• Song:

    You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground

  • Artist:

    Mayday Parade

this song is a two part guitar song. i have the picking for the intro/ verse but i dont
how to transition the picking into the struming. i personally use the chords and strum 
if you can figure it out or find an incorrection, feed back is welcome! ^-^


Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C9 -   xx3203
D -    xx0232
Em -   022000
G -    320033


Intro - Picking

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----------|
G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---------|
D|--------------------------------------0-----0------------|
A|--3-----3-----------------2-----2------------------------|
E|--------------3-----2------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
C9 (x3233x@1)            G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)          EmAnd (022000@1)honestly, I have been begging for answers
     D (xx0232@1)                          C9That (x3233x@1)you and only you can give to me
               G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)             EmA (022000@1)voice crying loud I've been crying for days now
    D (xx0232@1)                               C9And (x3233x@1)as I start to run, I stop to breathe
(And I was nearly scared to death)
    G (320003@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)I was nearly scared to death
Em(Why (022000@1)you left in paragraphs)
DWhy (xx0232@1)you left in paragraphs
     C9(The (x3233x@1)words were nearly over us)
    G (320003@1)               DThe (xx0232@1)words were nearly over us
     Em (022000@1)                       DYou (xx0232@1)stop and turn and grab your bags


Chorus
            GAnd (320003@1)I'll be here by the ocean
Just waiting for proof that there's
Emsunsets (022000@1)and silhouette dreams
        C9All (x3233x@1)my sand castles fall
          G (320003@1)             Dlike (xx0232@1)the ashes of cigarettes
     Em (022000@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)every waves drags me to sea
         GI (320003@1)could stand here for hours
Just to ask God the question
     Em"Is (022000@1)everyone here make-believe?"
        C9With (x3233x@1)a tear in His voice
          G (320003@1)                   DHe (xx0232@1)said, "Son, that's the question."
            EmDoes (022000@1)this deafening silence
                        Dmean (xx0232@1)nothing to no one but me?


Interlude: C9---D/F#


Verse 2:
Em (022000@1)             C9As (x3233x@1)hours move to minutes
G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)minutes take longer to break
EmI (022000@1)will be desperately awaiting
        C9But (x3233x@1)my tongue won't fall apart
                GAnd (320003@1)we've been sitting here for hours
                      DAll (xx0232@1)alone and in the dark
C9 (x3233x@1)                     G (320003@1)    DSo (xx0232@1)let me think of to word it
Em (022000@1)                     DIs (xx0232@1)it too soon to say 'perfect'?
C9 (x3233x@1)                     G (320003@1)                DIf (xx0232@1)I could find another thirty minutes somewhere
          EmI'm (022000@1)sure everything would find me
             DAll (xx0232@1)that's left is just to sing


Chorus
            GAnd (320003@1)I'll be here by the ocean
Just waiting for proof that there's
Emsunsets (022000@1)and silhouette dreams
        C9All (x3233x@1)my sand castles fall
          G (320003@1)             Dlike (xx0232@1)the ashes of cigarettes
     Em (022000@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)every waves drags me to sea
         GI (320003@1)could stand here for hours
Just to ask God the question
     Em"Is (022000@1)everyone here make-believe?"
        C9With (x3233x@1)a tear in His voice
          G (320003@1)                   DHe (xx0232@1)said, "Son, that's the question."
            EmDoes (022000@1)this deafening silence
                        Dmean (xx0232@1)nothing to no one but me?


Bridge:
           C9 (x3233x@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)you'll sing to me sweet until then
      C9 (x3233x@1)                 GI (320003@1)may never sail Virginia again
          C9 (x3233x@1)           GAlas (320003@1)this current moves slow for me
D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)                C9this (x3233x@1)much you must know...we'll meet again
               C9And (x3233x@1)I'll, I'll have you know I'm scared to death
C9Tell (x3233x@1)me once again that you
      G (320003@1)              Dwill (xx0232@1)love me till the death
             EmAnd (022000@1)should I die, you swear
     D (xx0232@1)               C9that (x3233x@1)you will come for me
           C9 (x3233x@1)        G (320003@1)           D-Em-D
As I fade away, you reach out your arms
     C9(And (x3233x@1)please don't let me go)
     G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)please don't let me go
     C9(And (x3233x@1)please don't let me go)
     G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)please don't let me go


Chorus
            GAnd (320003@1)I'll be here by the ocean
Just waiting for proof that there's
Emsunsets (022000@1)and silhouette dreams
        C9All (x3233x@1)my sand castles fall
          G (320003@1)             Dlike (xx0232@1)the ashes of cigarettes
     Em (022000@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)every waves drags me to sea
         GI (320003@1)could stand here for hours
Just to ask God the question
     Em"Is (022000@1)everyone here make-believe?"
        C9With (x3233x@1)a tear in His voice
          G (320003@1)                   DHe (xx0232@1)said, "Son, that's the question."
            EmDoes (022000@1)this deafening silence
                        Dmean (xx0232@1)nothing to no one but me?

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