• Song:

    The Listening

  • Artist:

    Lights

  • Album:

    The Listening

This is how she plays it in the video she posted. She likes to hammer on the third
of the Am's every once in awhile.

Capo 2.


C/G (3x555x@1)                              AmPlease (x02210@1)excuse me, I'm not thinking clear

It must just be stress
C/G (3x555x@1)                     AmBut (x02210@1)I likely shouldn't be here
FI'm (133211@1)such a mess
C/GI (3x555x@1)never really ever know what to say
EmWhen (022000@1)all of my emotions get in the way
Am (x02210@1)                                  F (133211@1) FmI'm (133111@1)just trying to get us on the same page
C/GI (3x555x@1)always get it better right afterward
EmWhen (022000@1)all the wrong impressions are said and heard
Am (x02210@1)                               FHow (133211@1)come I can never get the right words?
          C/G (3x555x@1)           Em (022000@1)      AmI (x02210@1)need to convey-ey-ey-ey -ey-ey-ey -ey
F (133211@1)                C/GWish (3x555x@1)I could explain

                               AmThe (x02210@1)things that I have to work out

I don't feel right
C/G (3x555x@1)                      Am (x02210@1)  FWhat (133211@1)has come over me, I'm about to lose my mind

C/GI (3x555x@1)never really ever know what to say
EmWhen (022000@1)all of my emotions get in the way
Am (x02210@1)                                  F (133211@1)FmI'm (133111@1)just trying to get us on the same page
C/GI (3x555x@1)always get it better right afterward
EmWhen (022000@1)all the wrong impressions are said and heard
Am (x02210@1)                               FHow (133211@1)come I can never get the right words?
          C/G (3x555x@1)            Em (022000@1)      AmI (x02210@1)need to convey -ey-ey-ey -ey-ey-ey -ey
F (133211@1)          C/G (3x555x@1)           Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)     
 FmWish (133111@1)I could explain ai-ai-ai -ai-ai-ai -ain

Dm (xx0231@1)               C/GCan (3x555x@1)I let the trees do the talking?
G (320003@1)           DmCan (xx0231@1)I let the ground do the walking?
F (133211@1)           C/GCan (3x555x@1)I let the sky fill whats missing in?
G (320003@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)             FCan (133211@1)I let my mouth do the listening?
C/G (3x555x@1)    G (320003@1)    FThe (133211@1)listening

Chorus x 1

F (133211@1)            C/GWhat (3x555x@1)I mean to say

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