• Song:

    Myth

  • Artist:

    Keane

Intro: G - D - C - Cmaj7

G (320003@1)                   DYou (xx0232@1)built it up brick by brick
          C (x32010@1)             Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  
Put your heart into this baseless myth
 G (320003@1)                 DNurtured (xx0232@1)it like a child
      Am (x02210@1)                     Cmaj7And (x32000@1)dressed its wounds when it ran wild

G (320003@1)                DYou (xx0232@1)stopped to fix your face
         C (x32010@1)                Cmaj7Someone (x32000@1)else stepped in and took your place
     G (320003@1)                  DNow (xx0232@1)everything you once knew
    Am (x02210@1)            Cmaj7Is (x32000@1)running circles around you

Bm (x24432@1)              CA (x32010@1)car door slamming in your road
    D (xx0232@1)                     Am7It (x02010@1)jolts you like a kick inside
   Bm (x24432@1)             CA (x32010@1)year old message on your phone
      D (xx0232@1)                          CThat (x32010@1)catches you when you can't hide

C (x32010@1)             Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you in the service station sign
                  D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)  Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you in the supermarket line
               C (x32010@1)          Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you silhouetted on a wall    
             D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                   
But I don't see myself there at all

G (320003@1)              DThis (xx0232@1)vessel of Balsa wood
        C (x32010@1)             Cmaj7Is (x32000@1)the fag end tail of amoeba-hood
     G (320003@1)             DThe (xx0232@1)busying cast confer
     C (x32010@1)                     Cmaj7And (x32000@1)get their taste of the drama

Bm (x24432@1)                   CYou (x32010@1)stare through mindless daytime shows
     D (xx0232@1)                       Am7And (x02010@1)curse yourself for growing old
      Bm (x24432@1)             CThe (x32010@1)sterile scent of shaving foam
   D (xx0232@1)                  CReminds (x32010@1)you of another world

C (x32010@1)             Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you in the roofless sombre sky
                    D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)   Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you when the lovers stop outside
               C (x32010@1)          Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you silhouetted on a wall
             D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)           DBut (xx0232@1)I don't see myself there at all

C (x32010@1)              Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you in the sweetness of our child
                  D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)  Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you in the supermarket aisle
                     C (x32010@1)             Cmaj7I (x32000@1)see you when I'm kneeling on the floor
              D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)   Cmaj7But (x32000@1)I can't see myself anymore

- SOLO - G - D - C - Cmaj7 - G - D - C - D - Cmaj7

Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)        DHard (xx0232@1)times got the upper hand, stole our feeble plans
     Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)   CThe (x32010@1)faces, shot me, spin me round , but I won't lie down
 Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)             DHard (xx0232@1)times shake me to the bone, face bruised, bloody nose
 Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)      CShell (x32010@1)shocked, crawling on the ground, still I won't lie down

Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)         No I won't lie down
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)              
          No I won't lie down
D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)     I won't lie down

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