• Song:

    Spirit Of The Stairwell

  • Artist:

    Circa Survive

Some of the chords I use aren't the exact chords used in the recording, but I 
think it sounds fine.

(Standard tuning, capo on 3rd fret)

INTRO:

Em G Am C (x3)

Em (022000@1)                   GScratched (320003@1)out a note I wrote for you 

Am (x02210@1)to wake and read 

             C (x32010@1)         Emto (022000@1)know that I was there once

                                   G (320003@1)              AmI (x02210@1)knew that there was nothing that I could write to assure you 

   Cof (x32010@1)my return

    Em (022000@1)                    GBut (320003@1)all the paper said when I was done is 

Am (x02210@1)          Cdo (x32010@1)you still want me?

Em (022000@1)                                 G (320003@1)              Ambecause (x02210@1)I'd be terrified if I had to leave this place today

           C (x32010@1)    
We haven't saved the baby

DAs (xx0232@1)I said 


my darling 

          C (x32010@1)                Dspring (xx0232@1)is constantly calling me

            C (x32010@1)                      Eand (022100@1)there's no place that I'd rather be



Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)   I won't be angry 

   D (xx0232@1)         Emif (022000@1)you have to leave, 

      G (320003@1)      Ambut (x02210@1)I won't be waiting

D (xx0232@1)          Emfor (022000@1)that day

         G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)         
So don't say you're sorry because

D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)     G (320003@1)     AmI (x02210@1)won't believe, I won't believe you 



Em (022000@1)                        G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)
Didn't see a sticker on the door when we walked in

                C (x32010@1)      
but I know it's going to cost us 

    Em (022000@1)                   G (320003@1)              Amthe (x02210@1)same amount of love it takes to get you through

       Cbut (x32010@1)it never moves you

Em (022000@1)                         G (320003@1)                 AmI'd (x02210@1)be terrified if I had to leave this place today

             C (x32010@1)        
It's where I threw my love away

Em (022000@1)                            G (320003@1)            AmThen (x02210@1)we saw a different side of "Annie" nobody saw 

             C (x32010@1)      
She tried to kill the baby


D (xx0232@1)       
  and the earth and its skin will open up

    C (x32010@1)                        Dand (xx0232@1)birth out a perfect mirror 

           C (x32010@1)                 Ethat (022100@1)makes all our reflections clear


Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)  I won't be angry 

   D (xx0232@1)         Emif (022000@1)you have to leave, 

      G (320003@1)      Ambut (x02210@1)I won't be waiting

D (xx0232@1)          Emfor (022000@1)that day

         G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)    
So don't say you're sorry because

D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)     G (320003@1)        AmI (x02210@1)won't believe, I won't believe you


OUTRO:

Em G Am C
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