Chords for Kevin Devine "Longer That I'm Out Here"
Tempo:
108.25 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
C
F
Dm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] The longer [Bb] that I'm out here, the better [F] you sound.
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
[C] I don't [Bb] want to forget, [F] so I'm writing it down.
[D]
[E] [C] [F]
[Bb] Have you ever, no, never, never, [F] I found that hard to believe.
Let's [Bb] burn the furniture, see how angry [F] you fire can make me.
[B] You say [Bb] that someone [C] that you need to [Dm] reconnect with.
[F]
Scarecrow [Bb] from high school [C] that you love and never [Dm] slept with.
[F]
A baby [Bb] with a pipe dream, [C] playing hopscotch on your [G] [Dm] [F] bandages,
and singing [Bb] old songs while I [F] sleep on your couch.
I'm coughing [Bb] up a lung, but I'm [C] covering my mouth,
and I paint you [Bb] on the wall yellow, [Dm] red, green, and brown.
[C] I miss you [Bb] all the time, but I'm blocking [F] it out.
[D]
[Gm] [C] [F]
Are you [Em] [Bb] better, no, never, never, whoever, [F] what does that say about me?
[C] Now let's break the [Bb] smoke alarm, see how scared [F] locked windows make me.
[C] You [Bb] say this stranger [C] staring sideways [Dm] in a deep [F] freeze.
A loner [Bb] draped in ivy, [C] playing slumlord in his [Dm] city dream.
[F] A [Bb] figure with an art form, [C] pulling magic tricks [G] on the weak [Dm] girls up his [F] sleeve.
I'm choking [Bb] right or wrong with [F] the words in my throat.
I'm falling [Bb] back in love with the [C] letter you wrote,
and I think that [Bb] I was wrong, but I [Dm] guess I don't know.
[C] I [Em] figure [Bb] that I'll wait [Dm] until you tell me so.
[C] Oh.
Oh.
[Bb]
[A] [G] [E] [D]
[C] [Bb]
[A] [A] [G] [E] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] The [F] [C]
longer [Bb] that I'm out here, the better you [F] sound.
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
[C] I miss [Bb] you all the time, but I'm [F] blocking it out,
and the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[F] the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[C] the longer that [Bb] I'm out [Dm] here,
the longer
[C] [Bb] that I'm out here,
the [Bm] better you sound.
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
[C] I don't [Bb] want to forget, [F] so I'm writing it down.
[D]
[E] [C] [F]
[Bb] Have you ever, no, never, never, [F] I found that hard to believe.
Let's [Bb] burn the furniture, see how angry [F] you fire can make me.
[B] You say [Bb] that someone [C] that you need to [Dm] reconnect with.
[F]
Scarecrow [Bb] from high school [C] that you love and never [Dm] slept with.
[F]
A baby [Bb] with a pipe dream, [C] playing hopscotch on your [G] [Dm] [F] bandages,
and singing [Bb] old songs while I [F] sleep on your couch.
I'm coughing [Bb] up a lung, but I'm [C] covering my mouth,
and I paint you [Bb] on the wall yellow, [Dm] red, green, and brown.
[C] I miss you [Bb] all the time, but I'm blocking [F] it out.
[D]
[Gm] [C] [F]
Are you [Em] [Bb] better, no, never, never, whoever, [F] what does that say about me?
[C] Now let's break the [Bb] smoke alarm, see how scared [F] locked windows make me.
[C] You [Bb] say this stranger [C] staring sideways [Dm] in a deep [F] freeze.
A loner [Bb] draped in ivy, [C] playing slumlord in his [Dm] city dream.
[F] A [Bb] figure with an art form, [C] pulling magic tricks [G] on the weak [Dm] girls up his [F] sleeve.
I'm choking [Bb] right or wrong with [F] the words in my throat.
I'm falling [Bb] back in love with the [C] letter you wrote,
and I think that [Bb] I was wrong, but I [Dm] guess I don't know.
[C] I [Em] figure [Bb] that I'll wait [Dm] until you tell me so.
[C] Oh.
Oh.
[Bb]
[A] [G] [E] [D]
[C] [Bb]
[A] [A] [G] [E] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] The [F] [C]
longer [Bb] that I'm out here, the better you [F] sound.
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
[C] I miss [Bb] you all the time, but I'm [F] blocking it out,
and the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[F] the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[C] the longer that [Bb] I'm out [Dm] here,
the longer
[C] [Bb] that I'm out here,
the [Bm] better you sound.
Key:
Bb
C
F
Dm
G
Bb
C
F
[C] The longer [Bb] that I'm out here, the better [F] you sound.
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
_ _ [C] I don't [Bb] want to forget, [F] so I'm writing it down.
_ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Have you ever, no, never, never, _ [F] I found that hard to believe.
Let's [Bb] burn the furniture, see how angry [F] you fire can make me.
[B] You say [Bb] that someone [C] that you need to [Dm] reconnect with.
_ [F] _ _
Scarecrow [Bb] from high school [C] that you love and never [Dm] slept with.
_ [F] _
A baby [Bb] with a pipe dream, [C] playing hopscotch on your [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [F] bandages,
and singing [Bb] old songs while I [F] sleep on your couch.
I'm coughing [Bb] up a lung, but I'm [C] covering my mouth,
and I paint you [Bb] on the wall yellow, [Dm] red, green, and brown.
_ _ [C] I miss you [Bb] all the time, but I'm blocking [F] it out.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
Are you [Em] [Bb] better, no, never, never, whoever, [F] what does that say about me?
[C] Now let's break the [Bb] smoke alarm, see how scared [F] _ locked windows make me.
[C] You [Bb] say this stranger [C] staring sideways [Dm] in a deep _ [F] freeze.
A loner [Bb] draped in ivy, [C] playing _ slumlord in his [Dm] city dream.
[F] A _ [Bb] figure with an art form, [C] pulling magic tricks [G] on the weak [Dm] girls up his [F] sleeve.
I'm choking [Bb] right or wrong with [F] the words in my throat.
I'm falling [Bb] back in love with the [C] letter you wrote,
and I think that [Bb] I was wrong, but I [Dm] guess I don't know. _ _
_ [C] I [Em] figure [Bb] that I'll wait [Dm] until you tell me so.
_ [C] Oh.
Oh.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] The _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ longer [Bb] that I'm out here, the better you [F] sound.
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
_ _ [C] I miss [Bb] you all the time, but I'm [F] blocking it out,
and the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[F] _ _ the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[C] _ the longer that [Bb] I'm out [Dm] here,
the longer _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] that I'm out here,
the [Bm] better you sound. _ _ _ _ _ _
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
_ _ [C] I don't [Bb] want to forget, [F] so I'm writing it down.
_ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Have you ever, no, never, never, _ [F] I found that hard to believe.
Let's [Bb] burn the furniture, see how angry [F] you fire can make me.
[B] You say [Bb] that someone [C] that you need to [Dm] reconnect with.
_ [F] _ _
Scarecrow [Bb] from high school [C] that you love and never [Dm] slept with.
_ [F] _
A baby [Bb] with a pipe dream, [C] playing hopscotch on your [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [F] bandages,
and singing [Bb] old songs while I [F] sleep on your couch.
I'm coughing [Bb] up a lung, but I'm [C] covering my mouth,
and I paint you [Bb] on the wall yellow, [Dm] red, green, and brown.
_ _ [C] I miss you [Bb] all the time, but I'm blocking [F] it out.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
Are you [Em] [Bb] better, no, never, never, whoever, [F] what does that say about me?
[C] Now let's break the [Bb] smoke alarm, see how scared [F] _ locked windows make me.
[C] You [Bb] say this stranger [C] staring sideways [Dm] in a deep _ [F] freeze.
A loner [Bb] draped in ivy, [C] playing _ slumlord in his [Dm] city dream.
[F] A _ [Bb] figure with an art form, [C] pulling magic tricks [G] on the weak [Dm] girls up his [F] sleeve.
I'm choking [Bb] right or wrong with [F] the words in my throat.
I'm falling [Bb] back in love with the [C] letter you wrote,
and I think that [Bb] I was wrong, but I [Dm] guess I don't know. _ _
_ [C] I [Em] figure [Bb] that I'll wait [Dm] until you tell me so.
_ [C] Oh.
Oh.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] The _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ longer [Bb] that I'm out here, the better you [F] sound.
You're scrunching [Bb] up your face in this [C] picture I found,
and I'm chasing [Bb] after you, [Dm] steadily losing ground.
_ _ [C] I miss [Bb] you all the time, but I'm [F] blocking it out,
and the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[F] _ _ the longer [Bb] that I'm out here,
[C] _ the longer that [Bb] I'm out [Dm] here,
the longer _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] that I'm out here,
the [Bm] better you sound. _ _ _ _ _ _