• Song:

    Beginners Mind

  • Artist:

    Bright Eyes

Track 8 of The People's Key, Bright Eyes' final album.

Capo 1

F (133211@1)             AHold (x02220@1)on tight beginners mind,
   Dm (xx0231@1)               CThe (x32010@1)wheel is spinning too
Gm (355333@1)                  CFast (x32010@1)to make your move
    A (x02220@1)            DmThe (xx0231@1)worst must be assumed
   F (133211@1)                A (x02220@1)
Oh how they'll try to pull and pry 
Dm (xx0231@1)               CAway (x32010@1)what you know now
Gm (355333@1)                 CBeat (x32010@1)and beat it out 
        A (x02220@1)                      DmLeave (xx0231@1)a drum that makes no sound
  Bb (x1333x@1)            A (x02220@1)           Gm (355333@1)                  CA (x32010@1)snuff film on a Jumbo-tron for all the world to see

Gm (355333@1)            CA (x32010@1)cocktail napkin epitaph
     F (133211@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)        
Some psychobabble telegram
 Gm (355333@1)                  CMessage (x32010@1)written in the sand
   F (133211@1)           DmThe (xx0231@1)tide rolls in
Gm (355333@1)                CSwear (x32010@1)you'll do the opposite
   F (133211@1)               DmOf (xx0231@1)all those tangled hypocrites
    Gm (355333@1)           C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)                
Who say that the experiment has failed
DmDon't (xx0231@1)go there
BbYou're (x1333x@1)getting nowhere
CYou're (x32010@1)getting nowhere

F (133211@1)              AStay (x02220@1)a while my inner child
    Dm (xx0231@1)               CI'd (x32010@1)like to learn your trick
Gm (355333@1)                    C (x32010@1)     
Know what makes you tick

A (x02220@1)                   DmNurse (xx0231@1)you when you're sick
   F (133211@1)                 AOh (x02220@1)how you've grown so cynical
     Dm (xx0231@1)                     CHard (x32010@1)lines carved in your face
    Gm (355333@1)              CThe (x32010@1)sunshine so clich? 
          A (x02220@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)Just like love and pain
    Bb (x1333x@1)                   A (x02220@1)                        Gm (355333@1)               C (x32010@1)                 
You tried your best on the Rorschach test but there's just nothing to see

Gm (355333@1)          C (x32010@1) 
Heard terabytes of perfect pitch
     F (133211@1)               DmSome (xx0231@1)universal elegance
Gm (355333@1)                      C (x32010@1)Stack the seventh and the fifth
 F (133211@1)          DmAlong (xx0231@1)the grid
Gm (355333@1)                    CSwear (x32010@1)you'll be the opposite
   F (133211@1)             DmOf (xx0231@1)all the stilted hypocrites
    Gm (355333@1)               C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)                  
You know what made you infamous to them, don't you?
Bb (x1333x@1)You keep starting over
CYou (x32010@1)keep starting over
AYou (x02220@1)keep starting over
DmYou (xx0231@1)keep starting over
BbKeep (x1333x@1)starting over
CKeep (x32010@1)starting over
F (133211@1)             AHold (x02220@1)on tight beginners mind
      Dm (xx0231@1)            C (x32010@1)The currents far too strong
        Gm (355333@1)            CIt (x32010@1)will carry you along
            A (x02220@1)               DmTill (xx0231@1)you're just like everyone

F (133211@1)             AStay (x02220@1)a while my inner child
    Dm (xx0231@1)              CI'd (x32010@1)like to learn your trick
Gm (355333@1)                    C (x32010@1)     
Know what makes you tick
A (x02220@1)                   DmNurse (xx0231@1)you when you're sick

Bb A Gm C

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