Chords for New original song by Jonathan Coulton - "Redshirt"
Tempo:
89.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
You hold up [D] one hand, [F#m] everyone waits until [E] we can move again.
[A]
The burden [D] of command stands you [F#m] up straight, [D] something [G] to prove again.
Blood in [D] your eyes, screams [Bm] on the radio, they [A] say get out of there.
[D] We [Bm] aren't finished yet, you tell them [E] to grow a pair.
[Bm] [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, [F#m]
get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A]
Something is pulling [E] me up the hill, I [D] look down in my red shirt.
[Bm]
[A] This [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] familiar [D]
place, sun in [F#m] my eyes, right where [E] you're supposed to be.
[A] I can read your [D]
face, I'm not [F#m] surprised.
[D] You move [G] in close to me, then you [D] decide.
Now [Bm] I'm remembering, I've seen [A] this one before.
[D]
I can't [Bm] stop watching it, so what am [E] I running for?
[Bm] [A] They said this air would [E] be breathable, [F#m] get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A] You nod to me and [E] pour it up the hill, I look [D] down in my red [Bm] shirt.
I look down in my [F#m] red shirt.
[A] [E] [Bm]
[D] In my [F#m] red shirt.
[E] [D]
In my red shirt.
I don't hear the sound, everything [Bm] slows, all of it [Em] falls away.
[A]
They don't turn [D] around, everyone [F#m]
knows, [B] it won't [G] be them today.
Instead it [D] was me, go down [Bm] dramatically, stretching [A] it out a bit.
[D] Still no [Bm] one notices, when they write [E] me out of it.
[D] [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, [F#m]
I see the naked [D] sky and I taste the dirt.
[A]
Dark at the edges [E] and closing in, I look [D]
down in my red shirt.
[Bm] I look down in my [A] red shirt.
[Bm] [A] [C#] [D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
You hold up [D] one hand, [F#m] everyone waits until [E] we can move again.
[A]
The burden [D] of command stands you [F#m] up straight, [D] something [G] to prove again.
Blood in [D] your eyes, screams [Bm] on the radio, they [A] say get out of there.
[D] We [Bm] aren't finished yet, you tell them [E] to grow a pair.
[Bm] [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, [F#m]
get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A]
Something is pulling [E] me up the hill, I [D] look down in my red shirt.
[Bm]
[A] This [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] familiar [D]
place, sun in [F#m] my eyes, right where [E] you're supposed to be.
[A] I can read your [D]
face, I'm not [F#m] surprised.
[D] You move [G] in close to me, then you [D] decide.
Now [Bm] I'm remembering, I've seen [A] this one before.
[D]
I can't [Bm] stop watching it, so what am [E] I running for?
[Bm] [A] They said this air would [E] be breathable, [F#m] get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A] You nod to me and [E] pour it up the hill, I look [D] down in my red [Bm] shirt.
I look down in my [F#m] red shirt.
[A] [E] [Bm]
[D] In my [F#m] red shirt.
[E] [D]
In my red shirt.
I don't hear the sound, everything [Bm] slows, all of it [Em] falls away.
[A]
They don't turn [D] around, everyone [F#m]
knows, [B] it won't [G] be them today.
Instead it [D] was me, go down [Bm] dramatically, stretching [A] it out a bit.
[D] Still no [Bm] one notices, when they write [E] me out of it.
[D] [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, [F#m]
I see the naked [D] sky and I taste the dirt.
[A]
Dark at the edges [E] and closing in, I look [D]
down in my red shirt.
[Bm] I look down in my [A] red shirt.
[Bm] [A] [C#] [D] [A] [D] [A]
Key:
D
A
E
Bm
F#m
D
A
E
[A] _ [E] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
You hold up [D] one hand, _ [F#m] everyone waits until [E] we can move again.
_ [A] _
The burden [D] of command stands you [F#m] up straight, [D] something [G] to prove again.
Blood in [D] your eyes, screams [Bm] on the radio, they [A] say get out of there.
_ [D] _ _ We [Bm] aren't finished yet, you tell them [E] to grow a pair.
[Bm] _ [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, _ [F#m]
get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A] _
Something is pulling [E] me up the hill, I [D] look down in my red shirt.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ This [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ familiar [D]
place, sun in [F#m] my eyes, right where [E] you're supposed to be.
_ _ [A] _ I can read your [D]
face, I'm not [F#m] surprised.
[D] You move [G] in close to me, then you [D] decide.
_ Now [Bm] I'm remembering, I've seen [A] this one before.
_ _ [D] _
_ I can't [Bm] stop watching it, so what am [E] I running for?
[Bm] _ [A] They said this air would [E] be breathable, _ [F#m] get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A] You nod to me and [E] pour it up the hill, I look [D] down in my red [Bm] shirt.
I look down in my [F#m] red _ shirt.
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ In my [F#m] red shirt.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ In my red _ _ shirt.
I don't hear the sound, everything [Bm] slows, _ all of it [Em] falls away.
_ [A] _
They don't turn [D] around, everyone [F#m]
knows, [B] it won't [G] be them today.
Instead it [D] was me, go down [Bm] dramatically, stretching [A] it out a bit.
_ [D] _ _ Still no [Bm] one notices, when they write [E] me out of it.
_ [D] _ [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, _ _ [F#m]
I see the naked [D] sky and I taste the dirt.
[A]
Dark at the edges [E] and closing in, I look [D]
down in my red shirt.
_ [Bm] I look down in my [A] red shirt.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [C#] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
You hold up [D] one hand, _ [F#m] everyone waits until [E] we can move again.
_ [A] _
The burden [D] of command stands you [F#m] up straight, [D] something [G] to prove again.
Blood in [D] your eyes, screams [Bm] on the radio, they [A] say get out of there.
_ [D] _ _ We [Bm] aren't finished yet, you tell them [E] to grow a pair.
[Bm] _ [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, _ [F#m]
get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A] _
Something is pulling [E] me up the hill, I [D] look down in my red shirt.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ This [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ familiar [D]
place, sun in [F#m] my eyes, right where [E] you're supposed to be.
_ _ [A] _ I can read your [D]
face, I'm not [F#m] surprised.
[D] You move [G] in close to me, then you [D] decide.
_ Now [Bm] I'm remembering, I've seen [A] this one before.
_ _ [D] _
_ I can't [Bm] stop watching it, so what am [E] I running for?
[Bm] _ [A] They said this air would [E] be breathable, _ [F#m] get in get out [D] again and no one gets hurt.
[A] You nod to me and [E] pour it up the hill, I look [D] down in my red [Bm] shirt.
I look down in my [F#m] red _ shirt.
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ In my [F#m] red shirt.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ In my red _ _ shirt.
I don't hear the sound, everything [Bm] slows, _ all of it [Em] falls away.
_ [A] _
They don't turn [D] around, everyone [F#m]
knows, [B] it won't [G] be them today.
Instead it [D] was me, go down [Bm] dramatically, stretching [A] it out a bit.
_ [D] _ _ Still no [Bm] one notices, when they write [E] me out of it.
_ [D] _ [A]
They said this air would [E] be breathable, _ _ [F#m]
I see the naked [D] sky and I taste the dirt.
[A]
Dark at the edges [E] and closing in, I look [D]
down in my red shirt.
_ [Bm] I look down in my [A] red shirt.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [C#] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _