'm out [B] of character, [D] ignored
_ _ [G] [B] Like the bubble head on [D] my dashboard
[G] _ _ [B] Why are you [A] nodding at [G] me?
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] Why are [F#] you nodding [D] at me?
[G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [B] He [F#] took [D] his final [E] breath, I [B] hear it [F#] to this day
_ _ _ [B] There's [F#] no [D] redemption _ [B] and the punishments [D] delay
_ _ _ [B] The [F#] only [D]
reaction that [E] I [B] face is [F#] hidden [D] well behind [B] my face
[F#] A trace [D]
surely [E] can [B] lead the [F#] law [D] right to them and [Bm] well hurry up
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ I [F#] did not [D] betray no [B] shot, [Bm] I heard the [D] door behind me lock
[Bm] And I was [F#] now [D] held hostage to [Em] [Bm] a hostile [F#] scene
And [D] I wasn't sure [G] what to do, but [F#m] I knew I had [D] to get [G] away
[B] The light [F#] dispersed and [D] falls upon its prey
And I put a [F#] foreign object [D] in its neck
And I was so [F#m] sure by now I would [D] be a suspect
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] I feel this and it feeds on me, [A#] my self-defense [C] _
catastrophe
[D] It sees my kids grow [A#] and tells me they [C] will have to one [D] day know _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] I used [D] to blame the [Bm] girl _ that left [D] me there
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] Until [D] I made [Em] her [Bm] _ mine
_ [D] _
White
_ [B] And the house [D] that we have [Bm] built is white with crimson [B] inside
_ My [D]
God, my [F#] mouth [B] is _ [F#] _ dry
[D] _ _ [B] I am _ [D] suicidal, _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] I am [G] suicidal, [B] I won't drink my way [D] out to no one's [G] side
I'm out [B] of character, [D] ignored
_ _ [G] [B] Like the bubble head on [D] my dashboard
[G] _ _ [B] Why are you [A] nodding at [G] me?
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] Why are [F#] you nodding [D] at me?
[G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _